On September 29, the 40th anniversary celebration of the College of Management at Ocean University of China (OUC) and the Symposium on Frontiers of Management Research in the New Era were held. Zhang Junfeng, President of OUC, attended the event and delivered remarks. Experts and scholars from universities across China, business representatives, alumni, faculty, students, and retired faculty attended the events.
On behalf of the university, President Zhang Junfeng extended his congratulations to all faculty, staff, students, and alumni of the College of Management and expressed his gratitude to friends from all walks of life who have long supported its development. He noted that over the past forty years, the college has remained committed to its original aspirations of educating students for the Party and cultivating talent for the country. Guided by its educational philosophy of “Pursue Excellence with Erudition; Shape the Future with Innovative Solutions,” the college has made substantial progress in developing its disciplines, nurturing talent, strengthening its faculty, advancing research, serving society, and promoting international exchanges. These achievements have contributed significantly to the development of humanities and social sciences at OUC and its efforts to become a world-class university.
President Zhang Junfeng emphasized that the university is at a critical stage in its efforts to become a world-class university with distinctive strengths. He called on the College of Management to thoroughly implement the guiding principles conveyed in President Xi Jinping’s important reply letter to all OUC community and his important instructions on promoting high-quality development in philosophy and social sciences. The college should also implement the strategic plans adopted at the university’s eleventh Party Congress and the arrangements set out in its 15th Five-Year Plan. Taking its 40th anniversary as an opportunity, the college should pursue distinctive, intensive, and high-quality development. It should take the lead and set an example in fulfilling the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, advancing the intensive development of its academic disciplines, and serving major national strategies and economic and social development. These efforts should contribute further to the flourishing of humanities and social sciences at OUC, its development into a world-class university, and the construction of China’s independent knowledge system in philosophy and social sciences.
At the opening ceremony, Yi Zhihong, former Vice President of Renmin University of China, and Yu Dexiang, Chairman of TGOOD and TELD, delivered remarks. Zhou Yunjie, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Haier Group, and Wang Chongming, a senior professor of humanities and social sciences at Zhejiang University and AMBA & BGA’s Regional Head in China, were among those who sent congratulatory letters. Professor Li Zhijun of OUC sent a video message of congratulations from a scientific expedition in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. President Zhang Junfeng presented the college’s Meritorious Service Award to Quan Xijian, Honorary Dean of the College of Management. Wang Zhuquan, Dean of the college, delivered a report reviewing its development over the past forty years. The event also featured the launch ceremony for a university-industry cooperation alliance, with representatives of 24 organizations participating.
