On the morning of April 1, Xu Dazhe, CPC Hunan Provincial Committee secretary and Hunan Provincial People’s Congress Standing Committee director, met with Qiu Shuiping, CPC Peking University Committee secretary, and his entourage in Changsha. (Photo/Zhao Chi, Hunan Daily)

Secretary Xu said that in recent years, Hunan government has insisted that development is the first priority, talent the first resource, and innovation the first driving force. It will give full play to the role of platforms such as the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone, and continue to increase R&D investment, cultivate high-tech enterprises, and make key technological breakthroughs. We will focus on building advantageous industries such as construction machinery, rail transit, aviation power, electronic information, and new materials, and keep adding dynamics to economic and social development, he added.

He continued, “we are now thoroughly implementing the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech made when inspecting Hunan; carrying forward in-depth development of Party history learning and education; implementing the Three Highlands and Four New Missions Strategy; and, striving to build a modern new Hunan.” He believed that forging ahead on a new journey and realizing a new blueprint requires strong technology and talent support. He expected the Peking University, based on the cooperation between the two parties, and giving full play to its advantages of being a well-known university, will further cooperation with Hunan in terms of Party history research, talent training, university exchanges, technological innovation platform construction, digital economy development, integration of industry, university, and research, and promotion of rural revitalization. This will assist Hunan in being at the forefront of the rise of the central China and speeding up the pace of high-quality development.

Secretary Qiu remarked that Hunan has profound cultural heritage, strong higher education strength, and good results in the development of advanced manufacturing, and there is great potential for cooperation with Peking University. We are willing to carry out in-depth Party building exchanges with Hunan, strengthen discipline and scientific research cooperation, increase joint cultivation of talents, and jointly promote the construction of practice bases to help Hunan build a highland of talents and create a strong atmosphere of innovation.

Zhang Pingwen, Peking University vice president and Chinese Academy of Sciences academician, and provincial leaders Zhang Jianfei and Zhu Zhongming attended.

This article is from Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Yu Jiangjiang

Chinese source: hunan.gov.cn