2019 "Party Building and Enterprise Development" Industry-University Research Forum Successfully Ended

On April 11th, the 2019 "Party Building and Enterprise Development" Industry-University Research Forum (No. 001 session) sponsored by the Committee of Business School, Sun Yat-sen University of CPC and hosted by the Alumni and Public Affairs Office of Business School, Sun Yat-sen University was grandly held at the international conference hall of Shan Si Hall in the south campus of Guangzhou of Sun Yat-sen University. With the theme of "Party Building and Enterprise Development", the forum focused on the topics of turning the political advantage of the party to the development advantage of enterprises, turning the organizational advantage of the party to the governance advantage of enterprises, and turning the ideological and political advantages of the party into the culture advantage of enterprises.

Professor Li Shanmin - vice president of Sun Yat-Sen University, Tang Rui - deputy secretary of Guangdong Provincial Committee of Communist Youth League, Fan Tao - deputy director of CPC organization department of Sun Yat-sen University, Luo Jing - deputy director of Party Committee Office, Huang Ruimin - director of Educational Development and Alumni Affairs Office, Hao Jun - director of CPC Publicity Department, Professor Wang Fan - dean, Qi Xiaoping - secretary of Party Committee , Professor Zheng Guojian - associate dean, Professor Wu Nengquan, and nearly 300 teachers, students of Business School, Sun Yat-sen University and enterprise representatives attended the forum, which was presided over by Zhou Jing - deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Business School, Sun Yat-sen University.

Professor Wang Fan - dean of Business School, Sun Yat-sen University, expressed his warm welcome to the guests in his speech. Starting from the history and growth experience of Business School, dean Wang described the development of the research, practice and teaching of Business Administration discipline, under the background of reform and opening up. He hopes that the Business School will continue to learn, reference and improve the theoretical system in the process of integrating Chinese and Western wisdom, solve the problems existing in party building and enterprise development, and promote the mutual development of academic research and enterprise practice. He also hopes that this forum will serve as a carrier to gather the industries and alumni, summarize and deepen the great achievements of the 40 years of reform and opening up, improve the new theory and system of business administration, and promote the application of theoretical results in practice. In the future, the school's alumni and industry-university research work will continue to play a role in promoting the generation, dissemination and application of knowledge.

Then, at the appointment ceremony of the party building consultant, secretary Qi Xiaoping and dean Wang Fan represented the Party Committee of Business School and issued the letters of appointment for the party building consultant to Mr. Liang Zhuoren - secretary of Party Committee and chairman of CCCC Furth Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd., and Ms. Fu Jun - chairman of labor union and director of news center of China Poly Group Co., Ltd. and deputy secretary of Party Committee of Poly Development Holding Group.

In the keynote speech session of representatives from academic circles, Professor Zheng Guojian - associate dean of Business School, Sun Yat-sen University started from the spirit of several important conferences and documents, discussed about the new requirements and ways to strengthen the party building of state-owned enterprises in the new era, and expounded the role of party organizations in corporate governance. He also analyzed and discussed how to straighten out the relationship between the Party Committee and the corporate governance structure, how to deal with the relationship between Party Committee governance and the mixed ownership reform of state-owned enterprises, how to understand the significance of strengthening party building in private enterprises, the international differences in governance models, and provided new ideas on the role of Party Committee plays in corporate governance in the new era. Professor Wu Nengquan of Business School, Sun Yat-sen University started from traditional culture and revolutionary culture, deeply analyzed and discussed how the enterprises should draw lessons from and apply the essence of it, and transform it into the cultural advantages, thus further into development advantages of enterprises in culture construction. With clear and in-depth logic, it has reference significance for the construction and improvement of corporate culture.

In the theme sharing session of enterprise representatives, Fu Jun - chairman of the labor union and director of the news center of China Poly Group Co., Ltd. and deputy secretary of Party Committee of Poly Development Holding Group based on the practical experience of the Party Committee of Poly Development Holding Group, started her speech from three perspectives which are the orientation gate-keeping, the role of fighting force, and gathering of spirit and strength, pointed out that it is the primary way for the development of state-owned enterprises to uphold the party leadership and strengthen the party building. Only with firm political beliefs, constantly exploring and summarizing in practice, and optimizing the direction for integrated development of party building and operation, we can strengthen party building for enterprises. Zhang Qing - vice general manager, Party Committee member and chairman of the labor union of China Telecom Guangdong Yixun Technology Co., Ltd. shared the ideas and experiences of enterprise ideological and political construction, primary organization construction and corporate culture construction, and showed how to implement the deepening integrated development of party building and production operation, and give full pay to the role of the party building to lead business development from the perspective of high-tech companies. Cai Xiaoyan - director of the CPC organization department of the China Construction Bank Guangzhou Branch said that "party building is the first responsibility", and shared the practice and exploration of enterprises in party building work from three aspects which are the practice, exploration and the implementing experience of party building work, and emphasized on enhancing political leadership, organizational coverage, development drive, masses appeal and self-innovation of the party organizations, improving five aspects with five measures, and strengthening the leading role of party building. Lan Zhicheng - secretary of the Party Branch of ShenZhen-ZhongShan Bridge project of CCCC Furth Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. told the story of CCCC Furth Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. in the process of building the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, with party building as the guide, how they combined the needs of the project with the characteristics of the times, gathered the strength and wisdom of the constructers, and created an invincible team. And he put forward that we should focus on our work, do a good job in the primary party building, and work by heart.

The next round-table discussion was hosted by Professor Chen Yuxi, secretary of Party Branch of Financial Investment Department of Business School, Sun Yat-sen University, Liang Zhuoren - secretary of Party Committee and chairman of CCCC Furth Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd., Li Jie - general manager of Guangzhou Commodity Clearing Center Co., Ltd., He Yi - director of Party Office of Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. of Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Group and chairman of the Labor Union, Fang Rong - deputy secretary of Party Committee of GP Certified Public Accountants, and Zhang Huiyuan - chairman of Guangzhou AI Aviation Technology Co., Ltd. had a wonderful discussion on the topics of the responsibilities of the enterprises and the party building experience of enterprises with different ownership. The enterprise representatives expressed their opinions and shared their experiences in party building and promoting development, and contributed ideas and suggestions together for promoting party building and enterprise development.

And then, under the joint witness of the leaders of University and School and the guests present, the 19 Party Branches of Business School, Sun Yat-sen University and the 21 Party Branches of Party Organization of school-enterprises respectively signed a memorandum for joint construction. The Party Branches of both sides will help each other in the aspects of party member education and management, theoretical study, service reform and development, and practical research to achieve a win-win situation and promote the joint improvement of party building and business.

Finally, Zhou Jing - deputy secretary once again expressed his gratitude to the leaders and guests for their great support, and hoped to invite everyone to come to Guangzhou in the future to exchange more experience in party building, discuss the model and direction of enterprise development, and also hoped that the two sides of Party Branches of joint construction can take this opportunity to make upmost efforts to promote the party building work of both sides to a new level.

This forum aimed to share the theoretical achievements and practical experience of party organization construction in school-enterprises, through the form of keynote speeches and round-table discussions, focusing on promoting the comprehensive and healthy development of enterprises and empowering enterprises with the guidance of party building. The forum discussed how to effectively transform the advantages of party building into the advantages of enterprise development and promote the practice and innovation of corporate governance and management system under the circumstances of China. The Business School hoped to take the forum as an opportunity to guide more enterprises to create a characteristic brand of party building, give full play to the advantages of party building of the school to promote the joint construction of school-enterprise branches, and stimulate the development of enterprises by party building.