From our correspondent — On May 15, the signing ceremony for a strategic cooperation agreement between China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing and BGRIMM Technology Group Co., Ltd. was held at the University’s Xueyuan Road Campus. Han Shangfeng, Secretary of the University Party Committee, and Liu Bo, President and Deputy Party Secretary of the University, held discussions with Han Long, Party Secretary and Chairman of BGRIMM Technology Group, and Wang Xiaoliang, Deputy Party Secretary and General Manager of BGRIMM Technology Group, on deepening strategic cooperation. They jointly witnessed the signing of the strategic cooperation agreement. Dai Shifeng, Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Cui Ximin and Wang Kai, Member of the University Party Standing Committee and Vice Presidents; Zhao Yixin, Assistant to the President; Ma Yanqing, Member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of BGRIMM Technology Group; and Wang Haibei, Deputy General Manager of BGRIMM Technology Group attended the event.
Han Shangfeng extended a warm welcome to Han Long, Wang Xiaoliang and their entourage, and expressed gratitude for BGRIMM Technology Group’s long-term care and support for the University. He noted that over its 117-year history, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing has remained committed to its original mission of “serving the nation through mining”. Following the strategy of “consolidation, expansion, transformation and upgrading”, the University is striving to achieve high-quality development by advancing clean and efficient utilization of coal and the coordinated development of coal and non-ferrous metal industries. He remarked that BGRIMM Technology Group plays an irreplaceable role in advancing technological innovation and industrial revitalization of China’s non-ferrous metal sector. The University and the Group share aligned visions and highly complementary strengths. Taking this signing as a new starting point, both sides shall jointly shoulder national missions, foster an innovation ecosystem, and build a highland for talent development.
Liu Bo gave an overview of the University’s operations. He stated that BGRIMM Technology Group boasts strong innovation capacity, a complete industrial chain and extensive industry influence, laying a solid foundation for all-round cooperation. He hoped that both sides would seize the opportunity of this agreement to further cooperate in fields including strategic mineral resource exploitation, safe deep resource mining, green mineral processing and metallurgy, smart mines, solid waste resource utilization, and dual-carbon transition. The two parties will accelerate the joint development of the School of Excellent Engineers, joint training of professional masters and doctoral students in engineering, and the construction of “technology-enabled mining sites”, to jointly support China’s national energy and resource security strategy and the development of new-quality productive forces.
Han Long said that as a top university in the energy and resource field, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing features distinctive disciplines, robust research strength and remarkable achievements in talent cultivation. The University and the Group have maintained close exchanges for years with a solid foundation and broad prospects for cooperation. He hoped both sides would further align with national strategies, work in concert on tackling core and key technologies, joint training of high-level talents, co-construction of national research platforms, and international scientific and technological cooperation, to jointly set a new benchmark for deep industry-university-research-application integration. Wang Xiaoliang presented the Group’s notable achievements in key technology breakthroughs, commercialization of scientific and technological outcomes, development of modern industries, and talent team building in recent years.
