On March 27, President Xu Huibin came to the Shahe campus to attend an “informal meeting at noon” with faculty and staff representatives from some schools, laboratories and offices of Beihang University. They discussed various aspects of the university’s development and shared their life and work at Beihang. President Xu listened to the suggestions proposed by representatives patiently.

The meeting

The meeting went on in an aura of relaxation and pleasure. Faculty and staff representatives offered many practical suggestions and ideas on various topics including the building of Shahe Campus, the relocation schedule between the two campus, talent cultivation reform as well as schools and disciplines development.

President Xu and representatives held friendly talk

During the dialogue, President Xu expressed gratitude to all the representatives who show great concerns to Beihang’s development. He pointed out that the university’s development owes much to the contributions of our faculty and staff members. He noted that Beihang will always put the development of a high-level faculty group as it primary task, since talents are the primary resource for Beihang’s development. According to President Xu, more efforts will be made to create better living and working conditions for teachers. He hoped that all faculty members can make greater contributions to the university in support of the goal of developing Beihang into a top-rank university with first-class disciplines.

Attendees of the meeting included representatives from Party Administration Office, Academic Affairs Office, Graduate School, Human Resource Department, Office of Campus Building and Asset Management, Office of Logistics Support, Management Council of Shahe Campus, Beihang School and so on.

Reported by Yuan Ye

Edited by Jia Aiping

Photographed by Song Chao

Reviewed by Cheng Bo

Translated by Xiong Ting