Recently, Zhang Zheng, Vice Dean of Business School, Wang Yonglian, Director of the Professional Degree Office, teacher Liu Qingming, head of the Department of Industrial Engineering, teacher Xie Minzhi, Shu Yiming, Director of Undergraduate Academic Affairs Office, went to Shanghai China Eastern Airlines Supply Chain Management Co. Ltd. to discuss the establishment of the Industrial College. General Manager, Tang Xinquan and Deputy General Manager, Xu Liang of Shanghai China Eastern Airlines Supply Chain Management Co. Ltd. gave them a warm reception. The two sides conducted in-depth exchanges around the construction of the Industrial College. Tang Xinquan, General Manager show warm welcome to the visit of the Business School. He introduced the company in supply chain management, international freight forwarders, logistics technology development, business consulting services and other areas of development and showed support on the establishment of Industrial College. Deputy General Manager pointed that Shanghai China Eastern Airlines Supply Chain Management Co. Ltd. was now in a good development period. It had strong demands on process reengineering, artificial intelligence, system upgrade, staff training and so on. He hoped to rely on the Industrial College to strengthen the cooperation with the Business School and to improve the core competitiveness of the company.
Zhang Zheng, Vice Dean of Business School, thanked leaders of Shanghai China Eastern Airlines Supply Chain Management Co. Ltd. for their strong support on the establishment of Industrial College. He mentioned that, Business School were now pushing forward the reform of personnel training focusing on the integration of industry and education. By building industrial colleges with leading enterprises in many industries, constructing talent training programs that meet the needs of the industry, reshaping the curriculum system with applied research characteristics, and building a “double-qualified” teaching staff, to further enhance the ability of students to solve the practical problems of the industry.
The cooperation discussion had enhanced the college’s grasp of the current situation of the industry development and the changes in the demand for talents in enterprises, enriched the connotation of the Industrial College, and was conducive to the organic link between the talent cultivation and the industrial chain and the innovation chain, improving the quality and level of college personnel training.
