On October 13, Mr. Cheng Hongbing, CUC of HUAT and vice president, Mr. Luo Yongge, were invited to Wuhan to have a meeting with Mr. Liu Chuantie, director of Hubei Provincial Department of Education (HPDE), Mr. Zhu Yi, CUC of Wuhan Development Zone (Hannan District), Mr. Li Zhong, director of Administration Committee of Wuhan Development Zone. They had detailed discussion about how to advance the construction of “Wuhan production, learning and research base of HUAT” and Institute of Dongfeng Automotive Engineers.
Mr. Zhu Yi first gave an introduction about the economic data, development of industry, city construction and social development in general and the achievement the Zone has made so far in field of economy, culture and education. Mr. Zhu said that the Zone was facing the challenge of transition from an important economic town to a new zone with production industry where production, residents’ life and ecology develop harmoniously. The development of education, health care and culture has to be sped up. The settlement of Wuhan Base of HUAT caught much attention of the Zone Committee. He hopes that the base can take a shape as soon as possible so as to add power to the construction of vocational education in Hannan District and cultivate cutting-edge talents for the automotive industry.
Mr. Luo Yongge briefly introduced the basic situation of HUAT about teaching, research, student training, progress of Wuhan base and hoped to obtain guidance and support to Wuhan base at project application, education reform, discipline construction, research project application, etc from Hubei Provincial Department of Education. He also expected more help with land use, infrastructure and socialization of the base from the Zone
Mr. Liu Chuantie gave an affirmative answer in response to Mr. Zhu’s introduction about the practice of the Zone in the district and spoke highly of and expressed his thanks to the introduction and support to Wuhan base of HUAT. He said the construction of Wuhan base of HUAT in the Zone was coherent with the trend of higher education development, benefiting the local economic development. As an important choice to highlight running features of HUAT, the educational department would provide substantial support and guidance. He also said more work was needed to be done as how to make the base project a one in full swing, such as its detailed function orientation, the relationship between the base and the main campus in Shiyan and fund resources, etc.
Mr. Cheng Hongbing expressed heartfelt thanks to the support and confirmation given by the Hubei provincial Education Department and the Development Zone. He said the implementation of the Wuhan base project was important for the both of HUAT and the Wuhan Development Zone. The settlement of Wuhan base was a key step for the development of HUAT’s production, learning and research and would become a booster for the development of automotive education industry in the Zone. He promised that the HUAT would speed up process of Wuhan base and make full preparation for the project application according to the requirement proposed by the Education Department.
Other section directors from the above three departments also participated in the meeting. Ms. Ma Xun, director of Wuhan Office of HUAT was one of them.
