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    The Second Meeting of the Council of the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University Was Held

    On the afternoon of December 26, 2017, the Second Meeting of the Council of the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University (hereinafter referred to as "Institute for Electronics") was held at the Rohm Building, Tsinghua University.

    A total of 16 people, including You Zheng, President of the Council and Vice President of Tsinghua University, Yang Maorong, Head of Binhai New Area, Tianjin City, Xia Qinglin, Vice President of the Council and Deputy Head of Binhai New Area, Tianjin City, Shan Zefeng, Director of China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Management Committee, Huang Yidong, Chair of the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University and Dean of the Institute for Electronics, and other council members and council member representatives attended the meeting.

    The meeting was presided over by You Zheng, Vice President of Tsinghua University and President of the Council, and Xia Qinglin, Vice President of the Council, announced the list of members of the Second Council of the Institute for Electronics, and Huang Yidong, Vice President of the Council, made a report on the work of the Institute. Huang Yidong, Vice President of the Council, made a comprehensive summary report from aspects of the overall situation of the development of the Institute for Electronics, the management system and operation mechanism, the commercialization of scientific and technological achievements and the attraction of social investments, the construction model of innovative experimental platforms, the planning of industrial park construction, and the talent introduction and training since the establishment of the Institute; targeted at the focus of the work in 2018, Huang Yidong, Vice President of the Council, proposed to adhere to high-standard management and high-level services and vigorously promote and implement newly developed projects, and gave specific promotion plan in aspects of project incubation, talent recruitment, logistics support, technical support platform, and industrial park construction, and so on. Huang Zemin, Executive President of the Institute for Electronics, attended the meeting and made a report on the financial income and expenditure of the Institute for Electronics.

    Later, participating council members deeply discussed the achievements made by the Institute for Electronics, the work focus in the next step and various problems faced currently, and so on. Niu Ben, Director of the University-Region Collaboration Office, Tsinghua University, believed that the positioning and focus of the Institute for Electronics are very clear and the university will actively support the Institute for Electronics and make the industrialization of research results bigger and stronger. Zhou Yu, Dean of the Office of Scientific R&D, Tsinghua University, fully affirmed the work achievements of the Institute for Electronics in recent two years and evaluated that the work of the Institute for Electronics has reached a higher level. He hoped that the Institute for Electronics can grasp the key points based on this and make more influential and marked achievements. Shan Zefeng, Director of China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Management Committee, affirmed the development of the Institute for Electronics and said that the Eco-City Management Committee and the Institute for Electronics have achieved the "Institute" of the "cooperation 1.0 version" and are jointly completing the "Park" of "cooperation 2.0" and they will achieve the "City" of "cooperation 3.0" in the future as soon as possible, enabling the Institute for Electronics to become a base for the implementation of the industrialization of scientific and technological results in Tianjin. Director Shan also said that he will further improve the soft environment for the implementation of the scientific and technological results, enhance the construction of experimental platforms and the implementation of talent policies, and do the supporting work in transportation and logistics and other aspects well. Deputy Head Xia Qinglin believed that the development time of the Institute for Electronics is short but the results are more, and a set of very good scientific and technological research result industrialization mechanism has been established. And he proposed some guiding suggestions, suggesting the Eco-City Management Committee to further improve the construction of the soft environment of "eating, living, travelling, and rest", establish industrial support fund and hoped that the Institute for Electronics speed up the market-oriented operation, especially the adoption of enterprise-style management in the operation and management of the industrial park.

    Finally, Presidents Yang Maorong and You Zheng respectively made summary speeches.

    President Yang Maorong said that the Institute for Electronics has achieved good performance and taken a solid step with satisfying, exciting and highly-anticipated prospect, and a like should be given to it. He hoped that the Institute for Electronics can give full play to its supporting role in the development of the electronic information industry in the New Area, while Binhai New Area will increase its support and spare no efforts to support the rapid development of the Institute for Electronics and provide a strong guarantee for the Institute for Electronics to become an innovative industrial park that leads the world. At the same time, he hoped that Tsinghua University can bring more scientific and technological results of original innovation, integrated innovation and innovation reinvented to implement in Binhai New Area.

    President You Zheng thanked the government of the Binhai New Area and the Eco-City Management Committee for their strong support and tacit collaboration in the construction of the Institute for Electronics on behalf of the university. At the same time, he affirmed the full investment of the Department of Electronic Engineering on the construction of the Institute for Electronics, which has opened a good start for the industrialization of the scientific and technological results of the university and explored a new model; the Institute for Electronics has an accurate grasp of the top-level design, a solid foundation and accurate positioning, which meets the requirements of the university. He affirmed the efforts made by the Institute for Electronics in system construction and model innovation, and said that Tsinghua University will constantly support the development of the Institute for Electronics as always and has full confidence in its development.

    The council meeting further planned and clarified the development blueprint of the Institute for Electronics. The two sides of the university and the region deeply exchanged on project implementation, policy support and industrial park construction and many other aspects, and reached consensus, consolidating the foundation for the work of the Institute for Electronics in the next step. After the meeting, members and staff of the Second Council of the Institute for Electronics took a group photo to mark the occasion in the lobby on the first floor of the Rohm Building.