Ride the wind and waves, embark on a new journey, forge ahead, and continue the chapter
Party Secretary Liu Chenggong and President Yu Jianyong.
The sun and the moon are moving, and the time is new. At this moment of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, on behalf of Donghua University, we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks and New Year's wishes to all teachers, students, staff, retired comrades, alumni at home and abroad, and friends from all walks of life who have long cared about and supported the development of the university
Looking back at the 2023 we have gone through together, we have worked hard to gather a strong joint force of overcoming difficulties, keeping integrity and innovation, taking the initiative to take responsibility, and forging ahead in unity, drawing a chapter of "education power, Donghua is promising"!
This year, we cast our soul and draw a new blueprint for future development。Carry out the theme education of learning and implementing the socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics in the new era from a high position, comprehensively grasp the theoretical study, investigation and research, and strive to transform the results of learning and research into practical results to solve development difficulties, respond to the concerns of teachers and students, and promote the development of the school. The 11th Party Congress of the university was successfully held, adhering to the leadership of party building and winning through innovation, putting forward the long-term goal of building a "world-class university with distinctive characteristics", and playing the strongest voice of the high-quality development action of "Striving for Donghua".
This year, we have consolidated our foundation and empowered new development with "big party building".。Innovate and carry out mutual evaluation and mutual learning of grassroots party building, joint construction and joint construction, in-depth implementation of the "Soul Casting Project for New Talents of the Times", continue to draw a larger "concentric circle" of the first work, and won the honors of the National University Ideological and Political Work Excellent Project, the Advanced Organization of the National Federation of Overseas Chinese, the National College Counselor of the Year, and the Star of Self-improvement of Chinese College Students.
This year, we adhered to the discipline leadership, and the discipline construction presented a new pattern。We will continue to promote the optimization, adjustment, transformation and upgrading of the development layout of disciplines, strengthen the construction of basic disciplines, and plan to establish the School of Mathematics and Statistics and the School of Physics. The discipline of textile science and engineering ranks first in the 2023 Ranking of World-class Disciplines. Strengthen organization and coordination, and complete the second round of mid-term self-evaluation of the "double first-class" construction with high quality. Start the construction of cultivation projects in the field of discipline innovation, and explore new paths of interdisciplinarity.
This year, we insisted on cultivating people with virtue and achieving new breakthroughs in the quality of independent training of talents。In-depth implementation of the high-level top-notch innovative talent training action plan, accelerate the construction of a higher-level talent training system, high-standard and high-quality construction of Donghua University School of Outstanding Engineers;Won 5 national teaching achievement awards, created and successfully held the first "Beautiful China" Innovation Competition for Chinese Graduate Students, Donghua students have overcome obstacles in major competitions, and the employment rate of college students ranks among the top universities in Shanghai.
This year, we vigorously carried forward the spirit of educators and scientists, and the construction of the teaching staff shone with new highlights。Professor Sun Yize was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Academician Zhu Meifang was awarded the "Shanghai Education Meritorious Hero", 9 new national leading talents and young talents were added, and 9 young and middle-aged teachers were selected into the Oriental Talent Project, and the scale and construction quality of the high-level talent team continued to improve.
This year, we focused on the frontier of science and technology, and scientific and technological innovation showed a new atmosphere。Focusing on serving the country's high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance, constantly improving the mechanism of organized scientific research and technological innovation, focusing on original and leading scientific and technological research, the number of annual national natural science projects increased by 44% compared with the previous year, led 3 national key research and development projects, 8 projects, and won the young scientist project for the first time72 scholars were selected into the "2022 Science Impact Ranking" list of the world's top 2% scientists.
This year, we took the initiative to connect with economic and social development and make new contributions to serving the society。Adhere to the service for support and contribution for development, continuously improve the ability to actively serve the national and regional economic and social development, take the initiative to connect with the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, the construction of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and other national strategies and the construction of Shanghai's "five centers", sign a contract to jointly build the "Shanghai People's Decision-making Consulting and Research Base", and continue to contribute to the construction of Shanghai as a world design capital. As always, we will shoulder our political responsibilities, help Yunnan Yanjin continue to consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, and continue to promote counterpart support for teaching, scientific research and discipline construction of Xinjiang University and Tarim University.
This year, we have "gone global", and new characteristics have emerged in international cooperation and exchanges。Based on improving the internationalization level of talent training, scientific research and faculty construction of the university, we will steadily promote international academic exchanges and Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools. The China-Africa International Forum on Textile and Apparel and the China-Africa Cultural Exchange Forum and the 2nd Annual Meeting of the World Alliance of Textile Universities were held as scheduled to present the 10th anniversary of the "Belt and Road" initiative.
This year, we have made a plan and handed over a new answer sheet for "Donghua Good Governance".。The new "Constitution of Donghua University" was promulgated, and the school education evaluation and comprehensive reform were continuously deepened, and the ideological concepts, institutional mechanisms, methods and paths were continuously promoted, the personnel assessment and evaluation were improved and optimized, the three-year development goals and tasks were formulated, the negative list system was established, and the work was created with "incremental change" and "stock revolution".
Time pushes the old and the new, struggle to win the future!The upcoming year 2024 marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. For the school, it is the first year to fully implement the spirit of the 11th Party Congress of the school, and it is a year to promote the full implementation of the goals and tasks of the "14th Five-Year Plan". In the new year, we will bear in mind the "great man of the country", strive to grasp the strategic opportunities and glorious missions given by the times, continue to ride the wind and waves, forge ahead, and work together to move towards a better future!
The future is always promising
Let us be filled with hope and faith
Let's welcome 2024 together
The first rays of sunshine have arrived!
*: Office of the Party Committee and Office of the President.