CIICW 2022 | 龚新高校长出席2022中国—以色列创新合作周开幕式并发表主旨演讲
今年是中国与以色列建交30周年。9月4日，由科技部、以色列经济与产业部、江苏省人民政府、以色列驻中国大使馆主办的2022年中国-以色列创新合作周暨中以创新发展论坛在江苏常州中以国际创新村开幕。中国科学院院士、广东以色列理工学院校长龚新高应邀出席并发表主旨演讲，分享创新教育探索经验。
作为中以建交30周年庆祝系列活动之一，中以创新合作周以“创新之季，合作之约”为主题，面向全国企业和科研院所等开展为期5天的产业、投资、技术、教育、人才、文化等领域系列交流、对接活动，推进产业技术创新合作，推动中以两国创新合作水平进一步提升。
江苏省委书记吴政隆为中以创新合作周启动开幕。科技部部长王志刚，以色列经济与产业部部长奥娜·巴比维、创新署署长德瑞·斌，中国驻以色列大使蔡润视频致辞。科技部副部长张广军、江苏省副省长胡广杰、以色列驻华大使潘绮瑞出席了开幕式。
在中以创新发展论坛上，龚校长做题为“创新教育是创新发展的根本保障”的主旨演讲。龚校长指出，在当前科技持续发展的时代，创新决定了国家实力，而全球创新之源以色列正是以前沿科技成果闻名于世。以色列将创新意识犹太教育，称为代表着“不惧权威、勇于尝试、容忍失败”的“虎刺怕”精神。作为中以两国教育合作的典范，广东以色列理工学院正在实践这一值得借鉴的以色列创新教育理念。
龚校长向与会嘉宾介绍广以的办学历史和办学成果。他强调，广东以色列理工学院致力于建设成为一所具有国际公认高水平教育、科研和创新能力的研究型大学，全面引进全球知名的以色列理工学院的优质教育资源，根植于博大精深、底蕴丰厚中国文化土壤，建立教育、创新和研究三方协同的知识三角，在中国土地上培养具有创新能力、全球视野和人文素养的卓越工程师和科技人才。龚校长介绍，在本科教育中贯穿“创业创新”理念的广以已经在科技创新、人才培养等方面取得了丰硕成果。众多世界一流高校、科研院所纷纷向广以学子伸出橄榄枝，这既是对广以办学的高度认可，更是对中以两国创新合作成果的肯定。
在演讲的最后，龚校长说：“发展需要创新人才，创新人才的培养源于创新文化，这一切都依赖于教育对创新文化的培养和传承。”他强调，广以在中华文化的沃土上种下一颗饱含以色列创新基因的种子，在中以两国政府的精心呵护下，学校将在创新人才培养上走出一条中国特色的时代坦途。
龚校长的精彩演讲引起与会嘉宾的强烈共鸣。演讲结束后，多名与会代表在台下与龚校长交流广以办学，为广以在建校短短五年以来取得的喜人办学成果而赞叹，希望能与广以在人才培养、产学研合作等方面达成进一步的合作。
会后，龚校长与本科生院院长Dganit Danino教授、数学系主任Eliahu Aljadeff教授接受新华日报等媒体采访，分享对中以合作中的创新和教育的看法。
2022 marks the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties between China and Israel. On September 4, the 2022 China-Israel Innovation Cooperation Week (CIICW) & China-Israel Innovation and Development Forum, hosted by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the PRC, Ministry of Economy and Industry of Israel, Jiangsu Provincial Government, and Embassy of Israel in China, opened in China-Israel Changzhou Innovation Village in Jiangsu. Prof. Gong Xingao, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Chancellor of Guangdong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) attended and shared his practices on innovative education via a keynote speech at the event.
Themed “With You·With Innovation”, the 2022 CIICW is among the congratulations events on the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties between China and Israel. It is a five-day series of exchanges and docking in fields of industry, investment, technology, education, talents, and culture for enterprises and research institutes across the country, with the purpose of joint development in innovation on both sides.
Secretary of the Communist Party of China’s Jiangsu Provincial Committee Wu Zhenglong attended and announced the event open. Head of China’s Science and Technology Ministry Wang Zhigang, Minister of Economy and Industry of Israel Orna Barbivai, CEO of the Israel Innovation Authority Dror Bin, and Chinese Ambassador to Israel Cai Run delivered video addresses at the opening session. China’s Vice Minister of Science and Technology Zhang Guangjun, Vice-governor of Jiangsu Province Hu Guangjie, and Israel’s Ambassador to China Irit Ben-Abba Vitale attended the opening ceremony.
At the Forum, Chancellor Gong gave a keynote speech entitled “Innovative Education Provides Fundamental Guarantees for Innovative Development”. In a constantly developing sci-tech era, innovation, for which Israel is known world-widely, revealed the country’s power. As a model of China-Israel educational cooperation, GTIIT is practicing the Israeli “Chutzpah” spirit – to challenge authority, take risks, and tolerate failure.
Chancellor Gong introduced GTIIT’s history and achievements and stressed the university’s commitment to establishing an elite STEM university with worldwide recognition and cultivating innovative talents through highly qualified education recourses with its root in Chinese culture. With the theme of “innovation and entrepreneurship” throughout, GTIIT’s undergraduate education has seen fruitful results: students have received offers world’s top universities and institutions. This reflects the success of GTIIT and innovative cooperation between the two countries, he said.
Chancellor Gong concluded his speech by saying, “Development requires innovative talents from an innovative ground, which is indispensable from education’s cultivation and continuation of innovative culture.” He stressed that GTIIT is a seed of Israeli innovation gene, and with the joint support of both countries, it would set on its even path of training talents with Chinese characteristics.
Chancellor Gong’s speech resonated with audiences. After his address, representatives exchanged views with Chancellor Gong on the university and sought future collaboration.
Chancellor Gong, Dean of Undergraduate Studies Prof. Dganit Danino, and Head of Mathematics with Computer Science Program Prof. Eliahu Aljadeff shared their view on innovation and Education in China-Israel cooperation in the interview with press including Xinhua Daily.
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