Duchuang/Shenzhen Business Daily Chief Reporter Wu Ji Correspondent Zhang Kerui
On April 16, 2012, the Ministry of Education officially issued a document to agree to Southern University of Science and Technology to "get the preparatory work". April 16, 2022 is the tenth anniversary of South China University of Science and Technology's "de-planning to become a regular person". On April 17, South China University of Science and Technology held the 2022 "Cloud" campus opening day event. This newly promoted "Double First-Class" university attracted nearly 1.2 million people to "watch" through the Internet.
This "cloud" campus open day event has rich content and highlights, including the theme report on the innovation and development of South University of Science and Technology, conversations with academician representatives, sharing of outstanding graduates, interpretation of admission policies, laboratory exploration, cloud tour of the campus, academician popular science lectures, professional introductions, department center display and other links. The live broadcast lasts for 11 hours.
Li Fengliang, Secretary of the Party Committee of South China University of Science and Technology, hopes that candidates and parents can "see" South China University of Science and Technology through the "cloud" and "see" South China University of Science and Technology, choose South China University of Science and Technology, and walk with South China University of Science and Technology to create a world-class research university together. He said that since its birth, South China University of Science and Technology has been given the mission of the times and the heavy expectations of the times. The creation and rapid development of the school are an educational feat created by the country, Guangdong Province, Shenzhen City and all sectors of society. As a new university in the new era, South China University of Science and Technology was born at the historical node of the Party and the country's vigorous promotion of reform and innovative development of higher education, rooted in Shenzhen, a reform hotspot that led the trend of the times, and grew up in the great practice of the country since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. With the time to focus on the country's efforts to develop higher education, the location of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, and the people gathering high-level talents at home and abroad, South China University of Science and Technology keeps pace with the times, takes advantage of the momentum, and has developed with high-quality connotation. The comprehensive rankings on the international and domestic authoritative university rankings have rapidly risen, attracting attention, and have achieved the "South China University of Science and Technology Speed" of China's higher education development. In the 11 years since its establishment, the school has made great strides in faculty introduction, talent training, discipline construction, scientific research, and domestic and international influence. In February this year, South China University of Science and Technology officially joined the ranks of national "Double First-Class" construction universities, becoming the first "Double First-Class" construction university in Shenzhen, and also one of the youngest universities among "Double First-Class" universities.
Li Fengliang said that the tide of the new era is surging. The Party Central Committee and the State Council vigorously promote the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and support Shenzhen in building a pilot demonstration zone for socialism with Chinese characteristics. The school will take greater responsibility and greater actions to be at the forefront in the new era of comprehensively building a modern socialist country, hold high the banner of building a new research university, and create a model for China's higher education reform. He recommended the "beauty" of South China University of Science and Technology to everyone: the first is the beauty of scientific research and innovation, the second is the beauty of talent cultivation, and the third is the beauty of campus scenery. Li Fengliang hopes that students have the opportunity to go to South China University of Science and Technology to experience the beauty of South China University of Science and Technology, and use the broad platform of South China University of Science and Technology to increase knowledge, broaden their horizons, improve their personality, and realize their life ideals.
Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President Xue Qikun delivered an innovative development report from Southern University of Science and Technology. He introduced the basic situation of South China University of Science and Technology, shared the advantages and characteristics of South China University of Science and Technology, and demonstrated the new explorations of South China University of Science and Technology in the cultivation of outstanding talents. He said that the school has built 29 departments and centers, forming a discipline system focusing on science, engineering and medicine, with both business and distinctive humanities and social sciences. Among the 37 undergraduate majors, 5 majors were approved as national first-class majors and 8 majors were approved as first-class majors in Guangdong Province. In the 2022 Times World University Rankings just announced, the school has four major subjects listed, namely life sciences, basic sciences, engineering and technology, and computer science, which almost covers the main characteristic disciplines of South China University of Science and Technology, ranking 7, 9, 12 and 12 of mainland universities. On February 14 this year, he was selected into the second round of "Double First-Class" construction universities and construction disciplines.
Xue Qikun introduced the school's school management advantages from three aspects: a high-level teaching staff, an elite training model, and Shenzhen's significant location advantages, and made an outlook on the talent training of South China University of Science and Technology. He said that South China University of Science and Technology has established a "three-step" medium- and long-term development plan, "three major development strategies" and "five major action plans", and has used this as a guide to promote the construction of first-class universities.Based on the historical period of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, standing on the trend of the reform and opening up era, and being in the historical opportunity of the construction of the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area", "Socialism Pilot Demonstration Zone", "Comprehensive National Science Center" and "High-level Talent Highland", the people of Nanke Science and Technology will live up to their mission with the "Shenzhen gene" of reform and innovation, forge ahead, and in a short time, they will build Nanke Science and Technology into a model for international first-class research universities, making Nanke Science and Technology a university that students yearn for, parents rest assured, society is satisfied, and the country trusts.
During the conversation between academician representatives, Acting Vice President and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Gu Dongfeng, Acting Vice President, Dean of the School of Science, and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Yang Xueming, Acting Vice President and Professor Jin Li, acting Vice President and Professor Zhang Jiping, member of the President's Office, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Professor Zhang Jiping, Dean of the School of Engineering, Foreign Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Academician of the Royal Canadian Academy of Sciences, and Academician of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, Zhang Mingjie, Dean of the School of Life Sciences and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and others carried out dialogue and exchanges on the theme of "Getting talents from all over the world and nurturing them is not a pleasure". During the interactive session, the academicians also contacted students from South China University of Science and Technology to answer questions and answer questions for the students.
"On the Cloud" campus open day also sets up videos for various departments, academies and academic centers. Academicians, deans, department chairs and well-known professors introduce professional characteristics, and invite outstanding undergraduates to share their learning experiences and experiences, so that candidates and parents can have a deeper understanding of the departments and professional settings of South China University of Science and Technology and appreciate the style of South China University of Science and Technology academies and academic centers.
This "cloud" campus open day is the third time that South University of Science and Technology has held an online open day event. Although due to the impact of the epidemic, candidates and parents were unable to enter the campus to experience it on the spot, everyone's enthusiasm has not diminished at all. They watched the online live broadcast and actively participated in interactive communication. This event fully demonstrated the school management philosophy, development achievements, faculty level, professional settings, enrollment policies, talent training characteristics, etc. to all walks of life, especially the majority of candidates and parents, and achieved good results.
review: Sun Shijian
