NCEPU Singed Associated Cultivation Agreement with Beijing Economic and Technological Institute of the State Grid Company

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On April 22rd, the agreement-signing ceremony for associated cultivation agreement of NCEPU and Beijing Economic and Technological Institute was held in the institute of the State Grid Company. An Liansuo (vice president of NCEPU) and Zhang Yunzhou (president of Beijing Economic and Technological Institute) signed the agreement on behalf of the two sides. Yin Chengqun (assistant to president of NCEPU), Zhao Dongmei (vice president of the graduate school), Niu Dongxiao from the Business and Management School, Ge Zhengxiang (party secretary and vice president of Beijing Economic and Technological Institute), Li Ying (chief economist of Beijing Economic and Technological Institute) also attended the ceremony which was presided by Hu Zhaoguang, vice president of Beijing Economic and Technological Institute.

    In order to set up a new cultivation mode to improve the innovation ability of postgraduates in NCEPU, workstations were established in research institutes off campus and high-tech enterprises, and the innovative mode of two-period and double-supervisor postgraduate cultivation was put forward. In this new mode, experts and professional backbones with senior professional titles were employed as postgraduate supervisors to provide joint guidance to graduate thesis and dissertations. Associated postgraduates would finish relevant courses at school during the first period. Then during the second period, they would choose subjects with regard to the researches of both sides, carry out experiments in workstations, and study the subjects under the instruction of supervisors on and off campus. With this intensive cooperation among universities, research institutes and enterprises, advantages of all parts will be fully exploited, the theoretical and engineering value of postgraduate thesis improved, their innovative ability and practical accomplishment enhanced, and technological innovation, research cooperation and achievement transformation in science will be promoted to create a win-win situation for both sides.

    Beijing Economic and Technological Institute is not only a soft scientific and major decision-making institute, but also the planning and economic-management consultation center of  State Grid Company, holding first-grade engineering consultation certificate promulgated by China Engineering Consultation Association as a consultation institute registered in the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. The associated postgraduate cultivation of NCEPU and Beijing Economic and Technological Institute marks a good beginning of win-win cooperation, and advantage complementary in serving state power industry in soft scientific areas like power and economic management of NCEPU and the institute. This cooperation provides a platform for postgraduate majoring in business and management to participate in basic and prospective researches of key and difficult issues in energy and power economy, power development planning, power supply and demand analysis, power system reform and power market, financial and auditing of prices. Such is the significant role that the cooperation plays in improving the innovative, research and consultation competence.

    After the signing ceremony, Mr. An conferred letters of appointment as postgraduate supervisors to seven experts from Beijing Economic and Technological Institute, and exchanged ideas with them over details of associated cultivation.