On 14 September, Sun Jianjiang, Secretary of the Changshu Municipal Party Committee, led a delegation to visit Nanjing University. Tan Tieniu, Chair of NJU CPC Council and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, met with Sun Jianjiang and his delegation at the Xianlin Campus, where the two sides held discussions on further expanding cooperation between the university and the local community.
Tan Tieniu extended a warm welcome to Sun Jianjiang and his delegation, noting that NJU and Changshu City have maintained close ties over the years, sharing deep historical roots and a solid foundation for cooperation. On behalf of the university, he expressed gratitude to Changshu for its long-standing support of NJU's educational endeavours. He noted that Changshu ranks among the top counties in the national Top 100 Counties list, is a city renowned for its history and culture, and possesses a robust industrial base. Since the joint establishment of the Changshu Ecological Research Institute by the university and the local government, fruitful results have been achieved in fields such as ecology, solar energy, biology and cultural heritage conservation. He looked forward to both parties further deepening and expanding their cooperation on the basis of existing collaboration. NJU is willing to fully leverage its strengths in talent, scientific research and disciplines such as artificial intelligence to engage in practical cooperation with Changshu in areas including talent development, cadre training, the commercialisation of research outcomes, artificial intelligence and big data. This will establish Changshu as a model for NJU's cooperation in serving local development, and enable both parties to make new and greater contributions to serving major national strategies and promoting high-quality economic and social development in Jiangsu.
Sun Jianjiang expressed his gratitude to Nanjing University and Secretary Tan Tieniu for their warm reception, and recalled his involvement in selecting the site for NJU's Suzhou Campus. He outlined the socio-economic development of Changshu City and noted that Changshu is currently focusing on building the 'Smart Computing Future City', advancing industrial planning and institutional reforms. He expressed the hope that the city would capitalise on its geographical and transport advantages to seize the opportunities presented by the artificial intelligence boom, and accelerate industrial transformation, upgrading and innovative development centred on future industries. He emphasised that Changshu attaches great importance to its cooperation with Nanjing University and looks forward to building on the existing partnership to establish close ties with the Suzhou Campus. He expressed the hope to further deepen collaboration in areas such as scientific and technological innovation, the commercialisation of research outcomes, talent recruitment and development, industrial alignment, and the preservation and innovation of cultural heritage, thereby facilitating the introduction of more high-quality resources from NJU to Changshu.
During the discussion session, Suo Wenbin, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC NJU Committee and Vice President of NJU, extended a warm welcome to Sun Jianjiang and his delegation on behalf of the university, and expressed gratitude for the long-standing care and support provided by Changshu City in areas such as university operations, scientific research and talent development. He noted that NJU and Changshu share deep-rooted ties and a solid foundation for cooperation; the two parties have jointly established a number of landmark collaborative platforms and achieved a series of fruitful results in fields such as acoustic technology, perovskite photovoltaics, ecological environment and joint talent cultivation.
The two sides held discussions centred on the achievements of existing cooperation, current development needs and future directions for collaboration, and engaged in thorough exchanges on the joint construction of innovation platforms, the commercialisation of scientific and technological achievements, research into key technologies, and the joint training of talent.
During their visit, Sun Jianjiang and his delegation toured the University History Museum at NJU's Xianlin Campus and the Nanjing University National Innovation Platform for Industry-Education Integration in Integrated Circuits, gaining first-hand insight into the university's academic heritage, disciplinary structure and the achievements of its industry-education integration initiatives.
