HUTB Holds 2025 High-Quality Development Promotion Conference
2025-02-28
With a strong wind filling the sails, it is the right moment to strive forward. On the afternoon of February 27, HUTB held the 2025 High-Quality Development Promotion Conference at the Xiangjiang Lecture Hall in the Xiangjiang Building.
Chen Xiaohong, Secretary of the CPC HUTB Committee, Director of Xiangjiang Laboratory, and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, along with other current Chief Leaders and CPC HUTB Committee members, attended the conference. All division-level officials, all department-level officials, heads of departments (offices), and representatives from various democratic parties attended the conference. The conference was chaired by Liao Xiangyue, Deputy Secretary of the CPC HUTB Committee and President of HUTB.
The conference opened with the majestic national anthem. All attendees stood solemnly for the playing and singing of the national anthem.
Chen Xiaohong, Secretary of the CPC HUTB Committee, Director of Xiangjiang Laboratory, and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, delivered a speech titled "Navigating Change, Discerning Trends, and Creating New Glories from a New Starting Point". She comprehensively summarized the university’s achievements in 2024, outlined the scientific planning and meticulous arrangement of five key focus areas for 2025, and put forward four expectations and requirements for the current tasks.
Secretary Chen Xiaohong pointed out that in 2024, focusing on the theme of "enhancing initiative, pursuing transformation, strengthening intrinsic quality, and promoting leapfrog development", the university achieved commendable results in its endeavor to build a distinctively innovative, first-class university: 1. Further elevation of educational excellence; 2. Groundbreaking milestones in winning major awards; 3. Robust Party building and ideological education; 4. Continuous enhancement of institutional distinctiveness; 5. Future-focused university governance and academic advancement; 6. Fruitful outcomes in education and teaching; 7. New heights in scientific research and innovation; 8. Outstanding achievements in talent cultivation; 9. Demonstrated social responsibility; 10. Improved service quality and support efficiency. The university’s development has received strong recognition and high praise from leaders at all levels and educational authorities. These achievements were made possible thanks to the strong guidance of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and Hunan Provincial Government, the united efforts and relentless endeavors of the university’s leadership team, the close collaboration of all departments, and the unremitting dedication and hard work of the faculty, staff, and students. Through practical efforts, they have sustained the university's thriving momentum of development, and jointly advanced its new journey toward high-quality development.
Secretary Chen Xiaohong emphasized that 2025 is a crucial year for comprehensively implementing the guiding principles of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, a pivotal year for acting on the directives of national and provincial education conferences, and implementing the plans for establishing an education powerhouse at both national and provincial levels, a transitional year connecting the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan to the beginning of the 15th Five-Year Plan, and a critical year for deepening the university's comprehensive reforms. We should steadfastly uphold the political, people-oriented, and strategic attributes of education, fulfill the fundamental mission of moral education, implement all tasks for establishing an education powerhouse at both national and provincial levels, adhere to the work theme of "promoting reform, injecting vitality, enhancing distinctiveness, and striving for excellence", and vigorously advance the construction of an innovative, first-class university. Key focuses include: 1. Party building leads the way in steering direction, creating new patterns for moral education; 2. Comprehensive reforms accumulate momentum and empower development, establishing new benchmarks for collaborative integration; 3. key initiatives enhance quality and efficiency, activating new engines for connotative development; 4. People-centered initiatives are carried out with full commitment, charting a new blueprint for a well-being-oriented campus; 5. A safe campus is steadfastly safeguarded, constructing new protective mechanisms for secure development.
Amid the turbulent waves of technological advancement, "how to grasp the pulse of the times and discern its overall trends, and how to adapt to change with flexibility while remaining steadfast in core principles, has emerged as a new challenge for each of us". Secretary Chen Xiaohong put forward four expectations and requirements for all faculty and staff: 1. Cultivate the wisdom to "perceive change" - anchoring direction by aligning with trends; 2. Master the methods to "adapt to change" - taking decisive action in response to shifts; 3. Nurture the courage to "drive change" - pioneering innovation by riding the tide of progress; 4. Uphold the principles to "govern change" - advancing steadily by harnessing momentum. We should carefully assess the situation and trends, clarify positional roles and responsibilities, focus on both planning and execution, and "break new ground" through reform. We will accelerate from the very start and gain momentum from the outset, ensuring high-quality completion of annual objectives. We should strive to act as the driving force in realizing the grand blueprint of "Three Highlands, Four New Missions", and demonstrate the mission-driven responsibility of a first-class university in accelerating the construction of China into a strong nation in education, science and technology, and talent cultivation.
He Longde, Secretary of the HUTB Commission for Discipline Inspection, announced the Notification on the 2024 Annual Assessment Results of Secondary Units . For secondary schools, four were rated as "excellent", including the Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies (School of Management Science and Engineering), and seven were rated as "good", including the School of Intelligent Engineering and Manufacturing. For secondary administrative departments, four were rated as "excellent", including the CPC HUTB Committee Office and Principal Office, and seven were rated as "good", including the Undergraduate School (Undergraduate Teaching Evaluation Center).
Chief Leaders in attendance presented awards to the secondary units that were rated as "excellent" and "good". The audience erupted with warm applause, offering hearty congratulations to the award-winning units. The main responsible persons of each secondary unit came to the stage one by one to submit their Task Responsibility Statement for Goal Management of Secondary Units, starting a new journey from a new start with full confidence and determination.
Time flows like melodies fading into the distance, while endeavors unfold like chess games with ever-renewed strategies. In the end, all attendees stood up and joined in singing songs "Ode to the Motherland", "Unity is Strength", and "Song of Hunan university of Technology and Business". Under the direction of Xiao Ming, a National First-Class Conductor and Dean of the School of Music, faculty members sang affectionately, expressing their love for the country and the university. With unwavering resolve and a pioneering spirit, they have embarked on a new journey to build an innovative, first-class university, charting an even brighter future for HUTB.
(Written by Zhang Gaoyang and photo by Tu Hua, Li Ya)
