Intelligent manufacturing, united in progress. On the morning of September 26, 2020, the unveiling ceremony of the "Northeastern University Changzhong Intelligent Technology Industry Research Institute and Dongda Changzhong Intelligent Technology Industry Research Institute Co., Ltd." was grandly held in Changzhong. The establishment of the research institute signifies that both the university and the enterprise will share technology and resources in scientific research platforms, academic exchanges, talent cultivation, and other aspects, achieving mutual benefit and win-win results, jointly promoting the development and innovation of intelligent manufacturing technology and equipment industry.

Ma Tianyi, member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology; Xiao Hui, Deputy Director of the Equipment Division of the Hunan Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology; Chen Haibo, Deputy Director of the Changsha Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology; Kang Zhenlin, Director of the Management Committee of Jinxia Economic Development Zone; Li Yang, Deputy District Mayor of Kaifu District People's Government; leaders from the Kaifu District Government Office, Science and Technology Bureau, Industry and Information Technology Bureau, Jinxia Economic Development Zone Investment Promotion Cooperation Bureau, Industry Development Bureau, and other departments; Sun Lei, Vice President of Northeastern University; Huang Min, Director of the Artificial Intelligence Department of Northeastern University; Zhang Ye, President of Hunan Jiayu Investment Holding Co., Ltd.; Fang Desong, Chairman and General Manager of Hunan Changzhong Machinery Co., Ltd., and other leaders attended the unveiling ceremony.

Fang Desong, Chairman and General Manager of Changzhong Machinery, on behalf of Changzhong Machinery, warmly welcomed and sincerely thanked all leaders and guests attending the unveiling ceremony. He stated: This cooperation has received strong support from governments and leaders at all levels. The Northeastern University Changzhong Intelligent Technology Industry Research Institute is the result of the strong alliance between Northeastern University and Changzhong. It is an innovative practice of the university-enterprise cooperation model integrating innovation, production, study, and research, and an important part of Changzhong's effort to build a world-class heavy industry enterprise. The research institute will be dedicated to creating an innovation engine for the development of intelligent technology and equipment industry, helping Changzhong seize the technological high ground in the bulk material conveying industry chain.

Fang Desong, Chairman and General Manager of Hunan Changzhong Machinery Co., Ltd.

Sun Lei, Vice President of Northeastern University, stated that the joint establishment of the research institute by Northeastern University and Hunan Changzhong Machinery Co., Ltd. aligns with the national development trend, seizing the opportunity at the right time to face challenges together. Both parties share a common foundation of striving for the country and a shared vision of national rejuvenation. He hopes that the cooperation will be long-lasting and deep, creating an innovative system closely integrating science and technology, education, and industry, always moving in the same direction as national development and national rejuvenation, accelerating the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productivity, and stimulating greater independent innovation capabilities.

Sun Lei, Vice President of Northeastern University

Kang Zhenlin, Director of the Management Committee of Jinxia Economic Development Zone, on behalf of the Jinxia Management Committee, extended warm congratulations on the unveiling ceremony. Happiness heads north, Jinxia rises, the sun and moon combine like a gem, the five stars align like a string of pearls; the cooperation between Changzhong and Northeastern University is indeed a perfect match. He hopes Changzhong will further optimize project management, promote the early production and early effectiveness of the intelligent research institute, and create a model project for intelligent manufacturing in the park.

Kang Zhenlin, Director of the Management Committee of Jinxia Economic Development Zone

Ma Tianyi, member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, delivered an important speech. He highly praised this university-enterprise cooperation. He stated: Vigorously developing intelligent manufacturing is an inevitable choice to respond to the new round of global technological and industrial changes, promote supply-side structural reform of the manufacturing industry, create new competitive advantages for manufacturing, and realize the goal of a strong manufacturing country. Recently, General Secretary Xi inspected Hunan and put forward requirements for Hunan to build a "national important advanced manufacturing base, a core competitive scientific and technological innovation highland, and an inland reform and opening-up highland." The joint establishment of the research institute and company by Northeastern University and Changzhong Machinery is a concrete implementation of these requirements. The provincial and municipal governments will provide strong support. The research institute and company can seize the opportunity of digital economy development, adhere to the integration of informatization and industrialization and the concept of green development, set a new example for the industrialization of Northeastern University's technology, and make new contributions to Hunan's intelligent manufacturing.

Ma Tianyi, member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology

The unveiling ceremony concluded successfully