Concentrate on development and strive for a new chapter.
Teachers, students, alumni and friends:
The sun and the moon are moving, and the law of the years is renewed. The New Year's bell is about to ring, and the first rays of sunshine in 2024 will shine on the land of China. At this new starting point of inheriting the past and forging ahead into the future, on behalf of the party and government of the university, we would like to extend our sincere greetings and best wishes to all the teachers, students, staff, retired comrades and alumni at home and abroad, and to all friends from all walks of life who care about and support the development of Southeast University
2023 is the first year to fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the year to promote the deepening of the implementation of the strategic deployment of the 15th Party Congress, and the key year to achieve the medium-term goals of the 14th Five-Year Plan. The school has always kept in mind the earnest entrustment of the general secretary, based on the "two overall situations", with the "great man of the country" in mind, completely, accurately and comprehensively implementing the new development concept, closely following the work theme of "promotion year", practicing the concept of "academic first, students first, and teachers as the foundation", firmly grasping the primary task of high-quality development, cohesion and hard work, and comprehensively accelerating the construction of a world-class university with Chinese characteristics. The reform and development of the school has received the concern and attention of the general secretary and leaders at all levels. **The general secretary visited the Purple Mountain Laboratory built by our universitySecretary of Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee Nobunaga Xing, Governor Xu Kunlin, and relevant responsible comrades of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and Technology have visited the school for investigation and research to support the development of the school.
In this year, the party building was comprehensively strengthened, and the first-class party building effectively led the development of the first-class cause. In-depth study, publicity and implementation of the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the spirit of the important instructions and instructions of the General Secretary, solidly carry out the study and implementation of the theme education of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era and continuously consolidate and expand the achievements, the theoretical study, investigation and research, promotion of development, inspection and rectification, establishment of rules and regulations, integration and integration, and practical results have been achieved in the aspects of concentrating on the soul, political loyalty, career development, benefiting the people, and purifying the team. The quality and efficiency of publicity, ideological and cultural work have been improved, and the popularity and reputation of the school have been continuously improved. Three projects were selected as the national ideological and political boutique construction projects in colleges and universities, ranking first in Jiangsu.
First, the forefront of the country;Improve the cultural construction mechanism of first-class universities, and comprehensively promote the construction of culturally strong universities. Mei'an has been successfully declared as a party history learning and education base in Jiangsu Province, and cultural activities such as cherry blossom classrooms and Wutong cultural festivals have attracted wide attention. Steady progress has been made in discipline inspection, supervision, and inspection work. We will continue to strengthen political supervision, do daily supervision, deepen special supervision, strengthen discipline and law enforcement, and continuously improve the level of standardization, legalization and regularizationThe third and fourth rounds of special inspections were carried out in the school. Give full play to the advantages of the school, implement the political task of fixed-point assistance and help rural revitalization, and obtain the highest grade of "good" in the annual assessment and evaluation of the effectiveness of fixed-point assistance work of ** units.
This year, the "No. 1 work" of talent training has been continuously strengthened. We will fully implement the "Soul Casting Project for New Talents of the Times", implement the results of a new round of educational ideological discussions, practice the education concept of "lessons are bigger than the sky, students are the first", and comprehensively improve the quality of training leading talents. The School of Future Technology, the National College of Outstanding Engineers, and the Jiangsu Provincial College of Outstanding Engineers were inaugurated, and an independent integrated circuit college was established to vigorously cultivate high-level talents urgently needed by the country. Approved 5 new undergraduate majors;5 provincial-level double bachelor's degree compound talent training projects have been added, ranking first in JiangsuWon the second batch of 40 national first-class undergraduate courses (the first in the province). Philosophy, Physics, and Computer Science were selected into the "101 Program" of the Ministry of EducationHe has taken the lead in winning 12 national teaching achievement awards, and has won the first prize of national teaching achievements for five consecutive yearsHe has won 11 higher education scientific research planning projects of the Chinese Association of Higher Education. Won the "Winning Cup" of the National College Students' Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition and Entrepreneurship Plan Competition;For the fourth consecutive year, it has been awarded the highest grade A in the comprehensive evaluation of graduate education in JiangsuSelected as the first batch of Jiangsu Provincial Postgraduate Course Ideological and Political Teaching Research Demonstration Center (cultivation);The "number one" project of student employment has been further implemented, and the implementation rate of the 2023 graduation destination has stabilized at more than 94%;A group of typical young figures, including the "Star of Self-improvement of Chinese College Students", have emerged.
This year, the "No. 1 Project" of talent work has achieved great results. The team of academician Wang Jianguo was selected as the "Huang Danian-style Teacher Team of National Universities", and Professor Xiong Rengen and Professor You Xiaohu were elected academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. A total of 78 new national-level talents were added throughout the year, and overseas talents ranked among the top universities in the country. 6 new postdoctoral research mobile stations have been added, realizing the full coverage of all first-level discipline doctoral programs in the university.
This year, the construction of first-class disciplines has achieved remarkable results. We will further optimize the overall layout of disciplines, strengthen the development pattern of "one body and two wings", promote cross-integration, continue to build discipline peak projects and plateau projects, and make every effort to promote the high-quality development of disciplines. Three new first-level discipline doctoral programs in intelligent science and technology, carbon neutrality science and technology, and digital economy and management have been addedEngineering ranks among the top 10,000 in the world, computer science, materials science and chemistry rank in the top 1,000 in the world, and 14 new earth sciences are in the top 1% of the ESI world and 14 are in the top 1% of the ESI world. The second round of mid-term self-assessment of the "double first-class" construction was completed with high quality, and the construction results were fully demonstrated. The Department of Medicine and Life Sciences was established to accelerate the cross-construction of big medical science and medical engineeringThe Interdisciplinary Division was established. The discipline of electrical engineering and the discipline of civil engineering have successively held conferences to celebrate the centenary of the school's establishment and development.
This year, the ability of original innovation and service to major national strategies has been significantly enhanced. Adhering to the "four aspects", focusing on the main tasks such as major platforms, major projects, major achievements, and achievement transformation, the scientific and technological innovation system with the characteristics of Dongda has been initially formed. The transformation of scientific and technological achievements has reached a new level. Important progress has been made in the construction of scientific research bases. The National Design Automation Technology Innovation Center (EDA National Innovation Center) led by the university was inaugurated, and the National Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering was successfully reorganized, and two new national key laboratories were builtIt has been approved by the Ministry of Education, including the Basic Research and Innovation Center for Imaging and Interventional Medicine, and two key laboratories of the Ministry of Education: New Generation Artificial Intelligence Technology and Cross-application, and Quantum Materials and Information Devices. National-level scientific and technological tasks have achieved both quantitative and qualitative improvements. 26 projects of more than 10 million yuan were approved, an increase of 23 over last year8%；424 national natural science projects were approved, breaking the 400 mark for the first timeHe has taken the lead in undertaking 14 special projects of the National Key R&D Program, 6 international projects in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and 56 projects. The output and service capacity of the results have been significantly improved. He took the lead in winning 3 awards of the "3rd National Innovation Competition".He has won 16 first prizes and talent awards of science and technology awards of national first-class societies and industry associations. The level of humanities and social science research has continued to improve, and a total of 41 national social science projects have been awarded, and the total number of projects has reached the best results in the past years. The highlights of the platform construction are prominent, and the "Excellent University Think Tank Alliance" was initiated.
This year, cooperation and co-construction reached a new level. A total of 28 school-local cooperation agreements were signed. Signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement and deepening cooperation agreement with Peking University and Nanjing CityDeepen the organizational structure reform of the Wuxi campus and promote the integrated development of the school and the local communitySigned strategic cooperation framework agreements with Nantong City, Ji'an City and Tongling City;Signed a comprehensive scientific and technological cooperation agreement with Honghe Prefecture of Yunnan Province. As of mid-December, 134 new agreements had been signed, with a total amount of nearly 12.3 billion yuan. The connotation of alumni work has been continuously improved, and the alumni lifelong learning lecture hall has been officially launched.
This year, international exchanges and cooperation have developed in depth. Adhere to the path of internationalization and strengthen the school, actively build a new mechanism for internationalization, and continue to enhance its international influence. Throughout the year, he visited universities and research institutes in 12 countries and regions. Expand exchanges and cooperation with world-class universities such as Imperial College London, Trinity College in Ireland, RWTH Aachen University in Germany, National University of Singapore, and the University of Hong KongA total of 25 cooperation agreements have been signed with universities in 14 countries and regions, including the University of CambridgeImportant progress has been made in the construction of a high-level platform for international cooperation. The Zero-Carbon Energy Science and Engineering Discipline Innovation and Intelligence Introduction Base was approved as a national innovation platform, and the Joint Laboratory for International Cooperation in Zero-carbon Energy was approved as an international cooperation laboratory of the Ministry of Education. The UK-China Engineering Education and Research Alliance Inauguration of the UK-China Zero Carbon Engineering Innovation Centre was inaugurated. Launched the "Special Funding for High-quality International Cooperation and Exchange with World-class Universities and Disciplines". The 10th Anniversary High-Quality Development Conference of Southeast University-Monash University Cooperation was held, and the China-Australia Sustainable Development Research Center and Mengdong International College were unveiled.
This year, the construction of "Quality Dongda" was vigorously promoted. Implement the development concept of "teacher-student-centered", and steadily improve the campus infrastructure and environmental landscape. Efficiently completed the first phase of the project to improve the conditions of student dormitories and the upgrading of canteens, and standardized and efficient operation of off-campus accommodation sites for graduate students. Three projects, namely the Information and Electronic Teaching Complex, the Biomedical Research Complex, and the Energy and Environmental Research Complex, were put into use, laying a solid foundation for the development of the discipline. Some of the campus sports venues have been renovated and upgraded, and the swimming pool of Jiulong Lake Campus has been officially put into operation. The school has made a breakthrough in sports, and has achieved 2 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze medals in the first national student (youth) games.
These achievements embody the wisdom and hard work of all teachers, students and staff of the university, and are full of the hard work and dedication of all the people of Tokyo. On behalf of the party and government of the school, we once again express our sincere thanks and high respect to all teachers, students, staff, retired comrades, alumni at home and abroad, and friends from all walks of life
Do not slack off on the journey, take advantage of the momentum and write a new chapter. In the new year, Southeast University will always adhere to the guidance of the Thought of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era, continue to consolidate the achievements of theme education, focus on the "Double First-Class", forge ahead with the "14th Five-Year Plan", accelerate the construction of a world-class university with Chinese characteristics with mission, feelings, pattern and quality, and make irreplaceable contributions to the promotion of Chinese-style modernization
I sincerely wish the motherland more prosperity, the vigorous development of Southeast University, and all the people of Tokyo, alumni at home and abroad, and friends from all walks of life in the new year
Secretary of the Party Committee: Zuo Wei Principal: Huang Ru.
December 31, 2023.