To further strengthen the exchange and connection among alumni, the School, and current faculty and students, as well as among alumni themselves, on the afternoon of May 27, Wu Sen, Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Economics and Management (SEM), led a delegation to visit Beijing Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Beijing Hyundai"). Sun Jianhui, Party Committee Member and Director of the Customer Service Office of Beijing Hyundai; Tang Lijun, Party Committee Member of the Production Division, Party Committee Secretary of the Renhe Manufacturing Base, and Director of the Sedan Department; Lei Yi, Party Committee Member of the Production Division and Director of the Production Management Department; and Wu Songxu, Logistics Manager of Beijing Hyundai and an alumnus of the School's 2012 MBA class, received Wu Sen and her delegation.
At the symposium, both parties watched a corporate promotional film of Beijing Hyundai, gaining a comprehensive understanding of its development history, core vehicle lineup, and the application of intelligent manufacturing technologies.
Sun Jianhui extended a warm welcome to the faculty, students, and alumni from SEM. He gave a detailed introduction to Beijing Hyundai's journey since its establishment in 2002, growing from its early construction phase into a manufacturer with an annual production and sales capacity of one million units and cumulative sales of 12 million vehicles, and spoke in particular of the "red driving force" behind its recognition as an Advanced Grassroots Party Organization Nationwide and a national on-site teaching base for Party member education and training in Beijing. He noted that the company is currently accelerating its transition to new energy vehicles, with several new products to be launched in the next two to three years. He expressed special gratitude to USTB for supplying a large number of outstanding talents, many of them alumni who have grown into key leaders within the group and the company, and he looked forward to using this visit as a starting point to advance cooperation between the two sides to greater depth.
Wu Sen expressed heartfelt thanks for Beijing Hyundai's warm hospitality and highly praised its outstanding achievements in promoting the high-quality development of China's automotive industry. She introduced the School's notable progress in discipline development, talent cultivation, faculty recruitment and development, and Party building. She expressed the hope that, taking this "Alumni Enterprise Visit" to Beijing Hyundai as an opportunity, the two sides would fully leverage the resource advantages of alumni enterprises and achieve new breakthroughs in joint Party building, industry-academia-research cooperation, and student internships and employment, jointly advancing the high-quality development of both the School and the enterprise.
Subsequently, the two parties held in-depth exchanges on topics including Party building leadership, industry-education cooperation, and talent cultivation.
Before the meeting, Wu Sen and her delegation visited Beijing Hyundai's core production workshops for stamping, body-in-white, and final assembly, as well as the company's "Window of Party Building" exhibition area.
Also taking part were Liu Yan, Deputy Secretary of the School's Party Committee and Associate Dean; Shao Yanmin, Secretary of the Party Branch of the Department of Applied Economics; and Dong Niannian, Secretary of the Party Branch of the Department of Business Administration. More than 20 faculty, students, and alumni attended the event, including Zhang Yalin, President of the Entrepreneurs Chapter of the SEM Alumni Association; Li Changlin, President of the MBA Alumni Association; Yang Cheng, Vice President of the SEM Alumni Association; Hu Zijian, Secretary-General of the Entrepreneurs Chapter of the SEM Alumni Association; Wang Qingyi, Secretary-General of the MBA Alumni Association; and Huang Yanhui and Zhong Yangang, Vice Presidents of the MBA Alumni Association.
