On May 30th, the 3rd Scientific and Technological Work Conference was held in the auditorium of the West Campus.
Feng Yanfei, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Hubei Province; Sheng Jiliang, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of Wuhan Science and Technology Bureau; leaders from Wuhan Hongshan District People’s Government, Wuhan East Lake New Technology Development Zone, Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone, Hannan District People’s Government, Wuhan Hanyang District Science and Technology and Economic Information Bureau, and Wuhan Wuchang District Science and Technology and Economic Information Bureau; leaders and the assistant principal of Wuhan University of Technology attended conference, along with heads ofthe university departments,as well as representatives of teachers and students. The conference was hosted by Meng Fangbing, Deputy Secretary of the CPC WUT Committee.
At the opening ceremony, Lei Chaozhi, Director General of the Department of Science, Technology and Informatization of the Ministry of Education, spoke via video. He stressed that universities, as the main force of basic research and the source of major scientific and technological breakthroughs, should fulfill the mission of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement.
On behalf of the Science and Technology Department of Hubei Province, Feng Yanfei expressed his warm congratulations on the convening of the conference. He hoped that the university would strengthen the training of talents and discipline construction, increase the cooperation with enterprises, and make more contributions to the economic and social development of Hubei Province.
Yang Zongkai, President of WUT, delivered a keynote speech on the topic of “Digital empowerment of technology and innovation leading the future”. He put forward the requirement for the integrated promotion of education, science and technology and talents, and stressed that universities should play an important role in promoting the construction of a nation with strong education, science and technology and talent in the new era.
Wu Chaozhong, Vice President of WUT, gave a report on the topic of “Comprehensively implementing the ‘253’ action plan, accelerating the high-quality development of science and technology innovation work of the university" and pointed out that the university would strengthen organized scientific research, enhance the construction of the scientific research innovation system, and meet the industry needs, and thoroughly promote the integration of science, industry, and education.
Focusing on innovation in science and technology, the conference drew up a plan of “ten actions” from “2 high” (high performance research services and high quality science and technology culture), “5 great” (great platform, great team, great project, great achievement and great transformation) and “3 integration” ( three kinds ofintegration among disciplines, science and education), deploying the strategic goals of peak and plateau to be achieved through 5-10 years of continuous struggle, as well as 41 construction goals and 41 key items to be implemented in detail.
At the meeting, the WUTfactuly and students enthusiastically participated in a broad and in-depth discussion focusing on the new national requirements for technological innovation in the digital era, the new trend of the global digital development, and the new needs of the industry transformation and upgrading.
“The conference will certainly have an essential and far-reaching impact on the development of science and technology work of the university in the next five years and even in a longer period of time. It will further inspire and encourage the majority of party members, teachers and students of the university to create new performance and continue to write new glories on the road of catching up with science and technology innovation in the new era”, said Xin Sijin, the Secretary of the CPC WUT Committee. In his speech, Mr. Xin requested that the faculty and students of the university should take this conference as an opportunity to promote the scientific and technological work of WUT to a new level and build a solid foundation for the construction of a world-class university with distinctive characteristics.
After the closing ceremony, the university also launched the 2023 Technology and Culture Festival.
Written by: Wu Bing, Wang Xue’an
Rewritten by: Liu Kexi
Edited by: Li Tiantian
Source: Science and Technology Development Institute, Center for Science and Technology Cooperation and Transformation
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