Abstract :The 2021 International Conference on the Cooperation and Integration of Industry, Education, Research and Application (Dalian) was held in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province on Wednesday.

Photo shows Tian Xuejun, Vice Minister of Education delivers a speech at the 2021 International Conference on the Cooperation and Integration of Industry, Education, Research and Application (Dalian).

Guided by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and the People's Government of Liaoning Province, the conference was hosted by the National Center for Schooling Development Programme and organized by Educational Department of Liaoning Province and Dalian University of Technology.

Tian Xuejun, Vice Minister of Education, delivered an online speech at the conference, pointing out that after three years of development, the conference has become a symphony of open cooperation composed by universities, enterprises, and research institutes from all over the world.

Currently, under the changes in the world and epidemic situation, the call for strengthening communication and cooperation in the world is even stronger, said Tian, hoping that all parties of the conference could promote the high-quality development of international industry-university-research-application cooperation and build an industry-university-research-application innovation consortium.

According to Vitrenko Andrii, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Belt and Road Initiative has promoted the exchanges and cooperation between China and Ukraine in the fields of science and technology, innovation and education, and the relationship between Chinese and Ukrainian universities and scientific research institutions is getting closer. He hopes that both parties can maintain this good communication trend and further strengthen cooperation.

Focused on in-depth cooperation and exchanges in the fields of high-end equipment manufacturing and new materials, new generation of information technology and intelligence, green chemical industry and new energy materials, the conference has witnessed the signing of nine cooperation agreements between Chinese and foreign universities and the establishment of a research and innovation center between Dalian University of Technology and Belarusian State University and a center for transformation of scientific and technological achievements betweenNortheastern University and BNTU. 860 experts and scholars representing about 100 universities and scientific research institutions from many countries including China, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus participated in the conference through online and offline channels.