On November 28, the Engineering and Technology Sub-forum of the 2023 International Conference on the Cooperation and Integration of Industry, Education, Research and Application was held at Vision Hotel in the Shahe Campus of Beihang University, in a combination of online and offline. The conference was hosted by the National Center for Schooling Development Program, Ministry of Education and the Beijing Municipal Education Commission, undertaken by Beihang University, and co-organized by the Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Chinese Aeronautics and Astronautics Education Society.
The forum, with the theme "Opening-up and Innovation, Integration and Development", focused on international cooperation and integration of industry, education, research and application in the fields of aerospace and transportation. Wang Jun, a second-level inspector of the Beijing Municipal Education Commission, Sun Xiasheng, Secretary General of the Chinese Aeronautics and Astronautics Education Society and Deputy Director of the International Cooperation Committee of the Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Cheng Bo, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Beihang University, attended the meeting and delivered opening speeches. More than 100 guests from Chinese and foreign universities and research institutes in 11 countries, including the Paris-Saclay University in France, Louisiana State University in the United States, University of Southampton in the United Kingdom, University of Oslo in Norway, and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, attended the conference. The opening ceremony was presided over by Tian Daxin, Vice President of the Institute of Science and Technology, Beihang University.
Cheng Bo expressed his hope that this conference can gather intelligence, discuss the trends and opportunities of global development of industry, education, and research, and showcase the achievements in various countries. He also said that countries should continuously promote the high-quality development of international cooperation and integration of industry, education, research and application.
Sun Xiasheng stated that the Chinese Aeronautics and Astronautics Education Society has always been committed to playing a unique role as a bridge between universities and enterprises, and is willing to work together with all parties to provide more new impetus for exploring, cultivating, and gathering high-level engineering and technological reserve talents.
Wang Jun pointed out that the Beijing Municipal Education Commission will work together with Beijing universities and research institutes to strengthen collaborative innovation, promote organized scientific research, innovate the international cooperation and integration of industry, education, research and application, deepen the integration of science, education and industry, and contribute more wisdom to shape new development momentum and advantages.
13 experts, including Professor Vincent Ji, Director of the Materials, Machinery and Energy Department from the Paris-Saclay University, Professor Yan Zhang, Academician of the European Academy of Sciences, Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Norwegian Academy of Engineering from the University of Oslo, Professor Patrick Plötz, Director of the Energy Economics Department from the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research in Germany, and Professor Michel Guillaume, Director of the Aviation Research Center from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, gave keynote speeches at the conference. They jointly explored the path and effectiveness of scientific research achievement transformation and university-enterprise cooperation in the fields of aerospace, industrial manufacturing, and comprehensive transportation, focusing on innovative measures such as industry-education integrated talent cultivation, collaborative innovation, and excellent engineer education system. The discussion has laid a foundation for better promoting the deep integration of industry, education, research and application in the engineering and technology fields and the high-quality international scientific and technological cooperation.
The International Conference on the Cooperation and Integration of Industry, Education, Research and Application was founded by the Ministry of Education in 2018, aiming to build a platform for cooperation between Chinese and foreign universities, research institutes, and enterprises, promote the connection of global education chains, talent chains, innovation chains, and industrial chains, and create a new pattern of the cooperation and integration of industry, education, research and application. On November 22, the 2023 International Conference on the Cooperation and Integration of Industry, Education, Research and Application (Beijing) kicked off in Beijing. Some of Beihang’s achievements in the cooperation and integration of industry, education, research and application were exhibited at the opening ceremony, receiving unanimous praise from attendees. In the future, Beihang University will continue to deepen its opening-up to the outside world, actively integrate into the global scientific and technological innovation network, and work with partners to build academic exchange and cooperation platforms for Chinese and foreign universities, research institutes, and enterprises. It will accelerate the construction of an innovative consortium integrating industry, education, research, and application, and build a new pattern of high standard opening-up and win-win cooperation.
Written by: Qin Fangyu and Long Haijiao
Reviewed by: Tian Daxin
Edited by: Jia Aiping
Translated by: Yao Zipeng
