On May 28, Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) and COSCO SHIPPING Seafarer Management Co., Ltd. (COSCO Seafarer) signed a framework agreement for university-enterprise collaboration and Party building cooperation at WUT's Yujiatou campus.
Xia Jiangjing, Deputy Party Secretary and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of WUT, remarked that university-enterprise collaboration embodied the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress and the third plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, serving as a vivid practice in deepening industry-education integration. He also stated that it would contribute concretely to the national strategies of building a strong transportation network and a robust maritime nation. Xia hoped that both parties would seize this opportunity to create a new model of collaborative Party-building characterized by resource sharing, complementary advantages, and mutual empowerment.
Ge Jun, Deputy Party Secretary and Chairman of the Labor Union at COSCO Seafarer, emphasized that the company would leverage Party building as a bond, talent cultivation the core, innovation driving force, and its mission the rallying call, to collectively advance the "four-chain integration" (linking education, talent, industry, and innovation). This partnership aims to set a benchmark for university-enterprise cooperative education, jointly scripting a new chapter characterized by "Party-building as a foundation, industry-education integration, and shared mission" alongside School of Navigation, WUT.
During the event, Lu Rongguang, General Manager of Human Resources and head of the Organization Department at COSCO Seafarer, introduced the details of university-enterprise cooperation. Liu Kezhong, Dean of School of Navigation, WUT, and Hou Jun, Party Secretary, presented the activity plans for the “four-chain integration” Party-building initiative. Tang Zhimin, representative of corporate mentors, and Huang Jiaxing, a student representative, delivered specific speeches. The ceremony also featured the appointment of corporate mentors and the signing of the framework agreement for university-enterprise cooperation and Party-building partnership.
It is reported that School of Navigation, WUT's and COSCO Seafarer aim to establish a “Maritime Pioneer” Party-building brand. Thus, they will jointly create a deeply integrated industry-academia-research-application mechanism and innovate a training model that combines practical enterprise training with on-campus seminars, thereby deepening the effectiveness of university-enterprise collaboration and Party-building initiatives.
Reprinted from China Communications News