Tan Jirong nodded and said, "The gap between my country's higher education in general and internationally advanced level is quite large. Through internationalization, introducing experts and scholars with international reputation to join will indeed help improve our academic level and teaching power in a short period of time. The international teaching model and school atmosphere can also cultivate students with an international vision and international ability..."

Tan Jirong said: "Introduction to the Pujiang College of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is a key link in the internationalization of Huixun University Town. However, there are requirements for the management of college students in China. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's set cannot be completely copied to the mainland, and the same is true for Huixun University Town..."

"We can learn and introduce some things, but we still have to stick to some things, such as ideological and political education and learning..."

Bao Feiyang nodded quickly and said, "Of course, whether it is Hong Kong University of Science and Technology or other universities in the university town, ideological and political courses are compulsory courses, and organizational work will also go deep into each department. This does not conflict with the internationalization of academics."

There will definitely be conflicts. Some scholars and professors with clear ideological and political positions may be excluded from the work of universities in the mainland because of this. However, for most scholars, they value the conditions and environment for academic research. In this regard, the mainland has no advantages, but Bao Feiyang hopes that the university town can create conditions in this regard.

Tan Jirong said: "The construction of a university town, whether it is internationalization or improving the academic level of scientific research, requires a lot of investment. The planning of Huixun University Town is very comprehensive and has been carefully considered in all aspects. However, how to use limited resources to build a world-class university is a difficult problem. Because the construction and growth of a university not only requires funds, but also people and time, so I hope that Huixun University Town will not be anxious, and it must have the vision of building a century-old famous university, and do not require great and completeness and speed..."

Tan Jirong stretched out her finger and tapped on the thick plan: "What I am most satisfied with in your plan is not internationalization, but your focus on professional planning is quite prominent, and I don't want to be broad and complete, but I still hope that you can focus a little more. Focusing may cause you to lose some opportunities, but it is more likely to climb the peak."

Bao Feiyang nodded: "Mayor Tan is right. In terms of discipline construction, we have communicated with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Tongqi University and University of Science and Technology, and will basically give different support to different disciplines. Among them, the microelectronics major of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, civil engineering and machinery of Tongqi University, and materials disciplines of the University of Science and Technology will be the top priority and the first echelon. Of course, other schools will also develop and compete moderately. For example, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology also has strong strength in engineering and materials disciplines, the microelectronics major and materials major of Tongqi University are also good, and the mechanical major of the University of Science and Technology also has certain strength..."

Bao Feiyang said: "Around these five key disciplines, the university town will promote resource integration and cooperation among schools, such as building materials research centers, machinery research institutes, microelectronics research institutes, etc., and establishing a discipline highland."

"Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Tongqi University, Pujiang Science and Technology, Ocean University, etc. are all excellent schools. The construction of a university town does not actually require too much energy and resources to be spent in the district. The district hopes to focus on the construction of university town construction on the construction of discipline highlands. Huixun Microelectronics Research Institute, Materials Research Institute, and Mechanical Research Institute not only should make good use of the research power of the university town, but also strengthen cooperation with Pujiang Jiaotong University, Zhendan University, and even other domestic universities and international prestigious universities to build a real discipline highland!"

Tan Jirong nodded. What satisfied her most about Huixun's plan was her emphasis on academics. In contrast, the plans of several other districts attached more importance to the impact of university towns on industries and cities, which is also what is currently guided by economic development as the center.

There is no problem with this orientation itself. The construction of a university town does need to take into account the development of society and cities, but the university itself does education and research, so this fundamental point cannot be ignored.

In addition, there is another difference in the planning of Huixun University Town and other university towns, that is, Huixun University Town did not directly draw up a large area to build a university town. Although several universities are relatively concentrated, living, commercial, tourism, cultural and sports projects are still planned within the scope of the university town, and corresponding industrial land is also available around it.

Compared with the construction plans of other university towns, Huixun University Town attaches great importance to the concept of community. In addition to the connection between university towns and urban construction and industrial development, it also emphasizes the connection between university towns and communities.

This is also the lessons learned from later generations to summarize this wave of university town construction. Many university towns are built in the suburbs, which are far away from the city center. Then several universities occupy a vast range and are basically isolated from the world, which is not conducive to students' educational growth and understanding of society.

Tan Jirong did not make any formal statement, and even gave no comments of praise, but she asked Huixun University Town very carefully and said a lot of encouragement.

Such an important decision for a university town is not something that Tan Jirong, the deputy mayor of the extraordinary committee, could make it. It must be discussed and decided by the Standing Committee. However, the trend of enrollment expansion is so obvious that the city will not delay this issue for too long.

Leaving Tan Jirong's office, Bao Feiyang went directly to Jianguo Hotel to attend the Pujiang International Shipping Center Construction Summit Forum.

The Pujiang International Shipping Center Construction Summit Forum with the theme of "Pujiang Shipping, Going to the World" officially opened today. The forum lasts for two days. The morning is the registration and opening ceremony. Executive Vice Mayor Zhou Kunlin personally attended the speech.

When Bao Feiyang arrived, Zhou Kunlin's speech had ended, and a Maersk vice president of Asia-Pacific was delivering a thematic report on "Global Economy and World Trade and Shipping Development and Outlook".

Maersk is one of the world's largest shipping groups, with its business all over the world. Maersk's Asia-Pacific headquarters is in New Town. Many multinational companies like to set up their Asia-Pacific headquarters in New Town or New Town. The environment of free port is indeed very convenient.

The report's level is very high, although it is not completely correct in terms of future prospects, especially the judgment of China, a manufacturing power, can be said to be a serious underestimation.

However, in the eyes of today's people, Maersk is already very optimistic about China's economic development potential and the prospects for international freight logistics, and is even a little too optimistic.

After the theme report is over, there will be topic discussions and issues. Executives from domestic and foreign shipping giants such as Maersk and Huayuan, Pujiang Port and Xincheng Port will appear and talk about the future of world shipping.

"The Asia-Pacific region has become the most dynamic region with the global economy, especially the development of manufacturing and the outward-oriented economic model, which has led to a significant growth trend in the Asia-Pacific region's international trade volume, and more than 90% of international trade are completed by sea transportation. The cargo throughput of ports in the Asia-Pacific region has also grown rapidly over the years, and the proportion of cargo throughput in ports in the entire Asia-Pacific region is also increasing..."

"In the ranking of ports with high throughput in the world, ports in the Asia-Pacific region account for the vast majority, and the freight potential in this region still needs to be released..."

"In today's economic globalization, multinational corporations' investment, production and business activities are spread across countries and regions around the world, and the world economy penetrates and depends on each other. The business of these multinational corporations has generated huge intercontinental transportation and has prompted international container multimodal transport to the era of comprehensive logistics..."

"The development of the new economy will have a profound impact on future logistics, and the new technological revolution will prompt countries to accelerate their respective industrial structure adjustments. Whether developed countries or developing countries will carry out industrial upgrading in their respective development stages. These factors will promote the increasingly lightweight and high value-added development of the trade commodity structure. The adjustment of the industrial structure has caused the sea freight volume per billion yuan of output value to decline year by year..."

"With the increasing knowledge and informatization of trade goods, service trade is developing at a faster rate, and its proportion in world trade is increasing. It currently accounts for more than a quarter of the world's trade volume. International investment in the service industry has accounted for 40% of the total international direct investment, which has led to the growth rate of world sea freight volume being increasingly lower than the growth rate of trade volume, and is changing the structure of maritime goods and port throughput..."

Seeing everyone's heated discussion on the stage, Bao Feiyang gained a lot. The topic of this discussion was world economic development and international shipping. Although Bao Feiyang is clear about the future trend, he is not an expert in this field after all, and he only knows a general idea. After listening to the discussions of these professionals, some ideas gradually became clear.

For example, in the entire international trade system, the trade activities of small and medium-sized enterprises are of course important, but multinational corporations have a very large influence in it and their proportion is also very high. Establishing good cooperative relationships with multinational corporations is also an extremely important strategy for major liner companies and major ports. It is the main cargo acquisition target for shipping companies and ports. Some multinational corporations have a very large cargo transportation volume and have an important influence on regional shipping.

In addition, now is the era of comprehensive logistics. Shipping companies not only operate traditional maritime transportation business, but also penetrate into transportation-related industries such as onshore transportation, port loading and unloading, warehousing, agency, loading and unloading, and unloading, to provide satisfactory comprehensive logistics services to cargo owners.
Chapter completed!