On November 10th, the 2022 International Conference on the Cooperation and Integration of Industry, Education, Research and Application kicked off in Nanchang City.
Ye Jianchun, Governor of Jiangxi Province, and Tian Xuejun, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Education attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches. 罗Gerard van Coten, academician of the Royal Dutch Academy of Science and Arts, Schelego Valery Konstantinovich, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Troyers Skradstrop, academician of the Royal Danish Academy of Science and Arts, the Danish Academy of Natural Sciences and the Danish Academy of Engineering, and Maria Naranjo, vice president of Pompey Fabra University in Spain, Andrei Dmitrievich Carroll, President of the Belarusian State University, Peter Aleksevich, Academician of the Ukrainian Academy of Engineering, Shadmanov Alisher Kayumovich, President of the Tashkent Academy of Medical Sciences of Uzbekistan, Tobin Kawasbo, President of IAC International Ceramics Society, Norway delivered speeches via video. Deputy Governor Yin Meigen presided over the opening ceremony.
On behalf of the CPC Jiangxi Provincial Committee and Jiangxi Provincial People’s Government, Ye Jianchun extended congratulations on the conference. He said that since the International Conference on the Cooperation and Integration of Industry, Education, Research and Application was held for the first time in 2018, it has made gratifying achievements in scientific and technological innovation, joint cultivation of talents and the commercialization of research findings, which makes the conference more influential. Under the theme of “Harmonious Co-development in Industry, Academia, Research and Application”, the conference has explored new modes for cooperation in integration of industry, education, research and application in the post-COVID era. And we believe that the conference will advance deeper cooperation across more areas and at a higher-level. It is also our expectation that we will join friends from various sectors home and abroad in strengthening high-energy level scientific innovation platform, fostering a highland for high-caliber innovative talents and stimulating commercialization of high-quality research findings and in improving collaborative innovation of science and technology. And we look forward to acting as another “driving force” and “engine” for high-quality development and to contributing more insights and strength to global innovation and development.
Ye Jianchun also expressed that we would, taking the conference as an opportunity, deepen the implementation of innovation-driven development strategy and extend the cooperation and integration of industry, education, research and application deeper and broader. In addition, more efforts would be made to explore new fields and areas and create new drivers and strengths for development. It is sincerely hoped that global colleges and universities, scientific research institutions as well as enterprises would deepen cooperation and integration of industry, education, research and application with Jiangxi Province, thus rendering our province a home to more projects, more talents, more research findings commercialization and more enterprise investment. In so doing, we can work with each other and write a brilliant chapter of Jiangxi Province in building China into a modern socialist country in an all-round way.
Tian Xuejun, on behalf of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, expressed congratulations on the conference. He said that the International Conference on the Cooperation and Integration of Industry, Education, Research and Application, initiated by the Ministry of Education, developed by concerted efforts of provinces, regions and cities, and co-operated by universities, enterprises and scientific research institutes of various countries, could be regarded as a new chapter of collaborative innovation for development and opening up and cooperation for mutual benefits. The past four years have witnessed participants working for wider cooperation platform, new cooperation models and more fruitful outcomes under the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution, shared benefits. Amid accelerated global changes and restructuring of global industrial and supply chain, it is the right time for us to focus on facilitating deep integration of industry, education, research and application and to advance effective connections between chains of education, talent, innovation, industry and supply. We hope that all sides will work together to refine the platform, highlight the dominant role of enterprises, explore digital applications and propel cooperation and integration of industry, education, research and application to boost open, collaborative and innovative development. We stand ready to work with friends from all countries for mutual response to challenges of the times and for a better future of international cooperation and integration of industry, education, research and application.
Yu Xiaoshe, Secretary of Nanchang University Committee of the Communist Party of China, Zhou Chuangbing, President of Nanchang University, Chen Yeguang, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Executive Vice President of Nanchang University, Jiang Fengyi, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Vice President of Nanchang University, Vice President Deng Xiaohua and Liu Chengmei, and Xie Mingyong, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering attended the opening ceremony. The opening session also held the relevant unveiling, signing and launching ceremony. Yu Xiaoshe and Deng Xiaohua attended the unveiling and signing ceremony on behalf of Nanchang University.
It is learned that the conference was held online and offline and was attended by around 760 participants from 44 countries and regions at the invitation. During the conference, there will be 8 cooperation meetings and related academic reports, among which some cooperation meetings and forums are prepared by our university, such as “Hyperthermal Materials and Key Technologies”, “Balanced High-Value Application of Rare Earth and Circular and Low-Carbon Economy” and “Youth Forum of Interdisciplines of Future Technology”. Meanwhile, our university will attend the Press Conference of Jiangxi High-Level Talent Introduction Special Session.
