On the morning of July 18, a delegation led by Koji Tanaka, the CEO of KDDI Corporation, visited Beihang University. Beihang Party Committee Secretary Cao Shumin and Vice President Huang Haijun met the guests at the International Conference Center of New Main Building, accompanied by representatives from International Division, Institute of Science and Technology, the School of Electronic and Information Engineering and the School of Computer Science and Engineering.
Cao Shumin extended her warm welcome to the delegation. She noted that as one of the top research universities in China, Beihang University devoted great effort to promoting its educational pattern and had formed two superior disciplines: aerospace and information technology. She also expected to carry out basic and cutting-edge research in the field of communication technology and establish the cooperation mechanism for talent training with KDDI Corporation in the future.
Koji Tanaka expressed his willing to conduct in-depth cooperation with Beihang in emerging areas such as smart cities and smart transportation, under the development of the 5th-Generation Mobile Networks.
Following him, Huang Haijun gave an overall introduction to the current development of Beihang in the fields of education, scientific research and international exchanges, and also put forward suggestions on the cooperation between the two sides.
During the visit, the delegation also toured the State Key Laboratory of Virtual Reality Technology and Systems and Beijing Air and Space Museum at Beihang University.
Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Tokyo, KDDI Corporation is one of the three largest integrated telecom service operators in Japan. The corporation has been listed in Fortune 500 companies for many years. In addition to the traditional mobile communication business, KDDI, to meet the demands of the new era, focuses on the integration of communication and intelligent life as future development and continuously expands domestic and international markets. KDDI also actively explores new business areas such as energy supply systems.
Written by Wang Yiqing
Photographed by Song Chao
Edited by Sun Yecheng
Translated by Lyu Xingyun
