On January 19, Executive Vice President of BAST SIMA Hong and her colleagues visited Beijing Academy of Science and Technology for a field survey of Beijing Institute of Electronics. Secretary of Leading Party Members’ Group of Beijing Academy of Science and Technology Fang Li, member of Leading Party Members’ Group and Vice President Wei Wanshun and Member of Leading Party Members’ Group and Vice President of BAST Meng Fanxing attended the panel discussion.
Vice Chairman of BIE and Deputy Director of BAST Information and Artificial Intelligence Technology Research Institute Zhang Ying introduced expert resources, organizational building, serving members, branding events and think tank base of BIE as well as work plans, expecting BAST to provide guidance on career development and professional title promotion of full-time staff members of the secretariat, deep cooperation with national societies and differentiated development and promoting interaction among societies in interdisciplinary fields.
Fang Li pointed out that after the reforms of public institutions, BIT Secretariat’s staff was transferred to the payroll of BAST Information and Artificial Intelligence Technology Research Institute, and that Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, as a supporter of learned societies, will focus on driving the construction of S&T innovation ecosystem in Beijing, supporting and guiding societies to make new progress in talent pooling services, first-class journals, high-end think tanks, branding events and external exchanges. BIE will support societies to leverage their technical expertise and make innovative exploratory efforts surrounding the central task and priorities of BAST, become one of the platforms for deep strategic cooperation between Beijing Academy of Science and Technology and BAST, and promote both sides to jointly serve the construction of Beijing as an international sci-tech innovation center. He expected to deepen cooperation with BAST on science communication, academics of societies and other aspects.
SIMA Hong thanked Beijing Academy of Science and Technology for generous support given to societies, noting that Beijing Academy of Science and Technology is the only municipally affiliated large, interdisciplinary and comprehensive scientific research institute that enjoys abundant S&T resources, and that BAST has established a strategic partnership with Beijing Academy of Science and Technology. In the future, he expected both sides to deepen resource integration and operational connection by focusing on key technological fields and surrounding the “neck-choking” technical difficulties and developing sophisticated industries in Beijing. Particularly in terms of helping build new-type societies, conducting science communication and decision consulting services, creating branded events, facilitating international academic exchanges and supporting the professional growth of S&T workers, both sides need to strengthen collaboration and interaction, constantly expand the science communication matrix in the capital, increase the supporting capabilities of S&T think tanks, drive branded academic events to integrate into Beijing’s primary platform for S&T innovation and jointly promote S&T innovation to support high-quality development of the capital. Both sides are expected to drive strategic cooperation deeper and more fruitfully by building up learned societies, and to make greater contributions to constructing Beijing into a high-level talent highland and an international sci-tech innovation center.
Related officers of BAST’s Department for Societies Affairs, General Office, Beijing Service Center for Science and Technology Societies, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology’s High Technology Development Office, Party-mass Work Office, Science Communication Center, Beijing Automatic Testing Technology Research Institute and BIE Secretariat attended the field survey.