President Liu Jizhen Attended the Opening Ceremony of the Baoding University Science Park

Publishing time:2012-05-22    Viewer:

      Reports from Baoding Campus: On May 10^th, held by Baoding Municipal Government, the Science & Technology Department and the Education Department of Hebei Province, the opening ceremony for Baoding University Science Park was inaugurated in the Baoding High-tech Zone. President of NCEPU Liu Jizhen, vice president Yang Yongping, and assistant president Lv Fangcheng attended the ceremony. The leaders taking part in the opening ceremony included vice governor of Hebei Provincial Government Long Zhuangwei, vice secretary of Hebei Government Li Jing, director of Hebei Science & Technology Department Jia Hongxing, vice director of Hebei Education Department Zhai Haihun, Secretary of Baoding Municipal Party Committee Xu Ning, standing vice mayor of Baoding Government Ma Yufeng, secretary of Party working committee in Baoding Hi-tech Zone Sun Jinbo, along with five universities that are located in Baoding ( namely North China Electric Power University, Hebei University, Agriculture University of Hebei, Hebei Finance University, Hebei Software Institute).

      The University Science Park in Baoding, as one of the first group of key projects in China Electricity Valley in 2010, is an essential base for the integration of producing, learning and researching. It is constructed by Baoding Hi-tech Zone to develop University Science Park and to attract investment of hi-tech enterprises, and has a total investment of 287.78 million yuan with a project area of 100 mu (about 6.7 hectares) and an overall construction area of 139,311 square meters.

       As the only National University Science Park featuring energy and electric power in China, the Science Park of NCEPU makes full use of its advantages concerning talents, disciplines, technology, and industrial cooperation, and actively carries out transformation of the science & technology achievements, the incubation of hi-tech enterprises and technical services, providing vital support for the construction of “China Electricity Valley”and the sustainable development of electric industry clusters. The Building No.5 newly set up in the Science Park, covering an area of 9000 sq.m, constitutes the main part of the NCEPU’s Park jointly constructed by the university and Baoding Hi-tech Zone, and acts as a key base for the transformation of the science & technology achievements, the incubation of hi-tech enterprises and the carryout of public technical services.

      Preceding the ceremony, President Liu and other university leaders, along with vice-governor of Hebei Province Long Zhuangwei, director of Hebei Science & Technology Department Jia Hongxing, and Secretary of Baoding Municipal Party Committee Xu Ning, made an inspection of some enterprises located in NCEPU’s Science Park, listening to relevant introduction of the enterprise’s development as well as the reports on their technology research and talents training with NCEPU from some enterprise directors, and conversing with them. President Liu pointed out that, given the platform of University Science Park, we should persist in the course of combining producing, learning and researching between universities and enterprises, and strengthen the two sides’ cooperation in order to promote bigger and stronger companies.

       At the opening ceremony, President Liu Jizhen delivered an important speech on behalf of NCEPU and other universities in Baoding. In the speech President Liu referred that, the construction of first-rate University Science Park was not only a core component of setting up top-ranking universities, but also of great significance for developing regional economy, promoting technology transfer and the transformation of the sci-tech achievements in universities, as well as upgrading and altering industrial structure. The setup of Baoding University Science Park was a great event for NCEPU’s construction of high-level universities. Therefore, depending on present scientific research platforms (such as National University Science Park, National Key Laboratories etc.), the technology transfer carrier as well as the strengths on talents and disciplines, NCEPU would carry out its own missions and obligations of running the university while serving the economic construction and local innovation system of Baoding.

      Vice president Yang Yongping signed the “Framework Agreement on the Joint Construction of University Science Park”on behalf of NCEPU with the counterparts from Baoding National High-Tech Industrial Development Zone.

      Vice secretary of the Party working committee and standing deputy director of administrative commission in High-Tech Zone Zhang Zhikui presided over the opening ceremony, while Sun Jinbo, secretary of the Party working committee and director of administrative commission introduced the overall situation of the Baoding National University Science Park. The standing vice mayor of Baoding Ma Yufeng, along with the director of Hebei Science & Technology Department Jia Hongxing delivered speeches.

      Vice governor of Hebei Province Long Zhuangwei, other chief provincial and municipal leaders together with officials from the five universities in Baoding cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony.