The foundation of Qichuang Building had been laid in the southwest of the west campus of SDUT on the morning of February 23rd and the integrated development of SDUT and Zibo City had opened a new historical chapter. Qichuang Building was jointly built by SDUT and Zibo City, covering an area of more than 20,000 square meters and a construction area of 80,000 square meters. Balloons hung high and banners danced in a warm atmosphere here in this vibrant spring.
MA Xiaolei, deputy secretary of Zibo Municipal Party Committee and mayor of Zibo, SONG Zhenbo, member of the Standing Committee Zibo Municipal Party Committee and vice mayor of Zibo, LEI Xia, member of the Standing Committee of Zibo Municipal Party Committee and minister of Publicity Department of Zibo, LYU Chuanyi, secretary of the Party Committee of SDUT and ZONG Zhijian, secretary general of the Zibo Municipal People’s Government, attended the foundation laying ceremony. HU Xingyu, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and president of SDUT, presided over the ceremony. School leaders WANG Libin, ZHA Yuxi, ZHANG Jinsheng, heads of Zhangdian District Party Committee and Zhangdian District People’s Government, heads of relevant departments of Zhangdian District, heads of Mashang Town, heads of relevant departments and schools of SDUT and representatives of units of investment, design, construction and supervision of Qichuang Building, participated in the ceremony.
LYU Chuanyi, secretary of Party Committee of SDUT, delivered a speech on behalf of SDUT
HU Xingyu, deputy secretary of Party Committee and president of SDUT, presided over the foundation laying ceremony
LYU Chuanyi made a passionate speech. He said that after Zibo Municipal People’s Government and the Department of Education of China signed the memorandum of cooperation on jointly building SDUT, SDUT and Zibo City accelerated the construction of “one mechanism”, “one space” and “multiple platforms”, among which “one space” referred to building an innovation and entrepreneurship space around SDUT marked by Qichuang Building. After the completion of the project, it could not only meet the needs of scientific and technological research and development, innovation and entrepreneurship of students, incubation of scientific and technological enterprises and engineering training of SDUT, but also further promote the in-depth development of school-city integration, facilitate the upgrading of industrial technology as well as scientific and technological innovation ability of the whole city, drive the concentrated development of strategic emerging industries and cultivate new driving forces for the upgrading of regional industrial structure and economic growth. It was of great significance to advance the high-quality development of Zibo City. He said that we should join hands to build Qichuang Building into a talent highland and innovation and entrepreneurship highland in central Shandong as well as a new business card of Zibo as soon as possible. We would jointly build a comprehensive and interconnected multi-dimensional science and technology industry innovation system, continuously improve the innovation driving force, urban influence and sustainable development of Zibo City and help Zibo overcome the difficulties and accelerate its rise to make new and greater contributions to the construction of a strong modern province in the new era.
JIA Yi, general manager of construction company Shandong Goldencity Construction Co., Ltd., said that the company would carefully plan, carry out scientific construction, vow to win the “Luban Prize” and make contributions to the development and take-off of Zibo City.
XU Jiwen, chairman of the supervision company, Shandong Tongli Construction Project Management Co., Ltd., said that the company would perform the legal responsibility of safety production management to ensure the safe, high-quality and efficient completion of the project on schedule.
SONG Zhenbo extended warm congratulations to the construction of Qichuang Building project and expressed heartfelt thanks to SDUT for its support for the development of Zibo on behalf of Zibo Municipal Party Committee and Zibo Municipal People’s Government. He said that after the completion of Qichuang building, it would become a landmark achievement of deepening the school-city integration in Zibo, further realize the accurate connection between the scientific and technological, talent and discipline advantages of SDUT and the location, resources and industrial advantages of Zibo and effectively drive the centralized development of strategic emerging industries in the whole city. Zibo Municipal Party Committee and Zibo Municipal People’s Government would make every effort to provide service guarantee for the construction of Qichuang Building and provide strong support for SDUT.
Leaders and distinguished guests who attended the ceremony waved shovels and jointly laid the foundation for the Qichuang Building in the warm atmosphere.
It is reported that the Qichuang Building construction project is located in the southwest of the west campus of SDUT, covering an area of more than 20000 square meters and a construction area of 80000 square meters with a total investment of 550 million yuan. The building complex is arranged in a north-south direction. The lower part is mainly composed of a four-storey podium building. From south to north, there are multiple-use buildings A and B. Building A is 97.3 meters high. It is the largest single project of SDUT so far.