On December 5, the inauguration ceremony of the joint laboratory between Zhongchen Light Machinery and the School of Advanced Equipment at Jiangnan University was held in Hefei. Former Deputy Mayor of Hefei and President of the Jiangnan University Alumni Association in Anhui, Sheng Zhigang, attended the ceremony and delivered a speech; together with Zha Zhengwang, Secretary of the CPC Committee and Chairman of Zhongchen Light Machinery, they unveiled the laboratory; and Director of the Mechanical Engineering Institute of Jiangnan University, Zhao Junhua, and General Manager of Zhongchen Light Machinery, He Sheng, made respective commitments. The conference was hosted by Huang Wenjin, Technical Director and Director of the Research Institute of Zhongchen Light Machinery.
Gao Xuemei and Zha Zhengwang jointly unveiled the plaque, marking the official launch of the Jiannan University-Zhongchen Light Machinery High-end Equipment Joint Laboratory. This is a significant step forward in the corporate-academic partnership, opening up a new frontier for regular project research and development cooperation.
Zhang Shizhang congratulated the successful inauguration of the joint laboratory for high-end equipment between Zhongchen Light Machinery and Jiangnan University in his speech. He said that he has been closely following the development of Zhongchen Light Machinery. As a leading enterprise in the high-end equipment manufacturing industry for beer, beverage and liquid food, Zhongchen Light Machinery has been developing rapidly in recent years and has achieved impressive results. The company has a profound historical heritage, originating from Hefei Light Machinery and inheriting the gene of innovation and creation. After more than 20 years of development and accumulation, it has achieved rich achievements. Jiangnan University is located in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, and is a comprehensive university with a light industry-oriented education. Its unique educational philosophy and distinctive features have attracted widespread attention and recognition from all walks of life. The light machinery and food packaging majors of the university have obvious advantages. The establishment of the joint laboratory for high-end equipment between Zhongchen Light Machinery and Jiangnan University is of great significance, marking the beginning of a new chapter in the corporate-university cooperation between the two sides. He hopes that Zhongchen Light Machinery and Jiangnan University will closely exchange and cooperate in project research in the future, fully display their respective advantages, accelerate the promotion of more innovative achievements, and make new contributions to promoting the high-quality development of liquid food high-end equipment manufacturing.
Zhao Junhua pointed out that Zhongcheng Light Machinery is a high-tech enterprise specializing in research and manufacturing of complete production lines and engineering for beverages, beer, etc., suitable for PET bottles, glass bottles, and cans, as well as a core backbone enterprise in China's beer and beverage equipment industry. Jiangnan University, a key university directly under the Ministry of Education, a key university under China's "211 Project" and a university under China's "Double First-Class" construction program, has always actively explored new models of cooperation between schools and enterprises. The university has set up an industrial research institute specifically to establish closer, more enduring, and more long-term cooperation relationships with industry leaders and local backbone enterprises. It gathers experts from various disciplines to provide diagnostic, consulting, planning, technological development, and personnel training services for enterprise development. He stated that the joint laboratory for high-end equipment co-built by Jiangnan University and Zhongcheng Light Machinery is a demonstration of strategic interactive cooperation between high-tech enterprises and prestigious universities. This is a necessity of the innovative strategy of higher education, a necessity of the leapfrog development of both sides, and he believes that with joint efforts from both sides, the goal of mutual benefit and common development will definitely be achieved.
He Sheng pointed out that Jiangnan University is a prestigious national higher education institution, with strong disciplinary strength and research capabilities in light industrial technology and food engineering. It has trained many outstanding professional and technical talents and backbone forces for the food industry in China, and is a "bright pearl" in light industrial higher education. Zhongchen Light Machinery, as a leading enterprise in the high-end equipment manufacturing field of beer and beverage liquid food, has always regarded innovation as the first driving force of high-quality enterprise development. Its product types are diverse, its product line system is perfect, and its equipment serves many well-known enterprises and industry giants at home and abroad. Cooperation between industry and academia is an inherent need for enterprise development and progress under the new circumstances, a strategic measure to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results, and is both a pressing issue and a long-term plan. The establishment of Zhongchen Light Machinery's high-end equipment joint laboratory with Jiangnan University is a deep integration of industrial and academic cooperation, which will open a new chapter of corporate-academic cooperation. He believes that both sides will expand the scope of innovation in a wider field, enhance their resource aggregation capabilities in a broader range, and enable more forward-looking and shared key technological projects to be put into practice, achieve resource sharing, complementary advantages, mutual benefit and common development.
At the symposium, both sides exchanged in-depth views on the details of overcoming pain points and difficulties in the industry, accelerating the transformation of scientific and technological research into industrial applications.
The leaders went deep into the production workshop and the R&D frontlines of the high-end equipment joint laboratory, and obtained detailed information about the actual production situation in the workshop and the operation of the laboratory. They fully appreciated the new appearance of the digital workshop, the progress of new product R&D, and the strong atmosphere of innovation and creation within the enterprise.
Vice Dean of the School of Mechanical Engineering at Jiangnan University, Wang Lijiang, and Professor Yu Jinghu, members of the Party committee of Zhongchen Light Machinery, middle-level managers, department heads, and research institute directors attended the ceremony.