On June 12, Wang Xueqin, Vice Governor of Yunnan Provincial People’s Government and Director of the Organizing Committee of Tengchong Scientists Forum (TSF), visited Nankai University. President Chen Yulu met with the guests at Haibing Center on Balitai Campus. Other distinguished guests present at the meeting included: Zhang Xiangming, Deputy Secretary-General of Yunnan Provincial People’s Government and Deputy Director of the Organizing Committee of TSF; Gao Jun, Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Yunnan Province and Director of the Office of the Organizing Committee of TSF; Fang Yongchun and Bai Chengming, vice presidents of Nankai University; and Yu Hai, Assistant to the University President.

Chen Yulu stated that Nankai University has forged a strong bond with Yunnan Province because of the Southwest Associated University. The spirit of perseverance in personality of Southwest Associated University,  along with its story of rejuvenating the country and cultivating talents, still inspiring students to serve the country and strive ceaselessly. Relying on the shared emotional bond, Nankai University and Yunnan Province have deepened cooperation and exchanges for decades, and have successively established teaching and research platforms including Yunnan Institute of Nankai University and Southwest United Graduate School, as well as advanced academic exchange platforms including TSF. These efforts have made substantial progress in improving the caliber of talent training in Yunnan, accelerating the commercialization of scientific and technological achievements, among others. Based on the“Yunnan needs + Nankai can” mode, Nankai University will strive to promote innovations in the development mechanism of Yunnan Institute, and improve the quality of cooperation in talent training, achievement output, discipline construction, etc., providing strong support for serving the high-quality development of Yunnan Province.

Wang Xueqin expressed his gratitude to Nankai University for its long-standing and strong support for science and education undertakings in Yunnan Province. He mentioned that TSF has evolved into a widely influential, distinctive platform for scientific and technological innovation, cooperation and exchange after three years of development, with the full support of Tsinghua University, Peking University and Nankai University. In 2022, the three universities jointly established Southwest United Graduate School, which injected new vitality into talent cultivation and discipline construction in Yunnan Province. It is hoped that on the basis of the current sound cooperation, the two sides will deepen communication and cooperation, and leverage high-quality platforms such as the above-mentioned Forum, Graduate School and Institute to jointly make breakthroughs in scientific research projects, carry out precise matchmaking and cooperation, accelerate the commercialization of more intelligent achievements in Yunnan, and make new win-win province-university cooperation.

（Edited and translated by Nankai News Team.)