10月13日,市委書记袁家军会见了新加坡国立大学校长陈永财一行。
新加坡国立大学副教务长梁慧思,新加坡国家科学院、工程院院士王家功,市领导罗蔺、陈新武、张安疆,重庆大学校长王树新参加。
袁家军代表市委、市政府对陈永财一行来渝表示热烈欢迎。他说,重庆是长江上游超大城市,区位优势、生态优势、产业优势和体制优势突出。我们坚决扛起筑牢长江上游重要生态屏障的重大责任,扎实推动长江经济带高质量发展,坚定不移走生态优先、绿色发展之路,为科技创新和产业发展提供了丰富场景。聚焦创新驱动发展,加快打造现代制造业集群体系,积极构建科技创新战略布局,建设高能级研发平台,营造一流创新生态,引育高层次创新人才,为现代化新重庆建设提供有力支撑。新加坡国立大学与重庆合作基础坚实。希望双方围绕科技创新、人才培养、产业培育等加大合作力度,拓展合作空间,携手打造更多标志性成果。
陈永财感谢重庆的热情接待和对双方合作的重视支持,介绍了新加坡国立大学重庆研究院建设发展情况。他说,重庆科技创新和产业发展潜力巨大,新加坡国立大学愿与重庆企业、高校加强交流沟通、深化互利合作,积极助力重庆经济社会高质量发展。
新加坡国立大学,市有关部门负责人参加。
Yuan Jiajun Meeting with the Delegation of Tan Eng Chye, President of the National University of Singapore (NUS)
On October 13, Yuan Jiajun, Secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee, met with the delegation of Tan Eng Chye, President of the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Other attendees included Susanna Leong, Vice Provost of NUS, John Wang, Fellow of the Singapore National Academy of Science (SNAS) and Fellow of the Academy of Engineering, Singapore, municipal leaders Luo Lin, Chen Xinwu, and Zhang Anjiang, and Wang Shuxin, President of Chongqing University.
On behalf of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee and Chongqing Municipal Government, Yuan Jiajun warmly welcomed Tan Eng Chye and his delegation. He noted that Chongqing, as a mega city in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, boasts a prime location and prominent strengths in ecology, industry, and institution. Charged with the mission of buttressing the ecological shield in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Chongqing is working to promote the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt by following a path of green growth that prioritizes ecology and creating rich scenarios for sci-tech innovation and industrial development. Dedicated to innovation-driven development, the city is moving faster to build a system of modern manufacturing clusters and a strategic layout for sci-tech innovation by developing high-capacity R&D platforms, fostering a top-level innovation ecosystem, and bringing in and nurturing top-notch innovators, providing strong support for building a modern new Chongqing. Given the solid foundation of cooperation between Chongqing and NUS, the two sides are expected to expand cooperation in areas such as sci-tech innovation, personnel training, and industry development, to deliver more signature results.
Tan Eng Chye expressed his appreciation for Chongqings hospitality and support for bilateral cooperation and briefed on the development of the NUS (Chongqing) Research Institute. He noted that Chongqing holds enormous potential in sci-tech innovation and industrial development; NUS is ready to strengthen communication and exchanges and deepen win-win cooperation with companies and universities in Chongqing to contribute to high-quality social and economic development in Chongqing
Heads of NUS and relevant municipal departments also attended the meeting.