The Innovation and Development Conference & Summit Forum, as the initiating event for Nanjing Tech University 20th Anniversary of Combination and 119thAnniversary of Establishment, was held in Jiangpu campus, Nanjing Tech University.
Gu Xiulian, vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People's Congress, attended the meeting and made a speech. Vice chairman Gu Xiulian expressed his full affirmation of NanjingTech achievements and pointed out that over the years, Nanjing Tech University had made important contributions to improving the quality of high-level talents training and scientific and technological innovation in the field of Engineering in China by carrying out scientific and technological innovations and applying key technologies to solve the key problems. She sincerely hoped that NanjingTech faculty and students could remain true to original aspiration and keep the sense of mission firmly in mind in “a great era with greater responsibility". She encouraged NanjingTech faculty and students to continue innovations and strive to write a new era of high quality service for economic and social development so as to contribute to the building of a modernized country and the realization of the goals of the “second Hundred- Year”.
Prof. Qiao Xu, NanjingTech President, made a speech on the theme of inheriting the original aspiration and composing the brilliant future chapter. He reviewed the historical milestones of Nanjing Tech University in the past and pointed out that the university had formulated the NanjingTech Plan of stable and far-reaching higher education and innovative development by seizing the opportunity which was the key to the leaping development of the University. President Qiao Xu pointed out that the university would keep in mind its mission, take the opportunity of the “14th Five Year Plan” to realize new development and cultivate innovative talents with national attachment and sense of belonging to accelerate the goal of building a nationally first-class and internationally renowned entrepreneurial university.
Yang Xuepeng, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Nanjing Municipal Committee and the Executive Vice Mayor, delivered a speech. Yang Xuepeng pointed out that innovation had become the most distinctive feature of Nanjing and Nanjing Tech University attached great importance to the deep integration with industries with application-oriented innovations. He encouraged Nanjing Tech University to continue its high-quality development and speed up its goal of building a nationally first-class and internationally renowned entrepreneurial university in China.
The Innovation and Development Conference & Summit Forum was chaired by Prof. Rui Hongyan, Secretary of CPC committee of Nanjing Tech University and attended by a total audience of 500, including Zhang Yan, former deputy director of the Standing Committee of Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress, Zhu Ping, Deputy Secretary General of China’s Care for the Next Generation Committee, Lu Sujie, former director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress, Chi Yu, deputy director of the Department of industry and information technology, Jing Mao, second-tier Inspector of the Department of science and technology, Liu Jun, Secretary of Gulou District CPC Committee, and Li Baoping, deputy director of Jiangbei New Area, 12 Academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering and representative of all walks of life.
During the event, congratulation videos from NanjingTech partner universities were played and in the afternoon, six academic sub-forums were held simultaneously and 10 academicians and famous scholars delivered academic lectures on the themes of the forum.
