The University of Macau Hengqin Campus was approved by the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China in June 2009 to build a new campus on Hengqin Island in Hengqin Town, Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, and authorized the Special Administrative Region Government to implement Macau's legal and administrative system within the new campus. At the groundbreaking ceremony of the project, Hu Jintao, then General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President of China, attended the ceremony; It is 20 times larger than the old campus. The University of Macau, referred to as the "University of Macau", is an international comprehensive public university in Macao, China. It is a founding member of the China Europe Business School Alliance, the "the Belt and Road" International Science Organization Alliance, the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao University Alliance, the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao West Coast Science and Technology Innovation and Talent Training Cooperation Alliance, and a member of the Asia Pacific University College Alliance. The School of Business Administration of the University of Macau has won AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS three global business certifications, ranking among the top 1% business schools in the world/