To further strengthen exchanges and cooperation between universities and enterprises in the industry, promote the deep integration of talent cultivation with industry–university–research collaboration, and enhance the connections among alumni, the School, current faculty and students, and alumni themselves, on the afternoon of November 12, Wu Sen, Secretary of the School Party Committee, led a delegation to visit China Architecture Design & Research Group (CADG) for exchanges and cooperation. Liu Yang, Vice Dean of the School of Future Cities; Fan Xiaohua, Vice Dean of the School of Economics and Management; Ni Yu, Deputy Secretary of the School Party Committee and Vice Dean; Liu Yan; Li Changlin, President of the MBA Alumni Association; Qin Xing, President of the Entrepreneurs and Investors Alumni Association; and Wang Qingyi, Secretary-General of the MBA Alumni Association, together with more than 20 faculty members, students and alumni, took part in the event. Zheng Di, Assistant General Manager of China Architecture Design & Research Group Co., Ltd. and Executive Director and General Manager of CADG International Engineering Consulting (Beijing) Co., Ltd.; Lü Dongyue, Deputy General Manager of the company; and Zhong Yangang warmly received the delegation led by Wu Sen.
After watching together an introductory video of China Architecture Design & Research Group, Zheng Di, on behalf of CADG, extended a warm welcome to the delegation led by Wu Sen and gave a detailed introduction to the Group's development history, business areas, core strengths and future plans. He stated that universities are important bases for talent cultivation and scientific and technological innovation, and expressed his hope to deepen collaboration with the University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) in areas such as talent supply, research cooperation and joint project development, so as to share resources and complement each other's strengths.
Wu Sen expressed her sincere gratitude for CADG's warm hospitality and highly commended its outstanding achievements and industry influence in the field of architectural design. She gave a detailed introduction to the School's notable progress in discipline development, faculty building, talent cultivation and alumni affairs. Wu Sen stated that she hoped the two sides, taking this visit as an opportunity, would fully leverage their respective resource advantages and explore new paths and achieve new breakthroughs in industry–university–research collaborative innovation, student internships and employment, and alumni cooperation, so as to jointly contribute to industry development and social progress.
During the seminar, the participants held in-depth discussions on topics such as corporate development strategies, directions of scientific and technological innovation, needs for talent cultivation, and models of university–enterprise cooperation. Faculty members, drawing on the School's disciplinary characteristics, noted that CADG has prominent strengths in engineering practice and industry resources, and expressed their hope that the two sides would, with project cooperation as a bond, achieve precise alignment between disciplinary development and industrial demand, build platforms for student internship and joint research, and support the cultivation of composite talents with both theoretical competence and practical ability.
Alumni representatives expressed in the exchanges their hope for more regular communication platforms, resource sharing, more cooperation opportunities and win-win outcomes. The participating faculty, students and alumni actively offered their suggestions, and the atmosphere on site was enthusiastic and cordial.
During this visit, the two sides also toured CADG's temporary exhibition commemorating the victory in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the Group's history hall. Through precious historical documents and physical exhibits, they gained an in-depth understanding of the development history of China Architecture Design & Research Group, its major engineering achievements and its outstanding contributions to carrying forward architectural culture.
At the site of CADG's renovation project for an old residential community, the faculty, students and alumni inspected on the ground the project's construction achievements, learned in detail about the innovative concepts and practical experience in planning and design, technology application and improvement of people's livelihoods, and directly experienced the enterprise's professional strength and sense of responsibility in the field of urban renewal.
Visiting the retrospective exhibition on the application of the Xixia Tombs for World Cultural Heritage status, they learned that CADG had provided professional technical support and concepts of cultural transmission behind the country's 60th World Cultural Heritage site to be successfully inscribed. The faculty, students and alumni listened attentively to the explanations and spoke highly of CADG's professional competence in the protection and transmission of cultural heritage.
This session of the "Alumni Enterprise Visit" program was rich in content and fruitful. It not only enhanced mutual understanding and trust between the university and the enterprise, but also laid a solid foundation for carrying out all-round, multi-level cooperation in the future. At the end of the event, the two sides took a group photo, and this visit and exchange program concluded successfully.
