On July 23, in the presence of Qiu Yong, Party Secretary of Tsinghua University and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Wu Lei, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Shanghai Electric Group, the two parties signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Shanghai to conduct in-depth exchanges on key scientific research, training of innovative talents, and industry-academia-research integration.

According to the agreement, the two parties will cooperate in the fields of advanced manufacturing, digital intelligence integration and low-carbon energy, explore innovative university-enterprise cooperation mode, build a high-level scientific and technological innovation platform, strengthen key technology research, carry out high-level talent exchange and training, promote the deep integration of industry, academia and research, improve the commercialization of scientific and technological achievements and the level of industrialization, and make greater contributions to the implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy and the realization of technological self-reliance.

Qiu Yong said that Tsinghua University has always taken the service of the country as its mission, and now focuses on key areas following national strategies, actively promoting the construction of academic disciplines and scientific and technological innovation. Shanghai Electric closely follows industrial applications and cutting-edge technologies, and constantly strengthens forward-looking scientific research and key technology research. The signing of the agreement marks a concrete step to implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and to promote integrated scientific and industrial innovation. We look forward to the future cooperation, which will surely coordinate innovative resources and forces, solve challenging national bottlenecks, and conduct leading and independent scientific and technological research. We will strengthen strategic dialogue, improve top-level planning, innovate the mode of university-enterprise cooperation, and achieve a high level of scientific and technological self-reliance.

Wu Lei welcomed Qiu Yong and his entourage. He said that Shanghai Electric's development of new quality productive forces under the national strategy and its independence in scientific and technological research are strongly supported by Tsinghua University. At present, Shanghai Electric is transforming into a world-class equipment company. In this critical period, we need more scientific and technological innovation and talent support from a first-class university like Tsinghua University. Taking strategic cooperation as the new starting point, we hope the two parties will continuously expand high-level exchanges, improve the mechanism of high-level talent cultivation, and identify more cooperation opportunities, so as to create a new situation of university-enterprise cooperation.

Zeng Rong, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of Tsinghua University, and Zhu Zhaokai, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai Electric Group and Chairman of the Shanghai Electrical and Mechanical Labor Union, signed the agreement.