On November 12, the China-Spanish New Energy and Materials Industry-University-Research Cooperation Forum was held at BUCT. Attending the forum were Wang Feng, Standing Committee member of BUCT Party Committe and Vice President of BUCT, Zhang Xiaowei, fifth-level clerk of the Division of European Affairs, China Science and Technology Exchange Center, Climent Molins Borrell , Vice Director of Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Rosa Bazán, Director of HR at IMDEA Materials Institute, Madrid, Zhang Xinning, CRRC Chief Scientist and former Chief Engineer, and experts or delegates of universities, institutes or enterprises from both countries, including Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, IMDEA Materials Institute, Madrid, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Universidad de Zaragoza, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, China-Spain Science and Technology Association, CRRC, Wanhua Chemical Group, Taishan Institute of Science and Technology, Thermo Fisher Scientific. Zhang Bing, Director of BUCT International Exchange and Cooperation Department, presided over the opening ceremony.
Wang Feng Addressing the Forum
Wang Feng expressed that global cooperation in education, technology and Industry-University-Research combination has played an important part in fostering cultural exchange and global partnership between China and the world. China and Spain have enjoyed a long-term cooperative relationship with solid foundation and unlimited future potential. BUCT and relevant Spanish counterparts have conducted personnel exchanges on many occasions, further promoted scientific research cooperation and personnel training, and successively established a joint R & D center. They have also cooperated in applying for major national key R & D projects for intergovernmental international scientific and technological innovation cooperation, and have achieved fruitful results. This forum is meant to serve as a platform for exchanges and cooperation between universities, research institutions, enterprises, and industry associations in China and Spain, with the hope of sharing past achievements and experience while promoting future high-quality development in the industry-university-research cooperation between China and Spain.
Climent Molins Borrell Addressing the Forum
Climent Molins Borrell expressed his gratitude to this forum for providing a high-quality platform for China and Spain to cooperate in higher education and industry-university-research. He also hoped that this platform will become a useful means to share experience, build cooperation networks, conduct research and innovation cooperation, and explore more potential cooperative intentions and ideas.
Rosa Bazán Addressing the Forum
Rosa Bazán said that there is great potential for scientific and technological cooperation between China and Spain, and there are broad prospects for cooperation in the fields of talent exchange, new energy, and materials. It is hoped that this forum will further promote exchanges and cooperation between IMDEA Materials Institute, Madrid and BUCT, and contribute to the closer friendship between the two countries and further cooperation in related research fields.
Zhang Xinning Addressing the Forum
Zhang Xinning said that CRRC has a long history and is the world's leading rail transit equipment manufacturer and system solution provider. CRRC attaches great importance to cooperation with Spain in the field of rail transit and renewable energy, and has gained much experience and a series of achievements. It is hoped that the forum will provide a channel for establishing connections with Spanish representative from different areas for discussions on the issues in the field of new energy including technological innovation, personnel training and technological cooperation. Zhang also hoped that these efforts will collectively promote technological progress and upgraded development for both the two sides and contribute wisdom and strength to global green development.
Signing of the Cooperation Contract between BUCT and IMDEA Materials Institute, Madrid
Afterwards, Wang Feng and Rosa Bazán signed a cooperation contract on behalf of the two sides.
Zhang Xiaowei, Wang Deyi, Cao Dapeng, Chen Shimou,, Wang Dianzuo, Liu Guangqing Making Reports(From Left to Right and Top to Bottom)
In the report session of the forum, Zhang Xiaowei, Wang Deyi, Cao Depeng and Chen Simu made reports titled respectively "China-EU Science and Technology Cooperation Policy and Practice", "IMDEA's New Materials and New Generation Fireproof Materials", "Hydrogen Catalytic Materials and Devices", "High Safety Electrolyte Materials for Secondary Batteries" and "CRRC in the Lead: The Dual Drive of Science and Technology Innovation and Clean Energy International Cooperation".
In the afternoon, a keynote report session was held, with 15 experts and scholars from BUCT and Spanish universities, research institutes and enterprises delivering fascinating reports on topics such as industry-university-research cooperation in new energy and materials.
During the forum, relevant colleges, departments and professor teams of BUCT had in-depth discussions with Spanish experts and scholars on issues such as faculty exchange visits, student joint training, and joint application for international projects. Many cooperation intentions were reached during the discussions.