Wuhan Institute of Technology celebrates its 50th birthday

On November 19, the 50th anniversary high-quality development conference of Wuhan Institute of Technology was held
in the auditorium of Liufang Campus.
Leaders from provinces and municipalities, experts and scholars, heads of sister universities, entrepreneurs and retired comrades of the university, representatives of teachers, students and staff and outstanding alumni attended the conference to celebrate the 50th birthday
of Wuhan Institute of Technology in a "cloud" way.

Gu Xiulian, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress, pointed out in a video speech that over the past 50 years since its establishment, Wuhan Institute of Technology has achieved a major transformation
from a single chemical engineering college to a multidisciplinary teaching and research university focusing on chemical engineering, covering nine disciplines, including engineering, science, management, economics, literature, law, art, medicine and education 。 The school has made great progress in the scale of schooling, talent training, discipline construction, scientific and technological innovation, teaching staff, foreign cooperation, etc.
, out of a group of outstanding chemical talents, out of a large number of elite celebrities from all walks of life, in serving the national strategy and leading social and economic development to show the mission and responsibility of the University of Technology, especially in promoting the technological transformation of the chemical energy industry and the supply-side reform driven by "dual carbon", and writing a new chapter
in the construction of "double first-class" and the high-quality development of various undertakings 。 She hopes that Wuhan Institute of Technology will adhere to educating people for the party and the country, grasp the new development stage, implement the new development concept, actively integrate into the new development pattern, comprehensively improve the quality of independent cultivation of talents, strive to create top-notch innovative talents, adhere to scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement, talent-led driven, closely follow the national strategy and the needs of the transformation and upgrading of the chemical industry in the new era, give full play to the advantages of chemical industry and related disciplines, accumulate strength to carry out original and leading scientific and technological research, enhance independent innovation capabilities, and serve the "great of the country" with the "ability of talents"
。 I sincerely wish that Wuhan Institute of Technology will forge ahead with vigor and courage in the new era and new journey, create new great undertakings with new great struggles, cultivate more outstanding talents for the country, and make new and greater contributions
to building a strong country in education.

Wang Hongling, vice chairman of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, pointed out in her speech that Wuhan Institute of Technology has taken root in Jingchu and made fruitful achievements in talent training, scientific research, and serving local development, and has made irreplaceable contributions
to the high-quality development of chemical and related industries in Hubei Province and even central and southern China.
She hoped that Wuhan Institute of Technology will aim to run a satisfactory education for the people, serve the major strategic needs of the country and regional economic and social development as the guide, accelerate the realization of a strong province and a strong country in science and technology, and make greater contributions
to Hubei's construction of a pilot zone for building a new development pattern nationwide.

Tan Tianwei, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and president of Beijing University of Chemical Technology, delivered a speech
as a representative of the university.
He pointed out that successive generations of Wuhan Institute of Technology people have practiced the school motto of "Knowing Things, Knowing and Doing", carried forward the campus spirit of "hard work and self-improvement", implemented the connotative development strategy of strong quality, talent, science and technology, characteristics, innovation and culture, gathered the powerful force of high-quality development, and made important contributions
to the national chemical industry and regional economic and social development.
The two schools are linked by the same spirit and blood, and have forged a deep friendship
through long-term cooperation.
He said that in the new era and new journey, he sincerely hopes that the two universities will work hand in hand, actively explore the training mode of chemical talents, and jointly contribute to the development of China's chemical higher education
.

Seth Kunin, Vice President of Curtin University in Australia, Andy Gibson, Vice President of Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom, and Lin Guoqiang, President of Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Singapore, sent video congratulations, hoping to continue to strengthen comprehensive exchanges and cooperation
with Wuhan Institute of Technology in the future.

Wang Cunwen, president of Wuhan Institute of Technology, pointed out in his keynote speech that in the 70s of the 20th century, in response to the urgent needs of the party and the state petrochemical professionals, Wuhan Institute of Technology came into being
.
In the development history of the second school name change, the second degree of affiliation adjustment, the second school site relocation, and the third school transformation, the school has always walked with the party and the country in the same direction and resonated with the same frequency with economic and social development, and achieved leapfrog development
.
In the new era, the university has embarked on a new journey of building a high-level teaching and research university, and has made remarkable
achievements in talent training, discipline construction, scientific and technological innovation achievements, serving Hubei's economic and social development, party building, ideology and politics, and alumni liaison.

Wang Cunwen pointed out that Hubei Institute of Chemical Industry and Petroleum, which stood in a corner 50 years ago, has developed into a key construction university
in Hubei Province with strong school running strength, obvious disciplinary characteristics and remarkable results in serving the society.
Only by adhering to and strengthening the party's leadership, taking emancipation of the mind as the guide, reform and innovation as the driving force, persisting in opening up schools, focusing on national and local strategic needs, and adhering to cultural self-confidence and continuing the spiritual bloodline of the university, can we run a university
with a mission, courage, pattern and quality 。 Standing on the new journey of promoting Chinese-style modernization in the new era and marching in the key process of high-quality development, Wuhan Institute of Technology insists on taking party building as a strong guarantee, cultivating people with virtue as the fundamental task, serving the country as the highest pursuit, taking discipline construction as the foundation of development, deepening reform as a strong driving force, and striving to be a faithful practitioner of party education and talent education for the country, a vanguard of serving the national and regional economic and social development, a leader in chemical engineering disciplines in central and southern China, and a new force for higher education reform and innovation
。

Cheng Youjin, Secretary of the Party Committee of Wuhan Institute of Technology, said that in the new era and new journey, the university will run a university satisfactory to the people with firmer self-confidence, fuller enthusiasm and higher morale, and make new and greater contributions to the construction of a strong country in education, science and technology, and
talent.

It is understood that Wuhan Institute of Technology was founded in 1972, formerly known as Hubei Institute of Chemical Industry and Petroleum, and was officially renamed Wuhan Institute of Technology in 2006 after the period of Wuhan Institute of Chemical Technology
.
In the past 50 years since its establishment, the school has trained 200,000 graduates for the country and society, and many graduates have become the backbone of the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, and the school is known as the "cradle of high-level talents in chemical industry"
.
(Chen Chuanwu, Chen Si)