—— The Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University successfully held the kick-off meeting for a series of activities of the fifth anniversary of its establishment
(The Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University successfully held the kick-off meeting for a series of activities of the fifth anniversary of its establishment Shot by Fu Wenchao)
On July 20, 2020, the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University successfully held the kick-off meeting for a series of activities of the fifth anniversary of its establishment in Kaifa Building, China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City. Wang Guoliang, Director of China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Management Committee, Liu Zhong, Executive Vice President of Tianjin Municipal Party School, Zu Yanhui, Deputy Director of Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Zhang Tiejun, Deputy Director of Tianjin Municipal Medical Security Bureau, Hu Xudong, Secondary Inspector of Tianjin Industral and Information Technology Bureau, Xia Qinglin, Deputy District Head of Tianjin Binhai New Area, Yang Yong, Deputy Director of China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Management Committee, You Zheng, Vice President of Tsinghua University, Huang Yidong, Deputy Director of the Academic Committee of Tsinghua University, Wang Yu, Chair of the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University and President of the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University, Tang Jie, Secretary of Tsinghua University Alumni Association, Wang Yan, President of Office of Technology Transfer, Tsinghua University, Zhao Yanlai, General Manager of Tsinghua Holdings, and Niu Ben, Director of Domestic Cooperation Office, Tsinghua University and other leaders attended the event.
(Wang Hansheng introduced the construction achievements of the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in TianjinShot by Fu Wenchao)
At the beginning of the event, Wang Hansheng, Executive Vice President of the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University, first introduced the five-year construction achievement of the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University in details. Five years on, the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University has established a complete set of scientific and technological innovation system. It always adheres to being led by the work of the party building, being based on the system innovation, talent cultivation, platform construction, market-oriented and capital-supported, and promotes the application of scientific research technologies and serves the economic development of Tianjin. As of July 2020, the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University excavated 115 scientific and technological innovation projects, 71 demonstrated projects and founded 40 companies. 10 projects got investment of RMB 134.35 million, and 1 project was acquired for USD 300 million. Currently, it has incubated a batch of new-generation information technology leading enterprises such as DeePhi, PI²Star, and H-Chip, thus adding innovative vitality to regional economic development.
(Yao Song shared success experience Shot by Fu Wenchao)
Yao Song, a representative of industry leading enterprises that are successfully incubated by the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University, the former CEO of DeePhi and the current senior director of artificial intelligence business of Xilinx, introduced the basic situation of DeePhi and shared the success experiences of DeePhi by video. According to Yao Song, DeePhi was founded in 2015, and its products are mainly for deep learning application platforms in related fields such as intelligent security and aided driving. In 2018, it was acquired by Xilinx for USD 300 million. Yao Song said that the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University did a layout very early in the field of achievement transformation and has very strong forward looking. The scientific research achievement transformation system of Tsinghua University is far ahead in the country. Only with such a system guarantee can teachers of Tsinghua University confidently start up business boldly and confidently and their scientific research results create greater economic value. To give back to the Department of Electronic Engineering and the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Yao Song said that he would actively participate in the transformation of scientific and technological achievements and fund building of the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin to help the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin to create achievements again.
(Wang Yu introduced the Phase II construction plan of the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin Shot by Fu Wenchao)
Based on the Phase I construction achievements, the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University carried out the scientific and systematic planning for the Phase II construction of the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin based on its own positioning and the actual development of schools, localities and industries. Wang Yu, Chair of the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University and President of the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University introduced the Phase II planning of the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University systematically. Wang Yu said that in the Phase II construction, the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University would adhere to the construction principle of "adhere to the original intention, clarify the key points, and realize win-win cooperation", and always adheres to the original intention and mission of "promote the discipline construction and talent cultivation, drive local development and promote the development of the electronic information industry through transformation of scientific and technological achievements" and actively promotes the development of the Phase II construction in a comprehensive, high-level, deep and wide-ranging direction through building a "Trinity" linkage development system, creating an application platform according to industrial demands, strengthening the existing technology platform, strengthening the large project engineering capacity building, and promoting the collaborative interactive development of industry-university-research cooperation and other measures.
(Director Wang Guoliang made a speech Shot by Fu Wenchao)
The five-year development achievements of the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University are inseparable from the strong support of Tsinghua University and Tianjin governments at all levels. This event also received close attention from leaders at all levels of the school. Wang Guoliang, Director of China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Management Committee said in his speech that after five years of development, the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University has become the most influential sci-tech innovation platform in Tianjin, a model of cooperation between Tianjin and Tsinghua University and also has become the "Gold-lettered Signboard" for investment promotion in the Eco-City. He hoped that Tsinghua University and Eco-City would further work together to build the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin into a technologically innovative "original place", a "bridgehead" for open cooperation, a "demonstration area" for achievement transformation, and a "high-end think tank" for scientific and technological development in the future. The Eco-City would continue as always to provide more intimate services, create a more convenient environment, and provide the best quality guarantees to the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin to help it become a "driver" for the high-quality development of the Eco-City.
(Vice President You Zheng make a speech Shot by Fu Wenchao)
You Zheng, Vice President of Tsinghua University, highly affirmed the five-year construction achievements of the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University in his speech, and put forward expectations and hopes for the future development of dispatched institutes, Tsinghua University including the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin. Firstly, he hoped that all institutes should further clarify their positioning, serve local construction and scientific research of the school, and cultivate innovative and entrepreneurial talents; Secondly, he hoped that the dispatched institutes should have "multiple pillars", focus more on the industry, and better gather the advantages of Tsinghua University in the region; Thirdly, he hoped to strengthen the exchanges and cooperation between institutes and departments in the school cooperation, and solve the "bottleneck" technology of national economic development. You Zheng emphasized that in the next step, Tsinghua hopes that Tianjin will give more support and assistance to the cooperation between both parties and Tsinghua is willing and has made its plans to contribute more wisdom and strength to the development of Tianjin.
(Present the prizes to high-quality incubated enterprises Shot by Fu Wenchao)
In the past five years since its establishment, the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University has always adhered to its original intention of achievement transformation, and has incubated a large number of high-tech enterprises with core technologies and core competitiveness. In the prize giving sector of high-quality projects, Deputy Director Zu Yanhui, Deputy District Head Xia Qinglin, and President Wang Yan awarded honor trophies to three high-quality incubated enterprises, namely Tianjin H-Chip Technology Group Corporation, PI²Star (Tianjin), and Zhiyi Polycore Microelectronics Technology (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. Qu Di, Founder and CEO of Tianjin H-Chip Technology Group Corporation, delivered an acceptance speech as a representative of outstanding enterprises. In his speech, Qu Di introduced the development of Tianjin H-Chip Technology Group from three aspects, namely technical services, industrial development, and fund construction, and said that revitalizing the country through science and technology is the obligatory duty of our generation. All people of H-Chip will build a flagship enterprise in the optoelectronics field with youth, blood and sweat and firmly stick to the way of integration of innovation and social capital, to make China's optoelectronic chip technology lead the world.
(Wang Yu awarded the Special President Certificate to Professor Huang Yidong Shot by Fu Wenchao)
To maximize the linkage effect between the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University and Tsinghua University, and promote the collaborative innovation and development of the institute and university, the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University hired Professor Huang Yidong, Deputy Director of the Academic Committee of Tsinghua University as the special president of the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin and the letter of appointment was awarded to Professor Huang Yidong at the event. Huang Yidong said in his employment speech that in the past five years since its establishment, the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin has forged ahead on the transformation of original, early and cutting-edge scientific research achievements, and has obtained remarkable effect from model exploration to team building, system construction, and capital system construction. Huang Yidong emphasized that Tsinghua University and the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University undertake the important mission to develop China's electronic information technology with high quality. In the future, Tsinghua University and the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University will make concerted efforts and struggle to make more cutting-edge electronic information technologies launched in Eco-City and make innovation-led products go to the world.
(Professor Wang Jintao introduced the construction of the three application platforms Shot by Fu Wenchao)
(Academician Dong Jiahong introduced the Medicine-Industry Transformation Innovation Center Shot by Fu Wenchao)
(Director Wang Guoliang and Vice President You Zheng jointly unveiled the nameplate of the Medicine-Industry Transformation Innovation Center Shot by Fu Wenchao)
To provide solid hardware and software support for the achievement transformation, the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University has built three new "application platforms" cored by service industry applications on the basis of a "technology platform" based on high-end equipment and core technologies. Professor Wang Jintao, Director of the Institute of Communication, Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, briefly introduced the basic situation of the new-generation converged communication and smart city innovation center, advanced innovation center for science and technology and other application platforms. Then Academician Dong Jiahong introduced the construction background of the Medicine-Industry Transformation Innovation Center jointly established by the Institute of Precision Medicine, Tsinghua University and the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University. Academician Dong Jiahong emphasized that the Medicine-Industry Transformation Innovation Center is an important handgrip for the strategic development of the Institute of Precision Medicine. He hoped that on-campus and off-campus resources can be better used through the center, and more diversified industrial cooperation and fund investment methods can be adopted to promote the cultivation, growth and takeoff of medicine-industry projects. Finally, Director Wang Guoliang and Vice President You Zheng jointly unveiled the nameplate of the Medicine-Industry Transformation Innovation Center.
(The Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University signed a letter of intent on cooperation with the School of Continuing Education, Tsinghua University Shot by Fu Wenchao)
(The Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University signed a memorandum of cooperation with Tsinghua Alumni Sanchuang Competition Shot by Fu Wenchao)
At the signing ceremony at the end of the event, Li Senlin, Deputy Dean of the School of Continuing Education, Tsinghua University, and Wang Hansheng, Executive Deputy Dean of the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University jointly signed a letter of intent on cooperation. Both parties will take the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin as the carrier, bring the advantages of the local hardware and software resources, and jointly build the "Electronic Information Talent Cultivation Base, School of Continuing Education, Tsinghua University". Wang Xia, Executive Secretary of Sanchuang Competition, Zhang Ruiqi, General Manager of Incitedata D-lab, and Vice Dean Wang Hansheng signed the Memorandum of Cooperation with Tsinghua Alumni Sanchuang Competition on behalf of Tsinghua Alumni Sanchuang Competition Organizing Committee, the organizer of the competition, Beijing Incitedata, and the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University. Three parties will bring their respective advantages in talents, technology transfer, industrial ecology and local implementation, and carry out deep cooperation on innovation projects of Tsinghua University including Sanchuang project.
(The guests took a group photo to mark the occasion Shot by Fu Wenchao)
It is explicitly stated in the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China that "Innovation is the primary driving force for development and the strategic support for the construction of a modern economic system." Implementing the strategy of innovation-driven development is an inevitable requirement and strategic measure for accelerating the transformation of economic development mode and improving China's comprehensive national strength and international competitiveness. As an important engine for accelerating the innovation-driven development, the transformation of scientific and technological achievements is becoming an important strategy handgrip for accelerating becoming an innovative country and a world powerful nation of science and technology.
Since its establishment, the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University has always adhered to the original intention and mission of "promote the discipline construction and talent cultivation, drive local development and promote the development of the electronic information industry through transformation of scientific and technological achievements", thoroughly applied the national innovation-driven development strategy, actively built a bridge for government-industry-university-research seamless connection and effectively opened up the innovation chain, industry chain and value chain of government-industry-university-research cooperation. In the future, the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University will continue to focus on serving major national strategic planning, local economic development, and Tsinghua discipline construction, continuously innovate the achievement transformation mechanism, fully integrate and utilize the high-quality resources of Tsinghua University and Tianjin, and continuously promote the development of achievement transformation in the direction of more openness, efficiency, and higher quality and continue struggling against improving the comprehensive national strength of electronic information.
