Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Secretary of the Party Committee of Huazhong University of Science and Technology Li Yuanyuan
html After 170 years of hard work, Huazhong University has formed a scientific and technological innovation system based on major scientific research platformsHuazhong University Innovation Construction The establishment of " China Optics Valley " has established a vivid example of symbiosis, co-prosperity and co-strength between universities and cities
In the first seven " Internet + " College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, Huazhong University won a total of 22 gold medals, and the total number of gold medals Ranking second in the country
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Self-reliance and self-reliance in science and technology are the foundation of a country's prosperity and the key to its security. After 70 years of hard work, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (hereinafter referred to as Huazhong University), a "double first-class" construction university specializing in industry and medicine, has built a three-level system covering basic research, high-tech research, and technology development. The scientific and technological innovation system has trained more than 700,000 students.
On the journey of building a world-class university, how can we dare to take on big responsibilities and reach new heights, move forward with determination, and make greater progress in supporting self-reliance in science and technology and independent cultivation of talents? " Outlook " Newsweek reporter conducted an exclusive interview with Li Yuanyuan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and secretary of the Party Committee of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
Consciously shoulder the mission of self-reliance and self-reliance in science and technology
"Outlook": Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has visited Wuhan Optics Valley three times and made a series of important instructions on scientific and technological innovation work. As an important technology and talent support for Optics Valley , how does Huazhong University solidly promote technological innovation around the development direction determined by the country?
Li Yuanyuan: Looking back on the 70-year development history of Huazhong University, the school has always regarded serving the country as its highest pursuit, adhering to the concept of "service is the purpose, contribution is development", and continues the "dare to compete and be good at transformation" The fine tradition of "surprise victory and sudden emergence" and the spiritual temperament of "dare to take on big responsibilities and bravely climb to the top", especially in building national strategic scientific and technological strength, have formed a scientific and technological innovation system based on major scientific research platforms, which has strongly supported the national scientific and technological independence. Self-improvement.
adheres to its mission of serving the country and focuses on strategic and forward-looking layout. The school regards building a world-class scientific research platform for the country as a "key chess piece" for self-reliance and self-reliance in science and technology. It adheres to a five-year planning period, focuses on a country's key strategic needs, focuses on planning and layout of a world-class major scientific research platform, and promotes the establishment of a national strategy. The "national weapon" of scientific and technological power. During the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" period, the Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (in preparation) (now Wuhan National Research Center for Optoelectronics) was built; during the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, a major national scientific and technological infrastructure for pulsed high magnetic fields was built; during the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, During the Five-Year Plan period, major national scientific and technological infrastructure for precision gravity measurement research was built; during the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan period, a national digital design and manufacturing innovation center was built. Today, the school has formed 26 national-level major scientific and technological innovation platforms represented by these "four pearls". These platforms have laid a solid foundation for promoting the school's scientific and technological innovation and forging "national weapons".
Strengthen the party’s leadership and further promote organized innovation. The school is located in the hinterland of Central China and has great potential in building a scientific and technological innovation fulcrum to support the "rise of central China". Under the strong leadership of the party, the school mobilized teachers and students across the school to hold ideological discussions, forming a consensus that the whole school would work together, work together, and organize scientific and technological innovation; on this basis, it also gathered the human, financial and material resources of the whole school to break through disciplines, College boundaries, comprehensive and in-depth implementation of organized scientific and technological innovation, and jointly build major scientific and technological platforms.
insists on strengthening the school with talents and creating a highland for innovative talents. Behind every major platform construction in the school, a large number of outstanding scientists play a leading and key role. Behind the construction of the National Digital Design and Manufacturing Innovation Center are the planning and promotion of scientists represented by academicians such as Zhou Ji, Li Peigen, Shao Xinyu, Ding Han, and Li Dequn. Behind the national major scientific and technological infrastructure of precision gravity measurement, scientists represented by academician Luo Jun have been studying and persevering in caves for thirty years.Behind the national major science and technology infrastructure of pulsed high magnetic field, scientists represented by Academician Pan Yuan of China University of Science and Technology and Professor Li Liang of China University of Science and Technology introduced from overseas have been building and tackling difficulties for many years. Behind the Wuhan National Research Center for Optoelectronics is the support of a group of scientists including Academician Ye Chaohui and Academician Luo Qingming.
"Outlook": focuses on "four aspects". What experience does Huazhong University have in strengthening originality and leading scientific and technological research?
Li Yuanyuan: Huazhong University insists on strengthening originality and leading scientific and technological research and resolutely winning the battle for key core technologies as the "core chess" facing the frontier of scientific and technological innovation, and encourages teachers to have the courage to challenge the most cutting-edge scientific issues and be willing to sit on the bench. Bravely venture into no man's land, enhance original innovation capabilities, and strive to achieve more "from 0 to 1" breakthroughs; at the same time, facing the country's major strategic needs, dare to "take charge" and overcome more "stuck" problems.
First of all, strengthen the layout and cultivation of major project teams. Select a number of key directions and projects that have been laid out in advance in advanced manufacturing, optoelectronic technology, electrical engineering, life and health, etc., and carry out full-chain design and layout. Facing major issues at the forefront of science and national strategic needs, we will build key development directions such as robotic intelligent manufacturing, optoelectronic fusion devices and microsystems, carbon neutrality, diagnosis and treatment of major diseases, and precision medicine.
Secondly, substantively promote interdisciplinary research. Facing the international academic frontier and major national strategic needs, in terms of high-end medical equipment and other aspects, we have proactively deployed a substantial school-level interdisciplinary research platform that plays an important role in radiating and leading the development of the discipline. The fields of science, engineering, and medicine adhere to the guidance of key scientific issues and major needs with clear goals, encourage cross-research and collaborative innovation, and vigorously support the intersection between basic disciplines, between basic disciplines and applied disciplines, and between natural sciences and humanities and social sciences. Fusion.
once again focuses on strengthening the construction of basic and cutting-edge disciplines. Vigorously develop a number of basic discipline projects of great value, adopt special policies, and provide key support in discipline construction, academic evaluation, team building, scientific research conditions, etc., to promote the development of basic research. Strengthen basic research, continuously produce and launch a number of major original, leading, and iconic academic achievements that reflect Chinese characteristics, and strive to achieve breakthroughs in strong magnetic fields, gravity measurements, quantum information, stem cells, biomedical imaging, and Major breakthroughs have been made in several basic and cutting-edge technological fields such as public health.
Finally, actively participate in various national research programs. Actively promote the projects cultivated by the school to be included in major key science and technology plan projects such as the national key research and development plan and the major scientific and technological innovation 2030 projects. Strengthen team organization and coordination and actively undertake major national project tasks. Strengthen collaborative cooperation with key scientific research institutions, universities, relevant national departments, and key industry enterprises to ensure that the school's scientific research work plays an important role in solving major strategic needs such as national economic and social development and national defense and security.
"If it's not on the bookshelf, it's on the shelf"
"Looking": Huazhong University has a good tradition and characteristics of academic-research-industry cooperation. What experience does it have in strengthening the strategic linkage between campus, local school and enterprise?
Li Yuanyuan: school attaches great importance to the close integration of technology and economic and social development. It has always emphasized "writing two articles well", adhered to the service concept of "not putting scientific and technological achievements on bookshelves, but putting them on shelves", and constantly built multi-platform collaborative technology. Convert system.
Relying on the Huazhong University of Science and Technology National Technology Transfer Center and the school-site-school-enterprise co-construction platform, the school continues to explore and think to promote the organized transfer and transformation of high-quality scientific and technological achievements. In recent years, innovation chains have been deployed around the industrial chain, and organized scientific research driven by the demand side has been continuously strengthened. Driven by major tasks such as tackling key core technologies, we will serve the national regional development strategy and deepen the collaborative innovation of schools, localities, schools and enterprises.
implements the "Leading Enterprise Docking Plan" to promote strategic cooperation between schools and enterprises.Build a long-term and stable scientific research cooperation model between the school and industry leaders or leading enterprises, promote the integration of university scientific research, talent training, discipline construction and achievement transformation into more in-depth integration with industrial technology development, improve the school's scientific research and academic influence, and provide Partners provide long-term, stable, and multi-faceted support. For example, the school has established a comprehensive strategic partnership with Huawei, and some of its results have reached the world's advanced level, promoting Huawei's technological progress and industrial development.
promotes the construction of "school-enterprise joint research institute" and expands the depth of academic research and production. The school focuses on building a scientific research institution jointly built by schools and enterprises. It carries out organized horizontal scientific and technological cooperation around key common technical problems, promotes the school's scientific and technological achievements to corporate applications, solves real-life production problems of enterprises, and provides important technical support for enterprise transformation and upgrading. . For example, the school and the State Grid Corporation of China focused on the strategic needs of the national energy revolution and carried out research on basic theories, key technologies, major equipment and strategic planning. The two parties jointly built the Future Power Grid Research Institute.
Based on the needs of local industries, the school and the local government jointly built the Industrial Technology Research Institute. Facing the national major regional development strategies, the school and local governments have jointly established several industrial technology research institutes, extending the advantages of national scientific research bases to local areas, directly meeting the needs of regional economic and social development, and forming a deep extension of academic-research-industry cooperation. The institute has been approved to build a number of national technology transfer demonstration institutions, national technology business incubators and professional maker spaces, providing service support for the pilot testing and maturation of school scientific and technological achievements.
innovation leads the development of "China Optics Valley" and sets a vivid example of symbiosis, co-prosperity and common development between universities and cities. From the school's establishment of a laser research group in 1970, to the school's first proposal to build a "China Optics Valley" in 1998, to the establishment of the Wuhan National Research Center for Optoelectronics and the Hubei Optics Valley Laboratory, over the years, the school has focused on the school's relevant superior disciplines and The talent team has built a major innovation platform with important international influence in my country's optoelectronics field, forming the core to support the sustainable development of the "China Optics Valley" optoelectronics industry, providing powerful technology and technology for building a trillion-level optoelectronics industry cluster. Talent support.
Campus of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (photographed on August 9, 2021) Photo provided by Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Building a peak to highlight the rise of the plateau in the disciplinary system
"Outlook": In the construction of a world-class university with Chinese characteristics, the layout of the disciplinary structure is crucial. In recent years, the school has adhered to the path of discipline development of "comprehensive, high-level, and strong characteristics". How to balance the relationship between the three?
Li Yuanyuan: The "comprehensive", "high-level" and "strong features" of complement each other and bring out the best in each other, just like an pyramid structure . Comprehensiveness is the foundation, high level shows strength, strong characteristics show height. In recent years, the school has adhered to the "four orientations", strengthened top-level design, focused on the construction of first-class disciplines, consolidated the foundation, enhanced strength, and promoted overall development through key construction, and actively built a high-profile, plateau-rising school to compete with the world's first-class universities. Adaptable subject system.
"Comprehensive" refers to building a good disciplinary ecology. Most of the world's first-class universities are comprehensive universities. The school continues to optimize its subject structure, expand its advantages in engineering, strengthen its advantages in medicine, form advantages in science, and enhance its advantages in liberal arts, allowing liberal arts, sciences, medicine, and engineering to flourish, forming a disciplinary development pattern with outstanding advantages and distinctive characteristics. Oriented to serve the national strategy, local needs and the high-quality development of the school, the school has dynamically adjusted and canceled 14 disciplines (including professional degrees), and added 8 new first-level disciplines to authorize doctoral degrees. It has successively established teaching and research institutions such as the School of Artificial Intelligence and Automation, the School of Physical Education, the School of Art, the Integrated Research Platform for Intelligent Equipment Design and Manufacturing, and the Institute of Medical Equipment Science and Engineering. It has also established the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the School of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, and an education system. , The scientific research and innovation system is more perfect.
"High level" refers to focusing on building a number of world-class disciplines. First-class universities need to be supported by a number of first-class disciplines.The school adheres to the goal-oriented discipline construction, "goals determine tasks, tasks allocate resources, and performance depends on quality", focusing on mechanical engineering, optical engineering, materials science and engineering, power engineering and engineering thermophysics , electrical engineering, computer science and technology , basic medicine , clinical medicine , public health and preventive medicine, biomedical engineering 10 first-class disciplines, integrating the advantages of integrated circuit science and engineering, artificial intelligence , electronic science and technology and other related disciplines, condensing the strategic frontier direction, attracting strategic scientists and high-end talents, creating and promoting a first-class disciplinary culture, and striving to bring high-quality The subject resources and scientific research resources are transformed into talent training resources, and guided by the construction of first-class disciplines, the overall strength of the discipline and the comprehensive strength of the school are comprehensively improved.
"Strong Characteristics" refers to the efforts to create the peak of the discipline. A first-class university must have its own unique disciplinary advantages. The school supports disciplines such as mechanical engineering, optical engineering, electrical engineering, public health and prevention, materials science and engineering, etc., aiming to be world-class and strive to create the peak or even the pinnacle of the disciplines. Take the mechanical engineering discipline as an example. Based on 10 national-level teaching and research platforms, this discipline strives to create an innovation chain of "talent training-basic research-technology research and development-result transformation-industry application" and strives to move towards the forefront of world-class disciplines.
Inheriting the red gene to cultivate outstanding engineers in the new era
"Outlook": Huazhong University has obvious advantages in engineering. Facing the country's demand for outstanding engineers in the new journey, what reform measures are taken in talent training?
Li Yuanyuan: Huazhong University was positioned as "the cradle of cultivating red engineers" when it was founded in 1952. Entering the industry 4.0 era, the country has new demands for engineers. They must not only maintain a bright red background forever, but also highlight excellence. On the one hand, one must have a solid theoretical foundation, that is, "scientist + engineer"; on the other hand, one must have high engineering innovation capabilities, be able to identify and solve problems, and cannot copy foreign technologies, standards and paths, and must innovate independently. , discover new needs, create new standards and new solutions; in addition, you must have a broad knowledge and global perspective, and have system design, technology integration and excellent leadership capabilities.
In 2010, the Ministry of Education launched the Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program 1.0. Our school has a total of 15 undergraduate majors and 11 graduate-level subject areas approved. On this basis, the school has established 13 experimental classes of the Excellence Plan to explore and practice the training of outstanding engineers.
Since 2018, focusing on the training of outstanding engineers in the new era, the school has also promoted the construction of new engineering disciplines, explored the cultivation of undergraduates, masters and doctoral students, and created a talent training special zone. Increase the collaboration of science and education, the integration of industry and education, and international cooperation, improve teaching conditions and environment, improve the quality assurance system, and carry out explorations such as international engineering education certification.
"Outlook": Huazhong University has created a series of talent training special zones. What is the "special" part?
Li Yuanyuan: In recent years, the school has continuously deepened its talent training model, strengthened the construction of core elements, and built talent training special zones such as Qiming College, Cyberspace Security College, and Future Technology College .
is "special" in breaking the discipline barriers of professional schools (departments). In 2008, the school and the industry jointly built Qiming College, a demonstration area for innovative talent training, to create a multi-disciplinary and cross-educational environment. The college adheres to the school-running ideas of "open education, innovative mechanisms, cross-discipline, and top-notch demonstration" to guide students to conduct research-based learning, proactive practice, and innovative scientific research. After more than ten years of exploration and practice, the school has achieved remarkable results in cultivating mass entrepreneurship and innovation talents. The school ranks third in the country in the national general college competition list (undergraduate) from 2017 to 2021. The coverage of the innovation and entrepreneurship training program for college students reaches 86%. In terms of top talents in mass entrepreneurship and innovation, the first seven "Internet +" College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competitions won a total of 22 gold medals, ranking second in the country in total gold medals.
"special" is in the educational reform pilot area of the hierarchical customs clearance office. The school has listed the School of Cyberspace Security as a pilot area for education and teaching reform, and has established an experimental class for training talents with undergraduate, master, and doctoral degrees in cybersecurity.The college vigorously implements a graded and comprehensive comprehensive practical ability training system. It is one of the few cybersecurity professional colleges in China that systematically implements comprehensive practical ability training in undergraduate teaching. In the past three years, the student team has won many heavyweight honors such as the global crown in the 2021 World University Supercomputer Competition.
is "special" in facing the new engineering of the future. The school is one of the first 12 future technology college construction units in the country. It focuses on future scientific and technological originality, cultivates forward-looking scientific and technological innovation leaders who can lead future development, and promotes the transformation and upgrading from "Made in China" to "Created in China" . Integrate A+ disciplines such as optical engineering, mechanical engineering, and biomedical engineering to develop future technology fields such as intelligent manufacturing, intelligent chips, and intelligent perception driven by integrated and interconnected intelligent robots.
faces the future, we will take on the mission of cultivating high-level talents with a sense of mission of seizing the day, and make important contributions to the road of independent cultivation of strategic talents. ■
