[Upcoming Event] Sustainable Development Series of Lectures 14 Cultural Identity, Industrial Synergy, and Sustainable Development in the GBA
Date：24 November 2026 (Tuesday)
Time：10:30–11:30 AM
Venue：B603, Macau University of Science and Technology
Organizer：The Institute for Sustainable Development, Macau University of Science and Technology
Speaker：Prof. Nengjun Chen
Theme：Cultural Identity, Industrial Synergy, and Sustainable Development in the GBA
Language：Mandarin
Chen Nengjun, Researcher, Institute for Global Urban Civilization, Southern University of Science and Technology. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics and completed his postdoctoral research at Renmin University of China. Professor Chen also serves as a Special Researcher at the Guangdong Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, a Distinguished Researcher at the Research Center for Cultural Finance of the National Institution for Finance & Development (NIFD), a Special Researcher at the Jiangsu Institute of Humanistic Economics, and an expert in the Shenzhen Cultural Industry Expert Pool. His primary research fields include the Bay Area economy, cultural industries, humanistic economics, and urban civilization.
In recent years, Professor Chen has published over 50 papers in core academic journals such as The Journal of Humanities, Exploration and Free Views, and Guangdong Social Sciences, as well as in major newspapers including Guangming Daily, Chinese Social Sciences Today, and China Culture Daily. He has chaired and led more than 30 national, provincial, ministerial, and commissioned research projects. Multiple of his papers have been reprinted in full by prestigious digests such as Xinhua Digest, China University Academic Abstracts, and the Reprinted Materials from Renmin University of China (including the journals Cultural and Creative Industries, World Economic Herald, and System Reform).
Professor Chen has been awarded the first, second, and third prizes of the Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences at both the Guangdong provincial and Shenzhen municipal levels. More than 10 of his policy advisory reports have received affirmative endorsements from Party and State leaders, as well as provincial and ministerial officials. Furthermore, he has been frequently interviewed and featured by prominent media outlets, including Guangming Daily, China Culture Daily, Guangdong TV, Nanfang Daily, Southern Metropolis Daily, Shenzhen Special Zone Daily, Shenzhen Economic Daily, and Art Education.
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