On Nov. 5, Liu Zuwen, Party secretary of Jiangxi University of Science and Technology (JXUST), and Ge Shirong, president of the university and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, led a delegation to Pingxiang. They met with Yu Zhengkun, Party secretary of the Pingxiang Municipal Committee, and Fu Zhenghua, deputy Party secretary and mayor. Also attending were Pingxiang Deputy Party Secretary Wu Fukang, Vice Mayor Wu Jiajie, Pingxiang University Party Secretary Qiu Xiaohui and Municipal Committee Secretary-General Li Nankai. JXUST leaders Wang Hang and Ning Jie accompanied the visit.
Yu expressed the city’s gratitude for JXUST’s long-standing support. He said Pingxiang has a deep heritage and a distinctive character, with a revolutionary past, an industrial base, a fighting spirit and a tradition of hospitality. The city’s locational, industrial, talent and policy advantages are growing as it pursues its drive to build an industrial powerhouse and its “Five Cities” initiative, he added. Industrial upgrading and the shift to new growth drivers have created ample space and a broad platform for deeper university-city cooperation. Yu called on JXUST to continue to deepen its presence in and empower Pingxiang, leveraging its strengths in disciplines, research platforms and talent to align closely with the city’s key industrial and innovation chains. Pingxiang, he said, will provide the best services and conditions for cooperation projects, talent development and research innovation, promoting mutual resource flows, complementary strengths, two-way empowerment and win-win outcomes.
Liu thanked the Pingxiang authorities for their support and introduced JXUST’s strengths in education, disciplines, research and talent cultivation. He noted that Pingxiang’s solid industrial base, strong growth potential and welcoming environment for cooperation closely match the university’s advantages in geology and mining, metallurgy and materials, and intelligent manufacturing. JXUST will base its work on local needs and its own capabilities, actively align with Pingxiang’s development strategy, and deepen comprehensive, multi-level and regular cooperation with local government, enterprises and universities. The aim is to commercialize more high-quality research results in Pingxiang and encourage more talented graduates to settle there and start businesses, helping the city upgrade its industries and elevate its urban profile.
Ge outlined JXUST’s goal of becoming a world-class university in rare earths and key minerals, and explained its overall approach, key tasks and innovations in the integrated reform of education, science and technology, and talent. By connecting talent cultivation, research and recruitment, the university aims to strengthen its distinctive disciplines. Pingxiang, he noted, sits at a key node between the Nanchang and Changsha metropolitan areas, giving it unique locational advantages. It can leverage this hub status to strengthen platforms and become an important node for receiving and transferring distinctive industries. Ge also offered constructive proposals on deepening practical cooperation in mining machinery industrial chain coordination, key technology breakthroughs, commercialization of research and joint talent training, so as to promote complementary resources and win-win development.
During the visit, the delegation inspected intelligent mining machinery enterprises including Jiangxi Xintong Machinery Co., Ltd. and Jiangxi Lanxiang Heavy Industry Co., Ltd.
