First, the SDUT’s Third Congress of the Communist Party of China was successfully held. The SDUT’s Third Congress of CPC has been grandly held from November 19th to 20th.
Second, the 60th anniversary of SDUT was celebrated. The 60th anniversary of SDUT was grandly celebrated with art performances on May 26th, 2016.
Third, the provincial Party Committee made adjustments to the leadership of SDUT, with Lv Chuanyi assuming the Party Secretary and Zhang Tiezhu President. SDUT held a meeting of cadres above the middle level on September 28th, 2016, announcing the appointment of leadership of SDUT by the provincial Party Committee .
Fourth, SDUT issued the “Thirteenth Five-year Plan. The University issued the “Thirteenth Five-year Plan on May 9th, 2016, clearly putting forward a goal of building a distinctive, high level, well-known teaching and research university with strategic focus and the main task initiatives. The Plan became a program of action and guidelines for SDUT to improve its quality and speed up its intensive development.
Fifth, SDUT signed the the “Framework Agreement for the Integrated Development Between School and City with Zibo City. Wang Hao, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Zibo City, Mayor Zhou Lianhua and their entourage of 22 people visited SDUT for research and talks on April 5th, 2016. On behalf of Zibo Municipal People's Government and SDUT respectively, Zhou Lianhua and Lv Chuanyi signed the “Framework Agreement for the Integrated Development Between City (Zibo Municipal People's Government ) and School (Shandong University of Technology)”, which determined that on the basis of Zibo’s reality and urgent needs for transformation, focusing on SDUT’s goal for the first-class university in China, the two parties jointly built a new pattern for innovation and integrated development between the school and the city, giving full play to their advantages, strengthening communication and docking, and comprehensively deepening their cooperation.
Sixth, Shandong University of Technology Council was established. The first session of the first conference of SDUT Council was held on December 23rd, 2016, passing the “Constitution of Shandong University of Technology Council and electing the council leading members and the organizing body.
Seventh, SDUT’s comprehensive reform program was put into the full play in implementation. SDUT issued a notice announcing the kick-off of Shandong University of Technology Comprehensive Reform Program” on December 6th, 2016, , marking that the reform program was put into the full play in implementation.
Eighth, Shandong Kehui Power Automation Co., Ltd. signed an agreement with SDUT to jointly build a research center for the intelligent power grid. Shandong Kehui Power Automation Co., Ltd. signed an agreement with SDUT to jointly build a research center for the intelligent power grid on May 5th, 2016. On behalf of the two parties, Xu Bingyin, Director of Kehui’s Board, and Party Secretary Lv Chuanyi signed an agreement. According to the agreement, Kehui donated RMB 5 million yuan to SDUT to build a research center for the intelligent power grid.
Ninth, the “Six Provisions” for the Standing Committee of SDUT’s Party Committee were issued to strengthen the self-building. On December 1, 2016, the Six Provisions for the Standing Committee of SDUT’s Party Committee onFurther Strengthening the Self-building were issued. The “Six Provisions covered six aspects of life, including the serious political life of the Party, strictly collective life in the Party, the work disciplines of the Party, a role model of staying close to the mass, strictly leading a self-disciplined life, and strictly abiding by the anti-corruption discipline.
Tenth, the Entrepreneurship and Venture Institute of Shandong Province was established at SDUT. The Small-and-Medium Enterprises Bureau of Shandong Province and SDUT jointly established the Entrepreneurship and Venture Institute of Shandong Province at SDUT on June 21st, 2016. Director Wang Zhaochun and Party Secretary Lv Chuanyi attended unveiling ceremony.