Digital Industry Academy of NCUT is established to provide a "new benchmark" for digitalisation of industry-university-research-application
March 02 ,2022

On March 1, the inauguration ceremony of the Digital Industry Academy, NCUT was held in the lecture hall of the Haoxue Building. Fan Hailin, Deputy Director General of the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education (MoE), Gao Dongfeng, Director of the Science and Technology Division of the Department of Higher Education, MoE, Hao Jie, Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Division of the Department of Higher Education, MoE, Liu Xiao, Director of the Higher Education Division of the Beijing Municipal Education Commission, Wang Zhiyong, Deputy Head of Shijingshan District, Zhang Xiaolei, Director of the Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, Yu Jiaxin, Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of the Headquarters of China State Construction Corporation (Yizhuang New City), Li Julin, Chief Engineer of Beijing Urban Construction Group, Tang Zhenming, Secretary of the Party Committee and Senior Vice President of Chinasoft International Co. Ltd, Cheng Huan, Vice President of CISO International Education Technology Group, Li Yang, Party Secretary and Chairman of Beijing Shougang International Engineering Technology Co. and Wang Hai, Chairman of China Energy Fusion Intelligent Technology Co. have attended the ceremony. Miao Jinxiang, Secretary of the Party Committee of NCUT, Zhang Lifeng, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of NCUT, Tian Hongfang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of NCUT and Wang Li, Vice President of NCUT attended the ceremony. The ceremony was hosted by Li Ping, Vice President of NCUT.

Speech by Zhang Lifeng, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of NCUT


On behalf of the university, Zhang Lifeng extended a warm welcome to the leaders, experts and friends from the industrial sector who attended the inauguration ceremony. He also expressed his heartfelt thanks to the departments at all levels and colleagues from all sectors who provided guidance and assistance for the establishment of the Digital Industry Academy of NCUT. He introduced the development of the integration of industry and academia both at home and abroad, and elaborated on the meaning of industry academy and digitalisation. Zhang Lifeng pointed out that the establishment of the Digital Industry Academy of NCUT is the university's response to the major trend of technological revolution and industrial change, aiming at the positioning of "Beijing model" for the development of China's digital economy and "Beijing benchmark" for the development of global digital economy. This will serve the regional economic development and promote the deep-seated changes of talent training mode. With the Digital Industry Academy as a grip, NCUT will strengthen university-enterprise collaboration, carry out technology research, product development, translation of the research outputs, and project incubation, providing high-quality talent and intellectual support for the economic construction of Beijing and the region, as well as expanding new space, enhancing new vitality and fostering new functions for Beijing's economic development.


Speech by Li Ping, Vice President of NCUT


Li Ping introduced the background, proposal and objectives of the Digital Industry Academy. She pointed out that the Digital Industry Academy will be "industry demand-oriented, student development-centered, curriculum project-based, and interdisciplinary collaborated". It will focus on six industrial directions, including big data and artificial intelligence, 5G technology and industry, energy industry and internet and intelligent control, intelligent equipment and high-tech materials, intelligent construction and intelligent emergency services, as well as smart city and technology services. The academy will explore the knowledge and ability training system of "Liberal Studies + Professionalism + Industry", and build a three-dimensional talent training model with "multiple subjects, multiple dimensions and multiple levels" to create an integrated educational platform for the university and enterprises.


Speech by Yu Jiaxin, Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of the Headquarters of China State Construction Corporation (Yizhuang New City)


Yu Jiaxin said that the philosophy of NCUT and the development plan of the headquarters of the China Construction Group in Yizhuang are mutually compatible. The establishment of the Digital Industry Academy is a good start for the two organizations to strengthen cooperation and create an integrative platform for university-enterprise education. It will help with the play of the dual advantages of universities and enterprises, building a "university-enterprise community of destiny" and promoting the optimal allocation of resources among universities, enterprises and society. This will foster more professionals with core competitiveness and serve the economic and social development of Beijing with higher quality.


Speech by Tang Zhenming, Secretary of the Party Committee and Senior Vice President of Chinasoft International Co. Ltd


Tang Zhenming said that the establishment of the Digital Industry Academy of the NCUT marked a new high-level development stage of cooperation between the university and enterprises. It can transform the advantageous technical resources of enterprises into teaching resources and curriculum cases, promoting the better integration of industrial needs into the whole process of talent training. CSIT will jointly build a distinctive, multi-body, win-win industry academy with NCUT to create a new benchmark for industry-university-research-application cooperation in all aspects and cultivate high-quality digital talents needed by industry.


Speech by Wang Zhiyong, Deputy Head of Shijingshan District


Wang Zhiyong fully affirmed the achievements of the cooperation between the district and the university in terms of scientific and technological innovation, social services and talent training. He said that the construction of the Digital Industry Academy will further promote the district-university collaboration, providing high-level talent supply and high-quality technical support for regional development of Shijingshan. It will also effectively empower the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and facilitate the development and growth of high-precision industries in the direction of digitization, informatization and smartification. This will help Shijingshan District to take a new step in urban renewal and industrial transformation.


Speech by Liu Xiao, Director of the Higher Education Division of the Beijing Municipal Education Commission


In his speech, Liu Xiao expressed his full recognition of the development of NCUT in various aspects such as talent training, education and teaching reform, and faculty building. He expressed his hope that the Digital Industry Academy can actively dovetail with the new requirements of Beijing's economic and social development, integrate information technology majors such as big data, artificial intelligence and digital media. In this way, it can build a talent-training model for innovation and application in the digital industry with intensive university-enterprise collaboration, serving as a better example for universities in Beijing. At the same time, the Beijing Municipal Education Commission will, as always, support and assist in all aspects of the development of the Digital Industry Academy of NCUT.

In a warm round of applause, the guests and the senior leaders jointly pushed the launch lever, symbolising the official establishment of the Digital Industry Academy of NCUT.

Speech by Fan Hailin, Deputy Director General of the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education (MoE)


Fan Hailin made a concluding speech, saying that the establishment of the Digital Industry Academy is an important initiative for the construction of the New Engineering of NCUT. He raised three expectations for the Digital Industry Academy. First, it should become a booster for industrial development. The purpose of the Digital Industry Academy is to foster high-quality talents with the spirit of innovation and the ability to solve complex engineering problems, with an emphasis on inter-discipline, reform and adaptation to industrial needs. Secondly, it should become a synthesis of the reform and development of higher education. Digital Industry Academy should be innovative in various aspects such as programme building, curriculum design, pedagogy, application of modern technology, reform of assessment mechanism and teacher education. Thirdly, it should become a testing field for the reform of the educational system. The development of Digital Industry Academy should attach importance to the coordination and mutual assistance of multiple stakeholders, such as universities, local governments and industries, in order to form a co-construction and co-management organizational structure.

After the launch ceremony, the attendees had in-depth discussions and exchanges on the development of the Digital Industry Academy.

The deans, vice-deans, faculty chairs, core academic staff and staff of the Academic Affairs Office of NCUT attended this event.

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