On September 21^th, the one-stop learning and living complex project at the Suzhou Campus officially broke ground.. Attendees included Fan Bo, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee and Secretary of the CPC Suzhou Municipal Committee; Shen Mi, Member of the Standing Committee of CPC Suzhou Municipal Committee and Secretary of the CPC Working Committee of Suzhou Industrial Park; Zhang Donggang, Secretary of CPC RUC Committee; Ma Huaide, President; Zhu Yinzhu, Executive of management company of the project, Chairman of the board and Secretary of the CPC Suzhou Industrial Park Urban Reconstruction Co., Ltd Committee; as well as representatives of staff, faculty and students from relevant departments and colleges of Renmin University of China and Suzhou Campus, the design, construction, and the supervision units of the project.

Zhang stated that, Suzhou Campus has become arontline base for RUC to deepen its open-oriented approach to education, a vital platform for advancing the interdisciplinary integration of emerging liberal arts and emerging engineering programs as well as collaborative innovation between artificial intelligence and smart governance, and a strategic fulcrum for serving national major regional strategies and expanding integrated reforms across education, science and technology, and talent development, as well as the integrated reform of education across primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. He expressed the hope that the commencement of the project will serve as a new starting point and a new opportunity to promote bidirectional empowerment and integrated progress between the renowned city and the prestigious university, and to make new and greater contributions to serving the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta and the new Suzhou practice of Chinese modernization.

Shen presented that over the years, Suzhou and RUC have collaborated to advance the development of Suzhou Campus. The industrial park will work hand in hand with the university and all participating parties to fully foster a favorable construction environment, ensuring the smooth progress of the project and its early completion and operation. Efforts will continue to promote bidirectional empowerment and integrated advancement between the renowned city and prestigious university, jointly serving Suzhou for its building of a strong nation in education, science, technology and talent, and creating an industrial science and technology innovation hub with global influence.

Zhu delievered that the Suzhou Industrial Park Urban Reconstruction Co., Ltd will diligently fulfill its project management responsibilities, adhering to a quality-first principle and exercising coordinated control throughout the entire process; it will uphold the safety bottom line, strengthen the implementation of production safety responsibilities, and engage in scientific planning; it will implement green construction practices and make every effort to ensure the smooth advancement of the project; and it will collaborate efficiently by establishing an effective communication platform.

The project adheres to a people-centered approach driven by the needs of faculty and students, creating a co-research, co-creation, and shared space that integrates learning, experimentation, accommodation, dining, exchange, and sports, and incorporating smart teaching, scientific innovation laboratories, academic exchange, and one-stop living services, thereby empowering campus life and governance through digitalization and smart technologies. Suzhou Campus currently encompasses approximately 67,000 square meters of building space. The one-stop learning and living complex, for which construction has now commenced, has a total gross floor area exceeding 80,000 square meters. As a key construction project of Renmin University of China under the 15th Five-Year Plan, it is expected to complete construction and pass final acceptance by the end of 2028.