On March 16, Nanjing University organized a meeting to promote the construction of Suzhou campus. Tan Tieniu, Chair of NJU CPC Council and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Tan Zhenmin, President of NJU and Academician of the CAS attended and addressed at the meeting.
In his speech, Tan Tieniu said that the purpose of this meeting is to review the construction of Suzhou Campus, to further gather consensus and promote the high-quality development of Suzhou Campus, so as to accelerate the construction of NJU into a world-class university with Chinese characteristics. He fully affirmed the achievements to date, and analyzed the problems and challenges of the current development. He pointed out that this year not only marks the end of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and the start of the "15th Five-Year Plan", but also concludes the first cycle of NJU's "Forging Ahead" Movement. The West part of Suzhou Campus West will be opened soon, which is crucial to the development of Suzhou campus and NJU. Tan Tieniu put forward six requirements for further promoting and strengthening the development of Suzhou campus: 1. Elevate Positioning and Unify Thinking: enhance understanding of the significance of developing the Suzhou campus, and correctly recognize its goals and positioning. 2. Emancipate mind for further innovation: bring new benefits, advancements, hopes, and contributions to NJU through new ideas, measures, and actions, making the Suzhou campus a new special zone. 3. Take responsibility and accelerate development: speed up tasks efficiently, seize development opportunities, and enhance the sense of urgency. 4. Strengthen coordination and advance together: enhance coordination between the Suzhou campus management committee and functional departments, between Suzhou and Nanjing campuses, and with local government. 5. Enhance management and focus on implementation: strengthen efficient, scientific, meticulous, and standardized management, and promote a pragmatic work style. 6. Enhance confidence and overcome difficulties: everyone at NJU is an indispensable participant in the development of the Suzhou campus, taking on key tasks with confidence and resilience. He emphasized that developing Suzhou campus is a shared responsibility of all at NJU. Everyone should emancipate their minds, work together, and overcome difficulties to meet the expectations of President Xi Jinping and the Party Central Committee, contributing to building a world-class university with Chinese characteristics.
Tan Zhemin expressed heartfelt thanks to the faculty and staff for their dedication to the development of Suzhou campus. He noted that the development has entered a new phase, requiring rethinking and planning for further enhancement and breakthroughs. He outlined four future work requirements: 1. Discipline Construction: stay true to the original mission, focusing on developing new engineering disciplines and making the Suzhou campus the main base for this, while enhancing interdisciplinary integration and planning for major scientific research facilities. 2. Talent Cultivation: promote reform and innovation in talent cultivation, maintain open education, and strengthen communication and cooperation between departments and colleges to establish the NJU model for new engineering talent cultivation. 3. Team Building: strengthen talent recruitment and development, seize opportunities and resources, and promote balanced development across disciplines. 4. Management System: innovate in system reform, plan ahead, enhance coordination, optimize resource allocation, and deepen reform and innovation. Tan Zhemin emphasized that the Suzhou campus will face new challenges, and everyone at NJU should unite to overcome difficulties and contribute to a better campus, supporting the construction of the "first Nanjing University."
The meeting was chaired by Suo Wenbin, Vice President of NJU. He reviewed the construction and development of the Suzhou campus by highlighting achievements in talent team building, technological innovation, engineering talent cultivation, open education, operational management, and campus culture. Suo also analyzed challenges for the further development, and urged continued efforts to overcome difficulties and deliver satisfactory results.
Gao Yang, Executive Dean of the School of Intelligence Science and Technology, Zhou Kemin, Executive Director of the High-end Control and Intelligent Operation and Maintenance Research Center, Zhou Chen, a teacher at the Institute of Environmental and Health, Wu Di, Dean of the Institute of Science and Technology, and Wang Xiaolei, Dean of the Graduate School, shared insights. Gao discussed the school's basic situation in various areas and suggested exploring new engineering and interdisciplinary development mechanisms. Zhou Kemin reviewed the research center's development and expressed hopes for the university's robotics and automation school to become a driving force for technological advancement. Zhou Chen shared progress in hydrogen energy technology for water quality risk control, aiming to contribute to the high-quality development of China's hydrogen energy industry. Wu introduced the Suzhou campus's technological innovation progress and future plans. Wang discussed graduate education and emphasized supporting the Suzhou campus in resource allocation, functional management, and quality improvement, aiming to create the "most innovative" graduate education.
The meeting was conducted through a combination of virtual and in-person sessions. Leaders of NJU including Liu Miao, Chen Yunsong, Jiao Ruihua, Lu Yanqing, Lu Xiancai, Li Bin, Ding Aijun and responsible persons and representatives from related departments and Schools of NJU attended the meeting.
