Chinanews.com, Guangzhou, October 23rd. Title: Centennial Overseas Chinese School ran high-quality development "acceleration" with innovation as the engine

　　Author Guo Jun Su Yunsheng Li Weimiao

　　Jinan University (hereinafter referred to as "Ji University") revealed on the 23rd that a few days ago, the atmospheric chemistry innovation team led by Shao Min, the dean of the school’s Environmental and Climate Research Institute, won the National Natural Science Foundation of China’s “ten million” major project— —Innovative research group project funding has achieved the school's historic breakthrough in the field of National Natural Science Foundation of China.

This is another major achievement of the school's "double first-class" university construction in the past three years.

　　In November this year, JJU will celebrate its 115th anniversary.

Lin Rupeng, Secretary of the Party Committee of JIU University, said that in the past three years, the school has been striving to promote the construction of a "double first-class" university. The "One Road" initiative and the construction of the Greater Bay Area have played a unique role.

On April 12, 2019, the unveiling ceremony of the "One Belt One Road" and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Research Institute was held at Jinan University.

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The high quality of biomedical disciplines leads the overall connotative development of the school

　　School development must have both plateaus and peaks.

"Striving to be first-class is not about striving for all-around champions, but to work hard in fields with foundations and characteristics." JIU President Song Xianzhong introduced that JIU has formed a pharmacy as the core and five peak-climbing disciplines as the support. , The new discipline system of "building peaks on plateau" with nine dominant specialty disciplines as the object of cultivation.

　　According to reports, as a "double first-class" discipline of JNU, the School of Pharmacy is developing rapidly.

The academy is led by academicians, Changjiang scholars, etc., climbing the subject "Everest".

In the past three years, the institute has reached 4 major achievements in patent transfer agreements with listed pharmaceutical companies, with the transfer amount exceeding 1 billion yuan.

　　The JIU Biomedical Discipline Group has continuously improved its collaborative innovation capabilities and the overall strength of the discipline group by forming joint research teams, building a large biomedical research and development platform, jointly applying for multi-disciplinary cross-key major projects, and jointly training graduate students.

　　In recent years, JUST has continued to rise in the rankings of various international authoritative universities, ranking a record high in the QS World University Rankings, ranking 33rd among universities in mainland China.

Ranked in the top 500 academic rankings of ShanghaiShortcut for two consecutive years, and 23 disciplines are listed in the 2021 Shanghairanking World-Class Subject Rankings.

Academician Su Guohui of Jinan University instructed students to do experiments.

(Data map) Photo by Su Yunsheng

Innovative support to achieve high-quality enhancement of scientific research strength

　　Innovation is a key factor in realizing the improvement of scientific research strength.

In the past three years, the research team of JJU has focused on major national strategic needs, supported by innovation, and helped solve the "stuck neck" problem. The scientific research strength has been continuously improved, and scientific research results have frequently appeared in top international academic journals such as "Nature" and "Science".

The number of subjects in the top 1% of the ESI World Ranking by JJU has increased from 8 in 2018 to 13, ranking 2nd in Guangdong Province. Among them, 8 subjects including chemistry have entered 5 out of 1,000.

In the past three years, the school has added 25 national and provincial-level first-class undergraduate professional construction sites.

　　On July 10, 2020, the national-level liberal arts research base "Research Base for Improving the Consciousness of the Chinese Nation Community" was unveiled.

The base is rooted in the establishment of comprehensive disciplinary advantages of JIU as the "highest overseas Chinese university". It will systematically explore the establishment of the Chinese community through research on compatriots in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and national identity, overseas Chinese and national identity, overseas communication and practice paths, etc. Awareness of the practice program.

At present, the school has a national-level liberal arts platform such as the Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for the Transmission of Chinese Culture, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Overseas Transmission, the Research Base for the Awareness of the Chinese National Community, the Key Research Base for Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, and the National Discourse System Research Center. A provincial research platform.

　　It is reported that the National Social Science Fund of Jilin University has been in the top 20 in the country for six consecutive years.

In 2020, 45 projects of the year were approved, ranking 4th among universities in the country.

Both the number of projects approved by the National Self-Technology Fund and the number of funding funds hit a record high.

Jinan University.

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Provide intellectual support for the "Belt and Road" and the construction of the Greater Bay Area

　　"To give full play to the characteristics and advantages of overseas Chinese schools and actively integrate into the'Belt and Road' and the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is the proper meaning of the development of Jinan University." Song Xianzhong said.

　　It is understood that the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Environmental Quality Collaborative Innovation Joint Laboratory" led by JIU has become one of the first ten Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao joint laboratories.

　　At present, Jiu University has established 9 joint laboratories with 7 universities in Hong Kong and Macao, 1 key laboratory of the Ministry of Education, 2 joint international cooperation laboratories of the Ministry of Education, and 5 joint innovation platforms of Guangdong and Hong Kong. It involves cutting-edge fields such as biomedicine, environmental science, brain neuroscience, future photonic technology, and large-scale model animal scientific research infrastructure construction.

JIU also established the “Belt and Road Initiative” and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Research Institute. With this research institute as its lead, it revitalized the resources of think tanks in the Greater Bay Area and actively developed close cooperation with local governments.

　　Based on the Bay Area and looking at the world is an important task for the construction of the JIU University think tank.

At present, the “Latin American Center of Jinan University”, “Southeast Asian Studies Center of Jinan University”, “Philippine Research Center of Jinan University” and “Indonesia Research Center of Jinan University” have been approved as national and regional research centers of the Ministry of Education. Cooperation to provide intellectual support.

　　Relying on the advantages of overseas Chinese schools, JJU has gradually built a multi-level and high-level international "cooperation network".

As of September this year, the school has signed 78 cooperation agreements with universities and scientific research institutions in 27 countries related to the “Belt and Road” initiative.

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