On February 28, on the second anniversary of General Secretary Xi Jinping putting forward the major proposition of "humanistic economics", the 2025 Suzhou Forum on Humanistic Economics and the Release Conference of Innovative Practices and Independent Intellectual Achievements in Humanistic Economics was held at Changyuan Xuezhai in the Pingjiang Historic and Cultural Block of Suzhou, delving deep into the development path of the symbiotic integration of humanity and the economy. Zhang Donggang, Secretary of the Party Committee of Renmin University of China, Liu Xiaotao, Member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee, Qu Futian, Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress and Chairman of the Jiangsu Federation of Philosophical and Social Sciences Circles, Wu Qingwen, Deputy Secretary of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Suzhou, attended the event. In his speech, Zhang Donggang pointed out that humanistic economics is a major proposition put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping based on practical development and future trends, and it is the crystallization of wisdom from combining the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific reality and with China's excellent traditional culture. Renmin University of China and Suzhou have implemented the new development concept,collaborated closely , and made efforts in building research platforms, expanding research fields, and producing research achievements, focusing on promoting theoretical research and practical exploration of humanistic economics. It is hoped that in the future, cooperation with all parties will be continuously deepened. Guided by the Party's innovative theories, the scientific connotations of humanistic economics will be deeply explained; oriented towards promoting Chinese-style modernization, the practical paths of humanistic economics will be systematically summarized; and with the mission of creating a new form of human civilization, the world significance of humanistic economics will be continuously expanded. Let's jointly write this great article on "humanistic economics", making the root of culture deeper, the momentum of the economy stronger, and the power of innovation more prosperous. Liu Xiaotao stated that in recent years, Suzhou has deeply studied and implemented Xi Jinping Thought on Culture and the important speeches of General Secretary Xi Jinping, vigorously implemented the research project on humanistic economics, and cooperated with Renmin University of China to jointly establish the "Suzhou Research Center for Humanistic Economics", forming a number of theoretical achievements. With the continuous deepening of study and research, we have further realized that we must strengthen cultural confidence, promote the integrated development of humanity and the economy, explore the practical paths of humanistic economics at a more advanced level, and strive to build a model city that showcases the real picture of Chinese-style modernization. This forum has invited a large number of top experts and academic giants, which will surely spark more innovative ideas and help Suzhou's research on humanistic economics reach new heights. Suzhou will make full use of the research achievements of humanistic economics, deeply promote the unity of theory and practice, carefully weave the "double-sided embroidery" of economy and culture, and write a new chapter in the new practice of Chinese-style modernization in Suzhou.
On February 9th, Renmin University of China signed a deepening cooperation agreement with the People's Government of Suzhou. The Suzhou Institute of Artificial Intelligence of Renmin University of China and the Suzhou Artificial Intelligence Laboratory were unveiled, opening a new chapter in the cooperation between the university and the local government. Zhang Donggang, Secretary of the Party Committee of Renmin University of China, Lin Shangli, President of Renmin University of China, Liu Xiaotao, a member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee, Wu Qingwen, Deputy Secretary of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Suzhou attended the event. Zheng Xinye, Vice President of Renmin University of China and Director of the Management Committee of the Suzhou Campus, presided over the event. Zhu Xinkai and Gu Haidong signed the "Deepening Cooperation Agreement between the People's Government of Suzhou and Renmin University of China" on behalf of both parties. According to the agreement, both parties will give full play to their respective advantages and further deepen the cooperation between the university and the local government on the basis of existing cooperation. By establishing a new type of institute, creating a highland for talent aggregation, innovating the talent cultivation model, and establishing an open exchange platform, they will jointly build a demonstration highland for the integrated reform of education, science and technology, and talent. They will work together to build the Suzhou Campus of Renmin University of China into a new growth pole, a new engine, and a new strategic fulcrum for the development of Renmin University of China in the new era, and fully support Suzhou Industrial Park in building a world-class high-tech park with openness and innovation. They will also comprehensively assist Suzhou in taking the lead and setting an example in promoting Chinese-style modernization. The Suzhou Institute of Artificial Intelligence of Renmin University of China and the Suzhou Artificial Intelligence Laboratory will actively serve major national strategies, focus on technological applications and empowering the regional economy. They will form a differentiated development pattern with the Zhongguancun Campus's Gaoling School of Artificial Intelligence of Renmin University of China, which focuses on theoretical innovation and the integration of humanities, in terms of construction positioning, discipline development, scientific research directions, and regional services. Guided by the principles of "product-driven, service-driven, and contribution-driven" and aiming at major original innovations, they will accelerate the construction of emerging artificial intelligence disciplines and interdisciplinary disciplines in intelligent governance, and strive to build an integrated platform for the government, industry, academia, research, and application, providing strong support for cultivating and developing new productive forces. Zhang Donggang, Lin Shangli, Liu Xiaotao, and Wu Qingwen jointly unveiled the Suzhou Institute of Artificial Intelligence of Renmin University of China and the Suzhou Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
On January 24th, as the Spring Festival approached, Liu Xiaotao, a member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee, visited the Suzhou Campus of Renmin University of China to offer condolences to the expert team of the Suzhou Institute of Artificial Intelligence. Zheng Xinye, a member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of Renmin University of China, participated in the condolence activity. Liu Xiaotao extended Spring Festival greetings to the expert team of the Suzhou Institute of Artificial Intelligence (Suzhou Artificial Intelligence Laboratory). He pointed out that the state is vigorously promoting scientific and technological innovation, and the field of artificial intelligence is an important strategic direction. The research, development, and talent cultivation of the new institute and laboratory should be closely aligned with national strategies, contributing to the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation. As a strong industrial city, Suzhou has a solid industrial foundation. It is hoped that the scientific research and talent cultivation at the Suzhou Campus of Renmin University of China will be closely integrated with Suzhou's industries. Through industry-university-research cooperation, the advantages of scientific research and talents in universities can be complemented by the industrial advantages of the local area, jointly promoting industrial upgrading and transformation. It is hoped that the expert team will firmly commit to developing in Suzhou, lead the team to focus on scientific research and innovation, attract and cultivate more high-quality talents, overcome more key and core technologies, provide strong support for the development of new productive forces in Suzhou, and propel Suzhou's high-quality development to a new level. On behalf of the university, Zheng Xinye expressed gratitude to the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government. He said that Renmin University of China has always been committed to serving the strategic needs of the Party and the country. Since its establishment, the Suzhou Institute of Artificial Intelligence has taken market demand and industrial application as its core, striving to build an integrated platform for government, industry, academia, research, and application, achieving high-level coordinated development with the artificial intelligence industry in Suzhou and the Yangtze River Delta region, and fully supporting major national strategies. It is hoped that in the future, there will be further cooperation with Suzhou to jointly contribute to the development of the country's strategic emerging industries and the construction of a world-class university with Chinese characteristics.
Suzhou Vice Mayor Liu Bo Visited Renmin University of China Suzhou Campus for Research On 10th December, Liu Bo, Vice Mayor of Suzhou, and his delegation visited the Suzhou Campus of Renmin University of China (RUC). Zheng Xinye, Vice President of Renmin University of China and Director of Suzhou Campus Management Committee, met with Liu Bo and his delegation. The two sides exchanged views on further deepening the cooperation between the campus and the city, as well as innovating the system and mechanism for integrated development of education, science and technology, and talents. Zheng Xinye said that Renmin University of China is the first new type of formal university founded by the Communist Party of China, which is always orientated to the major strategic needs of the country and has outstanding advantages in the field of artificial intelligence, which is highly coupled with the needs of Suzhou's reform and development. Suzhou Campus is now making great strides towards the new strategic mission given by the university, continuously investing its strength in expanding the scale of operation, upgrading the level of operation, cultivating top-notch innovative talents, and serving the local development, etc., and constantly making new progress. He expressed his hope that through this exchange, he would continue to strengthen the close ties with Suzhou City, continuously improve the quality of school running, and contribute more power in promoting the new practice of Chinese-style modernised Suzhou. Liu Bo said that Suzhou City will, as always, strongly support PUC in running schools in Suzhou, create better conditions for running schools, further deepen cooperation and vigorously promote the development of the Suzhou campus. He expressed the hope that the two sides will strengthen interaction, establish a closer communication and cooperation mechanism, based on the national strategy and the needs of Suzhou's economic and social development, adhere to the in-depth integration of industry, academia, research and application, and focus on solving a number of ‘difficult’ and ‘painful’ problems, and strengthen the transformation of technological achievements to achieve common development. During the survey, Liu Bo visited the school. During the research, Liu Bo visited the campus library, the left bank student restaurant, Suzhou Artificial Intelligence and Social Governance Technology Key Laboratory, and visited the Suzhou Artificial Intelligence College expert team, to fully understand the development plan of the new college.
The First National ‘Great Ideological and Political Lessons in Museums’ Demonstration and Exchange Activity Successfully Held On 8-9 December, Renmin University of China and Suzhou City jointly held the first national ‘Great ideological and political lessons in museums’ demonstration and exchange activities. More than 20 museums that General Secretary Xi Jinping has researched since the 18th National Congress of the CPC gathered together to launch the ‘Great ideological and political lessons in museums’ Co-construction Alliance. Zhang Donggang, Secretary of the Party Committee of Renmin University of China, pointed out that General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to the construction of Civic and Political Lessons and the work of cultural and museums, and has pointed out the direction and provided guidelines for us to promote the relevant work. This activity is of great significance, Renmin University of China will start from Suzhou, study and implement the spirit of the National Education Conference, build a long-term mechanism for cooperation between schools and localities, schools and museums to educate people, and make the ‘Great Civic and Political Science Classes in the Museums’ organised with characteristics, boutique products, and a brand name, so as to provide a ‘golden class’ for the teaching of Civic and Political Science Classes in the whole country. ‘and cultivate the new man of the times. Suzhou Municipal Party Committee Deputy Secretary, Mayor Wu Qingwen said that Suzhou, as an important window, this activity is centred on the results and concepts of the construction of the Civic and Political Classes, which will lead to more teaching results and create a new situation in Civic and Political Education. The event is aimed at in-depth study and implementation of the spirit of the relevant speeches, to promote the integration of ideological and political education construction, many relevant personnel to participate in the afternoon of the day also held a national theme of the symposium, ‘China National Treasure Conference’ sharing will be held at the same time.
On September 26th to 27th, Vice President Wang Yi visited the Suzhou Campus to investigate the ideological and political work of Sino foreign cooperative education, and made arrangements for the comprehensive implementation of the Suzhou Campus reform and the creation of a new path for ideological and political work in Sino foreign cooperative education with the characteristics of RUC. Wang Yi stated that ideological and political education is a key course for implementing the fundamental task of cultivating morality and talents, and also an important channel for enhancing the leadership of ideological and political education. She expressed the following hopes to ideological and political education teachers: firstly, to firmly uphold their ideals and beliefs, comprehensively implement the fundamental task of cultivating morality and talents, and earnestly study the important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping at the National Education Conference and the spirit of the National Education Conference. Secondly, we must deepen our cultivation and actively participate in the training of ideological and political education teachers, and continuously optimize the teaching effectiveness of ideological and political education. Thirdly,we must pursue excellence, strengthen the spiritual guidance of educators, actively participate in ideological and political work in Sino foreign cooperative education, and cultivate socialist builders and successors with comprehensive development in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor. She proposed that relevant departments in schools should also establish a sound guarantee system to provide comprehensive and practical support for ideological and political education teachers, and provide a broader stage for their growth and development. On September 27th, Wang Yi and her delegation held a discussion with relevant departments such as the Suzhou Education Bureau on the joint organization of a demonstration exhibition course on "Implementing the Spirit of the National Education Conference and Promoting the Integration of Ideological and Political Education in Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Schools" by Renmin University of China and Suzhou City.
On October 10th, Zheng Xinye, vice president of Renmin University of China and director of the Administrative Committee of the Suzhou Campus, went to the Suzhou Campus to investigate the progress of the comprehensive reform of the Campus and the recent talent team construction work, and made arrangements on the key work in the near future. Wang Xiaohu, Executive Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Suzhou Campus, and Tang Jie, Secretary of the Party Committee of Suzhou Campus, accompanied the investigation. Zheng Xinye had a discussion with the newly recruited teachers of the Suzhou Campus. On behalf of the school, he expressed welcome to the newly hired teachers and hoped that they could quickly adapt themselves and inherit and carry forward the glorious traditions of the school, and promote the spirit of educators in passing on the tradition of Revolution. Zheng Xinye gave a high evaluation on the talent team construction achievements of Suzhou Campus in recent years. He said that the Suzhou Campus should closely follow the latest discipline layout planning and college construction plan a team of teachers and industry mentors with a high starting point and high standards, solidly promote comprehensive reform, and continuously improve the quality of talent training and the ability to serve the national strategy of Suzhou Campus. Subsequently, Zheng Xinye inspected the construction of the Key Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Social Governance Technology in Suzhou. He hoped that the School of Smart Governance would strive to improve the students' practical ability and innovative awareness, actively promote academic exchange and technological transformation, especially pay attention to the value guidance of students, and regard the construction of a better society centered on the people as the landing point of wise governance, contributing to the development of society towards goodness, harmony and progress. During the visit to the School of Silk Road, Zheng Xinye said that he hoped the School could further broaden the vision, continuously deepen the sustainable development strategy, and strive to build a brand of "Study in China" and "Study in China" with far-reaching influence and demonstration effect, so as to contribute to the cultivation of more international talents. During the investigation, Zheng Xinye also inspected the role and operation of the student space in Left Bank, Librairie Jiangnan, the public space of the soundboxes, and the Campus library, and made arrangements for the relevant work.
On October 10th, Suzhou Campus held a meeting to discuss preparations for the upcoming undergraduate education evaluation. Zheng Xinye, Vice President of Renmin University of China and Director of the Suzhou Campus Management Committee, attended the meeting and outlined the work plan. Wang Xiaohu, Executive Deputy Director of the Suzhou Campus Management Committee and Dean of the Sino-French Institute, Tang Jie, Party Secretary, along with other members of the Campus leadership team and the evaluation task force participated in the meeting. Wang Xiaohu, Executive Deputy Director of the Suzhou Campus Management Committee and Dean of the Sino-French Institute, provided a report on the preparation for the evaluation. He emphasized that the Suzhou Campus attaches great importance to the undergraduate education evaluation, having promptly established a dedicated task force. By strictly aligning with the evaluation criteria and key points, the Campus aims to highlight its unique features and strengths, identify challenges and areas for improvement, and truly achieve the goals of enhancing development, reform, management, and overall strength through evaluation. This continuous effort will contribute to improving the talent cultivation quality at the Sino-French Institute.
From September 20th to 21st, President Lin Shangli visited the Suzhou Campus to inspect the talent development work. He gave directives on the reform of talent cultivation at the International College, Sino-French Institute, Silk Road School, and School of Smart Governance, aiming to promote the comprehensive reform plan of the Suzhou Campus. On the afternoon of September 20th, a special meeting on talent cultivation at Suzhou Campus was held. President Lin attended and delivered a speech, with Vice President Zhi Xiaoqiang presiding over the meeting. Lin Shangli put forward three key requirements for talent development at the Suzhou Campus. First, adopt new ideas. Efforts should be made to align closely with national strategic needs and integrate with key national projects. Second, form a new framework. Deep collaboration should be pursued with various schools, institutions in the Yangtze River Delta, and other high-level universities across the country in critical areas such as curriculum development, training program design, and faculty allocation. Third, serve major national strategies. It is important to adhere to the combination of industry, academia, research, and application, building a talent cultivation model of “100 people as one team, project-based groups.” On the morning of September 21st, Lin Shangli met with the Consul General of the French Consulate General in Shanghai, Benoît Guidée, to discuss further collaboration on talent education and development between China and France.Lin also visited newly appointed teachers and representatives of visiting faculty at the Suzhou Campus, encouraging them to pursue their dreams with determination and contribute to the enhancement of talent cultivation quality. He emphasized the role of teachers in nurturing students to become pillars of national rejuvenation and pioneers of the country’s future. During his visit, Lin Shangli inspected the construction of the Suzhou Key Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Social Governance Technology and listened to a report on its progress. He also met with new graduate students from the School of Intelligent Governance, encouraging them to strive to become learners, researchers, innovators, and pioneers in the field of intelligent governance. Lin Shangli and his team made a special trip to Soochow University for a survey, where he had in-depth discussions with Soochow University President Ying Hanjie on topics such as local development, talent resource sharing, and the joint development of humanities disciplines. During the visit, Liu Xiaotao, Member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee, met with Lin Shangli and his delegation. They discussed deepening cooperation between the university and the local government, particularly in promoting the integration of industry, academia, research, and application in the fields of artificial intelligence and intelligent governance.
On September 21st, the opening ceremony for the 2024-2025 academic year of International College, Sino-French Institute, Silk Road School and School of Smart Governance was held on Suzhou Campus of RUC. Lin Shangli, President of RUC, Zhi Xiaoqiang, Standing Committee of the Party Committee of RUC and Vice President of RUC, Joan VALADOU, Consul General of the Consulate General of France in Shanghai, and Ni Qian, Member of the Party Working Committee and Deputy Director of the Administrative Committee of Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP), attended the ceremony. Lin Shangli presented the emblem to the representatives of new students and made a speech. He said that choosing a university is choosing a spiritual heritage, and the identity of ‘NPC people’ means the underlying colour of loyalty, the style of pragmatism and the spirit of pioneering. Suzhou Campus of RUC has inherited the root of ‘all for the Party, all for the people, all for the nation, and all for the country’ of PUC, and also shaped the soul of ‘facing the world, facing the future, facing the society, and facing the development’ in the new era. Suzhou Campus of RUC is full of profound cultural heritage, and it is not only a key force for PUC to expand its international vision and promote intelligent governance, but also a pioneer in promoting the exchange of civilisations between China and the rest of the world, especially the exchange of civilisations between China and France. He also said that the academy where Suzhou Campus of RUC is located is named Visionary Academy, and the students are also expected to have high hopes, hoping that they can have the ‘soul’ of red, the ‘heart’ of China, the ‘competence’ of the world and the ‘ability’ of constructing the human race in their future study, and answer the question of history with your faith, answer the question of the world with your mind, and answer the question of the age with your vision. In Suzhou Campus of RUC, a Campus where Eastern and Western civilisations meet, where Chinese characteristics and the world's style mingle, we can find firm beliefs by reading history, find the ideal of commonwealth by looking at the world, and strive to be ‘pillars of revival and pioneers of a strong nation’ who inherit the red genes, uphold the world's sentiments, and embrace the future of mankind, so that the limited life of an individual may blossom, contribute to, and create value for the endless cause of mankind.
