HUTB Holds Grand Opening Ceremony for 2024 Integrated Development of Culture and Technology Themed Education Season
2024-04-25
On the afternoon of April 23, HUTB held the grand opening ceremony for the 2024 Integrated Development of Culture and Technology Themed Education Season and the inauguration ceremony for the newly established school.
Chen Xiaohong, Secretary of the CPC HUTB Committee, Director of Xiangjiang Laboratory, and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), Liu Guoquan, Member of the CPC HUTB Committee and Vice President of HUTB, Zhang Ling, Vice President of HUTB, Gan Dejian, Member of the CPC HUTB Committee and Vice President of HUTB, and Yi Mianyang, Deputy Secretary of the CPC HUTB Committee, attended the event. Over 2,000 people attended the event, including leaders from relevant functional departments and representatives of faculty and students. The main venue for the event was set at the Xiangjiang Lecture Hall in the Xiangjiang Building, with sub-venues including the Yingcai Lecture Hall in the South Campus, classrooms C205 and C206 in the Rixin Building, and the Lecture Hall of Zhuiguang Building and the Library Lecture Hall in the North Campus. The ceremony was chaired by Vice President Liu Guoquan.
The ceremony kicked off with the majestic national anthem, and all the faculty and students stood up to sing it together.
Chen Xiaohong, Secretary of the CPC HUTB Committee, Director of Xiangjiang Laboratory, and CAE Academician, delivered a speech. She pointed out that culture is the soul of a country and a nation, and science and technology are the primary productive forces. The integration of culture and technology is an important task that is crucial for overall development and long-term growth. It not only responds to the objective needs of the country and the expectations of Hunan Province but also demonstrates the subjective initiative that showcases the wisdom and energy of HUTB. She discussed her understanding of promoting the integrated development of culture and technology from three aspects. First, promoting the integrated development of culture and technology development is a glorious mission bestowed by the times. Second, promoting the integrated development of culture and technology is a reliable path to achieving high-quality development of the university. Finally, promoting the integrated development of culture and technology is already necessary and inevitable.
Secretary Chen Xiaohong put forward four hopes and requirements for how the university can better promote the Integrated Development of Culture and Technology Themed Education Season. First, it is necessary to enhance political awareness and deepen ideological understanding. We should stand at the height of the development of the Party and the country, bear in mind the State's interests, the grand plan of the province, and the major affairs of the university, further enhance our overall consciousness, demonstrate our sense of responsibility, and contribute to the high-quality development of the university by devoting ourselves with enthusiasm and gathering tremendous strength. Second, we must adhere to a goal-oriented approach and clarify the key areas of work. We should promote the deep and solid development of the integration of culture and technology, fully adapt to the development trend of "artificial intelligence+", effectively deepen interdisciplinary integration, and truly empower development through culture and guide the future through technology. Third, we must cultivate development momentum and empower the central task. We should integrate this themed education season with the mission of fostering morality and cultivating talents, as well as the work theme of "increasing initiative, seeking transformation, strengthening connotation, and promoting rapid advancement" to provide strong support for achieving the strategic goals of "Three Advances and Three Highs." Fourth, we must summarize our experience and practices and create an activity brand. We should mobilize comprehensively, promote widely, adapt to new requirements, apply new methods, and explore new paths. We should summarize, promote, and advance simultaneously to create a HUTB brand effect that promotes the integrated development of culture and technology.
Secretary Chen Xiaohong extended her sincere wishes for the successful completion of this themed education season and solemnly announced "The launch of the HUTB 2024 Integrated Development of Culture and Technology Themed Education Season!"
During the meeting, Li Jilin, Director of the CPC Committee Student Affairs Department, spoke as a representative of the functional departments. He expressed his firm commitment to implementing the decisions and arrangements of the CPC HUTB Committee. He pledged to take proactive actions, shoulder responsibilities, and ensure the high-quality implementation of the themed education season activities. Ren Jian, Secretary of the CPC Committee of the Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, spoke as a representative of the School. He stated that the school will adhere to the guidance of Party building, an innovation-driven approach, and the principle of fostering morality and cultivating talents and forging cultural spirit to contribute more to and make greater efforts toward the high-quality development of the university and the Xiangjiang Laboratory. Shang Sunpei, as a representative of young teachers from the School of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing (Xiangjiang Academy, School of Future Technology), expressed his commitment to perseverance and innovation. He stated that continuous breakthroughs in the field of scientific research will lead to the cultivation of more outstanding talents with cultural and technological literacy. Nie Xinyi, an undergraduate student from the School of Digital Media Engineering and Humanities, spoke as a student representative. She expressed her commitment to actively engaging in the integrated development of culture and technology. She also pledged to strive to grow into a high-quality talent with interdisciplinary skills.
Additionally, the inauguration ceremony for the establishment of the School of Cyber Science and Engineering was held. Secretary Chen Xiaohong awarded the plaque to the School of Cyber Science and Engineering. Chen Yan, Secretary of the CPC Committee and Executive Dean of the school, and Li Xiaolong, Dean of the school, received the plaque.
All teachers and students watched together the recorded videos of the wonderful programs from the "Integrated Development of Culture and Technology" themed education season, including the symphony concert "I Play the Triumphal Song for My Motherland" and the themed concert "Competing to Be the Best on the Xiangjiang River Region - The Yellow River Cantata". They drew inspiration from the passionate and inspiring red music, gaining strength for progress. Finally, the ceremony concluded successfully with all teachers and students singing the "Song of Hunan University of Technology and Business" in unison.
It is reported that the HUTB 2024 Integrated Development of Culture and Technology Themed Education Season is themed "Culture empowers development, technology leads future". It aims to thoroughly implement the important speeches and instructions given by General Secretary Xi Jinping during his inspection visit in Hunan, as well as the spirit of the symposium on promoting the rise of the central region in the new era. It is also to implement the decision-making and deployment of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and the People’s Government of Hunan Province regarding the integrated development of culture and technology, as well as the work requirements of the CPC HUTB Committee. The activity aims to comprehensively deepen the integration of disciplines, promote the implementation of the "Fostering Morality and Cultivating Talents Project", establish ideological and political education courses, and focus on four educational sections: fine traditional Chinese culture, red culture, technological literacy, and university pride. The goal is to educate students through general education courses, inspire them through red ideology courses, guide them through a targeted series of reports, nurture them through rich campus activities, develop them through practical bases, and motivate them through comprehensive systems. The overall goal is to enhance students' humanistic qualities, civilized literacy, scientific spirit, innovative consciousness, and innovative abilities. (Written by Zhang Gaoyang and photo by Tu Hua, Cheng Jiajun, Chen Mingxi, Qiu Yufei, and Xie Mingzhu)
