On the morning of October 8, the launch event for the Nanjing key pillar of the Shanghai (Yangtze River Delta) International Science and Technology Innovation Center and the promotion of the work of the Zijinshan Innovation Belt was held at Nanjing University's Xianlin Campus. The second-phase construction of NJU's Xianlin Campus was officially initiated. This marks another significant step forward in NJU's vision for the "University of the Future." It further demonstrates the university's new responsibility as it strives towards becoming a world-class university and supporting Jiangsu Province's new high-quality development ambitions. Liu Xiaotao, Governor of Jiangsu Province, attended the meeting and conducted subsequent field research at NJU's Center for Sensing and Imaging Technology to gain a detailed understanding of the innovation achievements, research progress, and team building. Zhou Hongbo, Member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and Party Secretary of the Nanjing Municipal Committee; and Tan Tieniu, Chair of NJU CPC Council and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, delivered speeches. Zhang Guohui, First-Class Inspector of the Department of Science and Technology and Informatization of the Ministry of Education; and Li Zhongjun, Mayor of Nanjing, attended the event. Tan Zhemin, President of NJUand Academician of the CAS, presided over the meeting.
Liu Xiaotao, Zhang Guohui, Zhou Hongbo, Li Zhongjun, Tan Tieniu, and Tan Zhemin jointly launched the second-phase construction of NJU's Xianlin Campus.
Tan Tieniu pointed out that building the Shanghai (Yangtze River Delta) International Science and Technology Innovation Center is a major strategy personally planned, deployed, and promoted by General Secretary Xi Jinping. It plays a key role in ensuring China's high-level science and technology self-reliance, as well as the high-quality integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta. General Secretary Xi Jinping's significant directives for Jiangsu and the major strategies rolled out by the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and Government provide NJU with a new mission grounded in the times. It also grants a broad stage for the integration of the university with the local area.
In recent years, as an important part of China's national strategic strength in science, technology, and education, NJU has actively engaged in the national and regional innovation system, deeply aligning with Jiangsu's "1650" industrial framework. It has initiated and implemented special actions to "fully support new practices of Chinese modernization in Jiangsu", aiming to achieve new successes in serving Jiangsu and contributing to the nation.
Tan Tieniu emphasized that embarking on the "15th Five-Year Plan" marks a new journey. Under the guidance and support of the Ministry of Education and the Jiangsu Province, NJU will work hand in hand with Nanjing City to jointly tackle challenges and work towards shared goals. The construction of the Nanjing key pillar and the Zijinshan Innovation Belt will be taken as the main field for university-local cooperation and the grand platform for industry-education integration. Efforts will focus on four dimensions: first, embracing national priorities to assume shared missions in serving national strategies; second, focusing on primary innovation to make breakthroughs in critical core technologies; third, deepening industry-education integration to enhance the dynamics of research translation and industry empowerment; fourth, fostering open collaboration to promote integrated development of education, science, technology, and talent.
Tan Tieniu expressed that the university will use the second phase of the Xianlin Campus and the Nanjing Tech-Innovation Community as engines, laying a solid foundation and embarking on a grand voyage for its centennial and beyond. It will continue refining the "one university, two cities, four campuses" layout, ensuring NJU's intelligence and Jiangsu's practices complement and achieve each other. This aims to synchronize the origin of innovation with industrial upgrades, taking a leadership role in contributing to the construction of the Shanghai (Yangtze River Delta) International Science and Technology Innovation Center, deeply integrating science and industry innovations, and contributing significantly to building a prosperous, strong, and beautiful Jiangsu and advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese modernization.
Tan Zheming chaired the event.
Lin Tao, Member of the Standing Committee of the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee and Executive Vice Mayor reported on the progress of the Nanjing key pillar for the Shanghai (Yangtze River Delta) International Science and Technology Innovation Center and the Zijinshan Innovation Belt construction. He also elaborated on measures to support the second phase construction of the NJU Xianlin Campus and Tech-Innovation Community. Lin emphasized that Nanjing would firmly undertake its primary responsibility for constructing the key pivot and the Zijinshan Innovation Belt. The city will fully support the acceleration of project construction, strengthening leading academic disciplines, fostering an innovative ecosystem, and deepening the integration of the prestigious university and the innovative city to contribute significantly to the technological innovation landscape of Jiangsu.
Suo Wenbin, Member of the Staning Committee of the CPC NJU Committee Member and Vice President of NJU reported on the construction plan for the second phase of NJU's Xianlin Campus and the Nanjing Tech-Innovation Community from three aspects. According to the plan, the second phase of the Xianlin Campus will serve as the "pivot of the pivot", achieving the symbiotic and mutually prosperous development of the university and the city through talent cultivation, outcomes introduction, university-industry collaboration, and financial empowerment. It will integrate with the existing "two cities and four campuses" as an integrated whole, striving to build a university "ready for the future" by 2030. The site will feature a strong value orientation, introduce new talent training paradigms, establish world-class original research capabilities, foster an efficient ecosystem of government, industry, academia, and finance, and create unique advantages and strategic support in critical future industry fields.
Zheng Hairong, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC NJU Committee, Executive Vice President of NJU and Academician of the CAS; Shi Yongjun, District Chief of the Qixia District Government; and Huang Chengwen, District Chief of the Jiangning District Government signed a cooperation agreement on behalf of the three sides to jointly establish the second phase of NJU's Xianlin Campus and the Nanjing Tech-Innovation Community.
Chen Yunsong, Vice Chair of NJU CPC Council; Huang Yixin, Party Secretary and Chairman of the Nanjing Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.; Liu Ying, Party Secretary and Chairman of the State Grid Nanjing Automation Co., Ltd.; Zhang Xueqi, Party Secretary and Chairman of the China Construction Eighth Engineering Division Corp., Ltd. Third Construction Co.; Gui Youlin, Party Secretary and Chairman of the Jiangsu Huachuang Microelectronics Co. Ltd.; and Chen Xueliang, Chairman of the Xiongwei Precision Industrial Group Co. Ltd. signed agreements on behalf of their respective entities, to jointly build five university-industry joint laboratories (research centers and institutes) to further align higher education intellectual resources with the demands of local leading industries and deepen collaborative innovation in research and development.
Jiang Yong, Party Secretary and Director-General of the Jiangsu Education Department; Xu Guanghui, Party Secretary and Director-General of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Science and Technology; Liu Miao, Vice Chair of NJU CPC Council and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission; Lu Xiancai, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC NJU Committee and Vice President of NJU jointly inaugurated the "Nanjing University Interdisciplinary Center for Intelligent Foundational Software." Spearheaded by NJU and involving cross-campus collaboration, the center aims to establish an autonomous, sustainable, and evolving open-source intelligent ecosystem, building itself into a nationally influential strategic new focal point in foundational intelligent software.
Li Bin, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC NJU Committee and Vice President of NJU; Fan Yuan, Chairman of the Nanjing Innovation Investment Group Co., Ltd.; and Xu Wei, Chairman of the Nanjing Qixia Industrial Development Group jointly launched the first phase of the Nanyong Technological Achievement Transformation Venture Investment Fund. The fund will focus on areas such as biomedicine, new materials, and next-generation information technology, comprehensively assisting NJU's technological achievements' efficient transition to industry, supporting the construction of the Nanjing key pillar of the Shanghai (Yangtze River Delta) International Science and Technology Innovation Center.
The Nanjing Municipal Science and Technology Bureau and the Nanjing Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau jointly with NJU's Nanjing Alumni Liaison Office, Shenzhen Alumni Association, Emerging Technology Alumni Association, Intelligent Manufacturing and Industrial Internet Industry Alumni Association, and French Alumni Association, issued the "Caring for Nanyong, Gathering Wisdom in Jinling" global alumni return-to-Nanjing innovation and entrepreneurship joint initiative.
On the same day, the groundbreaking ceremony for the second phase construction of NJU's Xianlin Campus was held.
Tan Tieniu, Tan Zheming, and other university leaders jointly laid the foundation stone for the second-phase construction at the Xianlin Campus.
Former NJU Party Secretary Hong Yinxing, former NJU Presidents and Academician of the CAS Chen Jun and Lyu Jian, former Southeast University Party Secretary Guo Guangyin, CAS academicians Zhu Shining, Wang Yifang, Guo Zijian, and Shi Yi, Professor of the highest rank Sun Jianjun, Jiangsu Provincial Government Party Member and Secretary-General Zhao Jianjun, relevant officials from the Nanjing Municipal Government, Qixia and Jiangning districts, leaders of related universities and state-owned enterprises, representatives of cooperative enterprises, leading technology enterprises, representatives of the various democratic parties, and deputies to the People's Congresses and members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference at all levels, members of the university's board of trustees, alumni, university leaders, representatives of university department and schools, as well as affiliate hospital representatives and faculty members attended the event.
