On October 12th, 2020 Taishan International Forum for Young Scholars was opened online. DENG Yunfeng, executive deputy secretary of the Education Working Committee, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Education Department of Shandong Provincial Party Committee, attended and delivered a keynote speech. The main venue of the forum was located in Shandong Education TV Station, and a branch venue was set in SDUT. LIU Guohua, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of SDUT, personnel work office, heads and talent secretaries of relevant academic schools attended the opening ceremony simultaneously.
DENG Yunfeng introduced the long history and culture of Shandong Province, and the new circumstance of accelerating the transformation of new and old drivers and promoting high-quality development in the new era. He shared the blueprint for the connotative development of higher education of Shandong Province and the ideas and measures for building a talent gathering highland.
XU Chongyong, deputy director of the Talent Work Department of the Organization Department of the Party Committee of Shandong Province, and ZHANG Xingwang, director of the Management Department of Introducing Intelligence and Overseas Training of the Department of Science &Technology of Shandong Province, respectively introduced the talent development policy, scientific and technological talents and scientific research support policy of Shandong Province. HAN Jinxiang, executive deputy secretary of Shandong First Medical University, made a speech as a representative of university leaders, introducing the achievements and future prospects. LIU Zhaoyuan and ZHAI Qingfeng, representatives of outstanding young talents returned from overseas and postdoctoral students of the University of New South Wales, shared their thoughts and expectations for the development of Shandong Province.
In addition to being set up as a branch venue to participate in the main forum, SDUT was also selected as one of seven universities to participate in screen projection of the main forum. 15 outstanding scholars from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and the double first-class universities from China participated in the main forum on behalf of SDUT.
After the meeting, LIU Guohua put forward two requirements for the talent work of SDUT: first, we should fully understand that talents are the first resource, we need to seize the opportunity, actively explore the channels of talent introduction, and attach importance to the search and introduction of overseas high-level talents; second, we should strengthen the study and understanding of talent policy, grasp the direction of talent work, and actively build a platform for the development of all kinds of talents.
This forum was sponsored by Education Department of Shandong Province, which aimed to build an exchange platform for young scholars at home and abroad and Universities in Shandong Province, including the main forum, sub forum of colleges and universities and Taishan Academic Forum. SDUT would hold a branch forum online from Oct. 13th to Oct. 17th to organize activities such as policy propaganda, communication and academic discussion.