On March 25, Zhang Liang, Deputy Director of the Shandong Maritime Safety Administration, and his team visited the academy for a special discussion session on the development of the senior crew training 'Ten-Hundred-Thousand' talent project. Vice President Zhang Di attended the discussion. Zhang Ling, Director of the Crew Examination Center of the Yangtze River Maritime Bureau, Gan Zhiping, Vice Dean of the School of Undergraduate, Liu Kezhong, Dean of the School of Navigation, Zhang Jinfeng, Vice Dean of the School of Navigation, Hu Huanan, Vice Dean of the School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Lin Hui, Dean of the Qingdao Research Institute, and representatives from the navigation technology department participated in the event.
Vice President Prof. Zhang Di, on behalf of the university, welcomed Deputy Director Zhang Liang and his team. He stated that the implementation of the senior crew 'Ten-Hundred-Thousand' talent project has profound significance for enhancing the attractiveness of the navigation technology and improving the quality of talent cultivation. As the only university under the Ministry of Education that offers navigation-related majors, Wuhan University of Technology has always regarded high-quality navigation education as its mission. In the future, the university will continue to focus on deepening school-enterprise collaboration, strengthening digital intelligence capability training, and promoting the reshaping of the talent cultivation system, contributing more to the reform and innovation of navigation education and high-quality development in China.
Zhang Liang fully recognized the achievements of our university in navigation education and thanked the representatives for their suggestions and opinions. He emphasized that the ship crew, as an important national strategic resource, plays a crucial role in enhancing the quality of navigation talent cultivation and increasing social recognition of the crew workforce. Wuhan University of Technology has set a good example in navigation education. The Shandong Maritime Safety Administration is willing to deepen cooperation in areas such as the innovation of government-industry-academia-research application mechanisms, the study of navigation talent qualification standards, participation in international navigation compliance research, and innovation of navigation culture.
During the discussion, participants engaged in in-depth discussions on the implementation path and work measures of the 'Ten-Hundred-Thousand' talent project, the reform of the talent cultivation model for navigation technology majors, and the career development of navigation professionals.