On March 25, the University of Science and Technology Beijing held the inauguration ceremony of its Advanced and Sophisticated Technology Institute. Wu Guilong, the Party secretary of the university, and Xie Jianxin, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the dean of the Advanced and Sophisticated Technology Institute and the director of the Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, attended the ceremony.

Fu Huadong, the executive dean of the Advanced and Sophisticated Technology Institute and the executive director of the Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, made a statement. He said that he would, together with all the teachers and students in the institute, aim at the goal of building “advanced and sophisticated technology“, strengthen interdisciplinary innovation, thoroughly implement the idea of “educating people in all respects“, cultivate top-notch innovative talents, focus on “national needs“, break through key technologies, and help the institute become an innovation highland for intelligent materials technology in China and even the world.

Xie Jianxin said that the establishment of the Advanced and Sophisticated Technology Institute aims to create an innovation highland facing the frontiers of science and technology and an interdisciplinary talent training platform, and become an important means for the fourth talent training reform of the university“s materials discipline. He said that the institute should seize opportunities, clarify its development mission and strengthen its goal tasks under the guidance of the university, and strive to become a leader in the field of intelligent materials at home and abroad as soon as possible and play a demonstrative and leading role.

In his summary speech, Wu Guilong pointed out that the establishment of the Advanced and Sophisticated Technology Institute is one of the important measures for the university to comprehensively implement the spirit of the National Education Conference. The institute should rely on the advantages of multidisciplinary cross-over, highlight its characteristics, build its brand, and form a joint force in talent training, discipline construction, scientific research and innovation. He emphasized that led by Academician Xie, the leading group of the institute should further integrate superior resources, promote strategic planning with high standards, deepen the cultivation of high-level talents and educational reform, and promote the high-quality development of the institute.

Beijing“s “2441“ Advanced and Sophisticated Industry System

In 2021, the Beijing Municipal People“s Government issued the “14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Advanced and Sophisticated Industries in Beijing“, stating that encouraging institutions of higher learning in Beijing to offer disciplines of key advanced and sophisticated industries and cultivating a group of college graduates with strong scientific research and innovation capabilities. Beijing is committed to building a future-oriented “2441“ advanced and sophisticated industry system, which includes: two internationally leading pillar industries - new generation information technology and medicine and health; four characteristic and advantageous industries of “Made in Beijing“ - integrated circuits, intelligent connected vehicles, intelligent manufacturing and equipment, and green energy and energy conservation and environmental protection; four innovative linked industries of “Beijing Services“ - blockchain and advanced computing, the service industry of science and technology, smart city, and information content consumption; future frontier industries - biotechnology and life science fields, carbon emission reduction and carbon neutrality fields, frontier new materials fields, quantum information fields, optoelectronics fields, and brain science and brain-computer interface fields.