On November 17, 2016, the School of  Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA) of UESTC organized the first academic salon and birthday celebration for its international students at the Chuang Café of the Student Activity Center.

The attendances were the Mr. Xie Jihua, vice-chairman of School Council of SPAA, Dr. Ivy Liu Yan, Ph.D., University of Hong Kong, Miss Zhang Mengmeng, the coordinator of SPAA and the entire class of 2016 international masters’ students of the school.

The programme began with the introduction of the guest speaker and the delivery of the keynote address by Mr Xie Jihua on behalf of SPAA. In his address, he welcomed participants and introduced the goals and objectives of the programme.
        During the salon section, Dr. Ivy delivered a presentation on “Research on Tourism and Retail Property Market under the Framework of Urban Management: The case of Hong Kong.” This was done in three parts – Brief Introduction, The Impact of Tourist Shoppers on the Pricing of Street Level Retail Shops in Hong Kong, and PhD Study in Hong Kong.

At last, a short birthday celebration was held with group photographs taken. The celebrants expressed their appreciations to the school before the programme concluded.