The global innovation model is undergoing significant changes... The technology and business world is becoming the mainstream of the economy. Modern innovative enterprises urgently need chief technology officers and their teams guided by research and development. Their qualities and abilities have a decisive impact on the technological progress and destiny of the enterprise. The competitiveness of this class determines the industrial future and destiny of the country
——Quoted from Chapter 82 of Academician Qian Xuhong's book "Changing Thinking: New Edition"
On October 26, 2024, the graduation ceremony of the "Jiading Science and Technology Innovation Entrepreneur Innovation Leadership Advanced Training Class" was successfully held at the Jiading District Innovation and Entrepreneurship Building. In the past three months, nearly 40 chairmen, general managers, CEOs, and chief technology officers from the science and technology innovation industry have completed all the training courses and successfully graduated today. Wen Li, Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Committee of Jiading District, Shanghai, He Jiaxun, Executive Dean of the Shanghai International School of Chief Technology Officer of East China Normal University（CTO School）, and Wu Xiaobo, Director of CTO school's Comprehensive Office, attended the graduation ceremony. This event is hosted by Cheng Yufei, the product manager of the Executive Management Program of the school.
Wen Li pointed out in his speech that technological innovation is the core driving force for promoting social progress, and entrepreneurial spirit is the key factor leading innovation. As an important base for scientific and technological innovation in Shanghai, Jiading actively promotes the deep integration of traditional industries and technological innovation. This training course, through systematic course design and practical teaching, helps Jiading entrepreneurs enhance their scientific and technological innovation capabilities and innovative leadership, promote enterprise transformation and upgrading, and achieve sustainable development. He hopes that all students can apply their learned knowledge to practical work, constantly explore and practice, make good use of the platform of this training class, form sustainable exchanges and cooperation, and make greater contributions to the ecological and economic development of the science and technology innovation industry in Jiading District and even Shanghai.
In his speech, He Jiaxun proposed to develop the "future power" of science and technology innovation enterprises, which includes five "transcendence": surpassing potential demand, surpassing foreseeable technology, surpassing industry competition, surpassing existing resource base, and surpassing traditional strategic thinking of enterprises. He hopes that through this advanced training course, students can create new breakthroughs and make greater progress in their mission and journey of serving national strategic needs and local economic development. At the same time, he encouraged the students to continue their activities and empower their career development on the platforms provided by the CTO School and the Jiading Science and Technology Commission.
East China Normal University Jiading Science and Technology Innovation Alumni Club Established and Released
Next, Wen Li and He Jiaxun jointly issued graduation certificates to all students and award excellent student certificates to outstanding students.
Cross industry student representatives share
Subsequently, the other four student representatives from the automotive industry, new materials industry, biopharmaceutical industry, and technology transfer field shared their insights one by one.
Ouyang Jian, co-founder and co general manager of Shanghai Wanxu Electronics Group Co., Ltd., shared the development history and current situation of Wanxu Group. He introduced that the company has rich experience in manufacturing automotive electronic safety components, including new energy three electric products, automotive functional safety components, etc. He introduced the company's core competitiveness from aspects such as product development, production and manufacturing, supply chain, and customer service, especially the high-end manufacturing technology route; In terms of talent cultivation, the company adheres to a long-term approach, cultivating management trainees and school admissions, and strengthening differentiated competitiveness.
Ma Ziping, Chairman of Shanghai Chongwei Crystal Materials Co., Ltd., shared his insights on "New Materials Promoting the Development of New Quality Productivity in the New Era". He introduced that Shanghai Institute of Ceramics actively responds to the call of the Party Central Committee to "face the main battlefield of the national economy", strengthens the layout, operation and protection of intellectual property rights, creates a multi-dimensional ecological transformation of achievements, builds a new material research and development center and industrial incubation base, and serves the integration of the Yangtze River Delta. He introduced the research and application of new materials such as information functional ceramics, biomedical inorganic materials, and inorganic energy-saving and environmentally friendly materials.
Kong Jingsi, Director of Shanghai Junsai Biotechnology Co., Ltd., introduced the industry development trends and company situation from the perspective of biomedicine. She pointed out that the world's first TIL therapy has been approved for market, ushering in the era of cell therapy for solid tumors. Junsai Biotechnology, as a unicorn in innovative TIL therapy for solid tumors, has developed unique chimeric gene design, efficient non viral vector gene modification technology and other hardcore technologies. Its clinical data is comparable to international peers, making it a leading industry representative in China. With multiple intersecting pipelines covering different stages of solid tumors, Junsai Biotechnology has enormous market potential and sustainable profitability.
Zhang Yanji, Chief Engineer of the Achievement Exhibition and Transformation Center of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, introduced the technology achievement transformation, academic exchange, science popularization education, academician services and other related businesses of the Achievement Center of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He introduced that the Achievement Center of the Academy of Engineering, relying on the State Key Laboratory for Fiber Material Modification, has built the metastable materials research workstation of the CAE Member Expert Achievement Exhibition and Transformation Center, and more than 70 senior researchers have entered the station to work; Relying on the key laboratory of the Ministry of Pressure System and Safety Education, the reliability manufacturing research workstation of the CAE Member expert achievement exhibition and transformation center has been built, and more than 30 senior scientific researchers have entered the station to work.
