On April 17th, Prof. Wang Zhenghuan, Vice President of the Shanghai International Chief Technology Officer College at East China Normal University, led colleagues from the college's administrative department and more than ten students from the Master of Engineering Management program to visit and exchange ideas with China Unicom (Southern Base). Mr. Wei Yushan, Deputy General Manager of the Industrial Economy Business Department II at the Shanghai Jiading Branch of China United Network Communications Corporation, warmly welcomed the visiting team.
The activity began with Mr. Wei Yushan, Deputy General Manager of the Industrial Economy Business Department II at Shanghai Jiading Branch of China Unicom, leading the students on a tour of Shanghai Unicom's Customer Communication Center (hereinafter referred to as the "showroom"). The showroom features several exhibition areas: "Science and Technology Innovation," "Digital New Infrastructure," "Smart Education," and "5G Fully Connected Factory." During the visit, the students gained a comprehensive understanding of China Unicom's development history, main business, core technologies, and innovative results in digital transformation. During the visit, students gained a comprehensive understanding of China Unicom's development history, main business, core technologies, and especially its innovative exploration results in digital transformation.
Afterwards, Gao Torch, head of the R&D department of Shanghai Unicom's Intelligent Manufacturing Corps, reported the work of Shanghai Unicom to the teachers and students. He briefly introduced the organizational structure, business situation and growth trend of Shanghai Unicom base, as well as the layout and practical achievements in artificial intelligence. Gao Torch emphasized that China Unicom Group fully implements an integration and innovation strategy, promoting the convergence of scientific and technological innovation with industrial innovation through digital intelligence. The company’s organizational structure continually adapts to the needs of transformation. The company always resonates with Shanghai's urban development and serves Shanghai's economic and social development.
Next, Zhu Liqiang, AI technical expert of Shanghai Unicom, reported on China Unicom's AI big model system and industrial practice. He explained Unicom's self-developed AI model “Unicom MetaView” from three aspects: the “1+1+M” big model system, introduction of DS+MaaS capabilities, digital transformation and industrial practice. Zhu Liqiang first introduced the basic model matrix of Unicom’s Yuanjing big model system, focusing on model functionality and safety. He then elaborated on the functional features and advantages of China Unicom’s DS+MaaS software product, emphasizing that it is an independent, innovative big model product supporting localized hardware. It is also the leading AI product in China that incorporates the DeepSeek big model. Finally, he shared application cases of the DeepSeek big model in fields such as operational decision-making, operation and maintenance diagnosis, intelligent quality inspection, and marketing design. He also discussed practical experiences with the model and provided strategic recommendations for the implementation of AI smart computing and big models in centralized SOEs.
Prof. Wang Zhenghuan, Vice President of the Shanghai International CTO Academy at East China Normal University, highly praised Shanghai Unicom's achievements in the field of digitization and emphasized the importance of deepening cooperation between the two sides and strengthening the university-enterprise alliance. He pointed out that the college will fully implement the joint cultivation mechanism between schools and enterprises in the future, building a strong bridge between academic theory and industrial practice by extending the duration of students’ enterprise practice. This will allow students to gain experience and hone their skills in real-world enterprise scenarios. As early as five years ago, the college pioneered the cross-cultivation of artificial intelligence and business management to help students better contribute to the digital and intellectual transformation of enterprises. This innovative training concept of deeply integrating technology and business studies is an important manifestation of the College's cross-discipline of “Technology and Business Studies”, which aims to deliver more senior management talents to meet the development needs of the new era for the science and innovation industry.
In the communication session after the meeting, teachers and students had an in-depth exchange with the enterprise guests on topics such as "intelligent network connection" and "artificial intelligence." Both sides shared their views and discussed how the integration of digital intelligence can promote the fusion of scientific and technological innovation with industrial development. Both sides said that they have benefited a lot from this exchange.
This visit and exchange established a cooperative relationship between the Shanghai International Chief Technology Officer College of East China Normal University and China Unicom (Southern Base). The two sides reached several agreements on talent cultivation, school-enterprise cooperation, and other areas. In the future, they will further promote the cooperation of industry-education integration through resource sharing, curriculum development, case studies and other forms.