On May 17, 2021, China Railway 18th Bureau Group and Shandong University signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Jinan. Party Secretary, Chairman and General Manager Yan Guangtian, Deputy General Manager Tong Shunjun, Deputy General Manager and Chief Engineer Dai Jinghui, China Railway Construction Expert Pan Jianli; President Fan Liming of Shandong University, Executive Vice President Wang Qilong, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Vice President Li Shucai attended the signing ceremony. Dai Jinghui and Li Shucai signed the agreement on behalf of both parties. The signing ceremony was hosted by Wang Qilong.

Focus on deepening talent training

Yan Guangtian expressed his gratitude to Shandong University for its long-term support to China Railway Eighteenth Group in terms of scientific and technological research, technological research and development, and personnel training, and introduced the relevant situation of the enterprise. Yan Guangtian said that Shandong University is a comprehensive university with a long history, strong academic strength and distinctive school-running characteristics. Over the past 120 years since its establishment, Shandong University has formed a talent training system with a complete structure, strong strength and unique characteristics, which contributes to the country’s economic and social development. Made an important contribution. It is hoped that both parties will take this docking and signing as a new starting point, deepen the all-round strategic cooperation between schools and enterprises, jointly conduct extensive research in the construction of complex and dangerous mountain tunnels and tunnels across rivers and seas, deepen practical cooperation, and smooth communication through the establishment of special work classes. Mechanism, strive to achieve high-level breakthroughs, obtain high-level results, and achieve high-quality development in scientific research platform construction, project research and development, technical solution supply, scientific research results transformation, joint training of talents, and capital construction cooperation. China Railway 18th Bureau Group will actively integrate resources, rely on major engineering projects, and provide rich application scenarios and reliable support services.

Fan Liming said in his speech that the cooperation and exchanges between the China Railway 18th Bureau and Shandong University have a long history and deep roots. Over the years, the two sides have cooperated many times to complete advanced geological forecasts and soft rock large-scale projects including the Mongolia-China Railway and the Zhengwan High-speed Railway. Research on the mechanism of deformation and catastrophe and other scientific research, carried out the analysis and remediation of roadbed diseases on the Ji-Heng Railway, and jointly carried out scientific research on key technologies for the construction of subsea tunnels. The signing of the strategic cooperation agreement this time fully embodies the development philosophy of complementary advantages, strong alliances, and win-win cooperation between the two parties. It will effectively push the relationship between the two parties into a new stage, promote new upgrades in transportation technology, and jointly create a new situation for school-enterprise cooperation. Serve a new chapter in national development.

Dai Jinghui introduced the intentional cooperation between the school and the enterprise; Zhou Chuanjian, the dean of the Shandong University Institute of Science and Technology, introduced the scientific research of the school; Li Liping, the deputy dean of the Qilu Transportation College, introduced the civil and transportation disciplines and scientific research of the school. According to the agreement, the two parties will adhere to both problem-oriented and goal-oriented, in order to solve practical problems, moderate technical reserves, and limited forward-looking research as the sequence, cooperate in scientific and technological innovation projects, clarify cooperation priorities, and strengthen key technology research and original technology research and development. Carry out comprehensive cooperation in scientific research, achievement transformation, equipment sharing, integration of production and education, and personnel training. After the signing ceremony, Yan Guangtian and his party also visited the History Museum of Shandong University.Editor/Xing Wentao