On the afternoon of 5 November, CONG Li, Vice-Governor of Heilongjiang Province, paid an inspection visit to Harbin Engineering University (HEU) to review the construction of the Industry-Education Integration College, the HEU-surrounding Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem, and the National Natural Ice Field Testing and Certification Base for Polar Equipment, and chaired a follow-up symposium.
ZHAO Rongguo, Deputy Secretary-General of the People’s Government of Heilongjiang Province; XU Zhenyu, Director of the Provincial Department of Education; CHEN Su, Director of the Provincial Department of Science and Technology; GUO Yuehua, Deputy Director of the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology; YIN Jingwei, President of HEU; HAN Duanfeng, YAN Rujian and ZHAO Yuxin, Vice-Presidents of HEU; and CHEN Hailong, Assistant to the President, accompanied the inspection.
CONG Li emphasised that the university should carry out all its work with a higher strategic stance, higher standards and stricter requirements, striving to open up new prospects for building a world-class university with distinctive features.
CONG Li visited the Marine Mechanics and Intelligent Engineer Technology Centre and the State Key Laboratory of Underwater Acoustic Technology, where she observed the DP3 marine dynamic positioning system, the “Langhua Platform” marine CAE industrial software, and underwater acoustic communication and polar acoustic equipment. She held in-depth exchanges with researchers to learn in detail about the university’s work in scientific research, research commercialisation, faculty building, talent cultivation and international cooperation.
CONG Li stressed that HEU is a high-level research university specialising in China’s marine, shipbuilding and nuclear sectors. It has cultivated a large number of outstanding talents and made important contributions to serving major national strategies. She urged HEU to seize development opportunities, leverage its disciplinary strengths and geographical advantages, strengthen the planning and construction of major platforms, nurture more high-level talents to take root in Heilongjiang, and promote the local implementation of more high-quality research outcomes to support the high-quality development of Heilongjiang’s modern industrial system. Relevant government departments will further improve service guarantee mechanisms, provide all-round support for resource factors and supporting services, and fully back the university’s development.
YIN Jingwei reported on the university’s progress in “Double First-Class” construction, faculty building, talent cultivation, platform development, international cooperation, research commercialisation and the construction of the Songbei Campus. He stated that the university will firmly grasp the “golden decade” of development opportunities, further embrace the future, intelligent technologies and enterprise cooperation, and promote the in-depth integration of scientific and technological innovation with industrial innovation.
ZHAO Yuxin reported on the construction of the university’s National Excellent Engineer College and Heilongjiang Engineer College. Han Duanfeng reported on the university’s research strengths in the polar field and the promotion plan for the comprehensive base construction. Yan Rujian reported on the progress of the HEU-surrounding Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem.
