NJU signs cooperation agreement with Shandong Railway Investment Group

NJU signs cooperation agreement with Shandong Railway Investment Group

On November 8, Shandong Railway Investment Holding Group Co. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Shandong Railway Investment Group"), Nanjing University, and the Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) signed cooperation agreements in Jinan to jointly promote collaborative innovation in industry-academia-research-application. Tan Tieniu, Chair of NJU CPC Council and Academician of the CAS; Wang Weizhong, Party Secretary and Chairman of Shandong Railway Investment Group; Liu Feng, Member of the Party Leadership Group of the Department of Science & Technology of Shandong Province and Director of Shandong Innovation and Development Research Institute; and Lyu Pin, Deputy Director of the Institute of Automation of the CAS, attended and delivered speeches.

Tan Tieniu thanked Shandong Railway Investment Group for its support for NJU's development, and briefly introduced the university's 123-year history of education and outstanding achievements. He pointed out that at a time when the whole country is deeply studying and implementing the spirit of the fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party, the signing of the strategic cooperation agreement between NJU and the Group is not only an important milestone in bilateral cooperation, but also a practical action to thoroughly implement President Xi Jinping's important instructions, serve national strategies, promote high-quality development, and achieve deep integration of innovation chains with industrial chains. He stated that as a leading enterprise in Shandong, the Railway Investment Group's "353" industrial development strategy being implemented is highly compatible with NJU's advantageous disciplines, and both parties have broad prospects for cooperation in joint scientific research, promoting achievement transformation, talent cultivation, and think tank construction. Through exploring the joint establishment of enterprise technology centers, engineering research centers and other sci-tech innovation platforms, creating original technology sources in new equipment, new materials, and new industries, and cultivating compound talents with innovative spirit and practical capabilities, this will foster more fertile ground for the development of new quality productive forces. He looks forward to taking this signing as a new starting point, ensuring that the industry-academia-research cooperation journey truly achieves faster, farther, and more stable "high-speed rail speed," with strong partnerships creating new achievements and setting examples in the magnificent journey of building a transportation powerhouse.

Wang Weizhong pointed out that NJU has a long history and deep cultural heritage, with strong research capabilities in computer science, artificial intelligence, new materials, new energy and other fields; the Institute of Automation is China's earliest established national automation research institution, possessing a complete intelligent technology innovation chain; and Shandong Innovation and Development Research Institute is the core think tank for the province's scientific and technological development and sci-tech innovation strategies. Shandong Railway Investment Group's asset scale ranks among the top provincial enterprises. It has completed 7 high-speed railways, helping the province achieve 3,055 kilometers of high-speed rail in operation, ranking first in the nation, with 6 high-speed railways under construction totaling 1,340 kilometers in length, controlling 13 railways, with passenger and freight volumes maintaining double-digit growth. Currently, the group is focusing on "main business + sci-tech innovation," vigorously promoting the accelerated rise of "three new" industries, particularly establishing Shandong Railway Investment Intelligent Technology Engineering Co., Ltd. to coordinate intelligent technology R&D, equipment incubation, and industrial project implementation. He hopes all parties will strengthen exchange and cooperation in achievement transformation, talent cultivation, team building and other areas, further deepen collaborative innovation mechanisms, and jointly compose a new chapter of sci-tech innovation "industry-academia-research-application."

Liu Feng introduced the basic situation of Shandong Innovation and Development Research Institute. He stated that the Institute mainly undertakes responsibilities including strategic think tank construction related to sci-tech innovation, major theoretical and policy research, industrialization development direction research, as well as regional innovation development and sci-tech achievement transformation research, sci-tech statistical analysis research, and public R&D service platform construction throughout the province. It has remarkable potential of cooperation with Shandong Railway Investment Group, and he hopes both parties will further strengthen communication and exchange, working together to make greater contributions to the province's sci-tech development.

Lyu Pin introduced the basic situation of the Institute of Automation of the CAS. He stated that as a "national team" of scientific research, the Institute leads the "School of Artificial Intelligence" and possesses the National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and the State Key Laboratory of Management and Control of Complex Systems, leading in complex system intelligent integration, brain-inspired intelligence, intelligent systems, and intelligent chips. It has broad cooperation space with Shandong Railway Investment Group in promoting railway sci-tech innovation and artificial intelligence achievement transformation. He hopes both parties will take this signing as a beginning to continuously deepen cooperation, explore intelligent engines for railway construction and maintenance, and inject more sci-tech innovation strength into building a strong transportation nation.

Li Bin, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC NJU Committee, Assistant President; and Lyu Pin, Deputy Director of the Institute of Automation of the CAS; and Gao Liping, Deputy Party Secretary and General Manager of Shandong Railway Investment Group, signed agreements on behalf of the three parties.

Li Bin and Gao Liping signed the cooperation agreement on behalf of NJU and Shandong Railway Investment Group.

Lyu Pin and Gao Liping signed the cooperation agreement on behalf of the Institute of Automation of the CAS and Shandong Railway Investment Group.

Attendees held discussion exchanges around expanding cooperation areas and refining cooperation directions to accelerate the implementation of agreement results from "paper" to "practice." Before the meeting, delegations from NJU, the Institute of Automation of the CAS, and Shandong Innovation and Development Research Institute visited the Shandong Railway Investment Group achievement exhibition.