About News About BIT Agency of BIT Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), originally named News Agency of BIT is a non-profitable student the Academy of Natural Sciences, is a research- organization. It is supervised by instructors assigned oriented public university under the direction of from News Center of BIT. The main purpose of News Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, P. Agency is to serve the official English Website of BIT. R. China. It receives considerable trilateral supports and News Agency of BIT offers supports for the official endowments under the agreement signed by English website’s operation and maintenance. Ministry of Education, the Commission of Science, We provide news, information, translation of text Technology & Industry for National Defense, and material, photography, image processing, dubbing Beijing Municipal Government in September 2000. and video processing services for the official English BIT offers 66 undergraduate programs, 193 graduate website of BIT and related international divisions. programs, 97 doctoral programs and 19 postdoctoral programs. News Agency of BIT consists of three sections There are over 27,000 students, including 14,863 including Translation Section, Audio Section, undergraduates, 7,902 master’s degree candidates Interview and Publicity Section. and 3,320 PhD candidates from nearly 100 countries and regions. Since BIT’s founding in 1940, more than Aims of News Agency of BIT: 200,000 students have graduated from BIT. There Unity ---- To establish a harmonious organization are 3,500 staff members, including over 2,000 full- and to work together in unity. time faculty members. Advance ---- To build academic spirit in practices of foreign language learning. Keenness & Wisdom --- To be keen on different perspectives of news and to be wise in formulating thoughts Responsibility ---- To pursue news translation accuracy and objectiveness and to strive for being an international pioneer in BIT. content University History 1—22 Six Decades’ Carving for Glorious "Engineering Brand" in BIT ——Report on Construction of Control Science and Engineering Discipline 04 Build Early Ordnance Engineering Discipline for New China -- Series Report “Story in BIT” for 80th Anniversary of School Character 23—44 Forge Ahead to Strive in New Era 25 Wu Xian: "Growing Up Partner" for Students Alumni 45—50 45 BIT Accepts Donations from Alumni Enterprise Chinasoft International to Help Cultivate Technology 51—58 BIT Co-publishes Cover Article on Nature: “Design of robust superhydrophobic surfaces” BIT Publishes Research "The Lateralization of Left Hippocampal CA3 during the Retrieval of Spatial Working Memory" on Nature Communications 51 BIT Researchers Obtained 2020 EURASIP Best Paper Award International Communication 59—74 "We'll remember your words!" —— BIT International students discuss letter from President Xi to Pakistani Students in USTB “Have you enjoyed the course today?” -Brilliant Notes Presentation from BIT International Students A Letter from Pakistani Student: China Helps Us Whenever We’re in Trouble! Contestants from the Confucius Institute at University of Lagos Win Prizes in 19th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students BIT Professor Elected as Foreign Academician of the Engineering Academy of Japan BIT Dual-employed Academician Wu Weiren Wins Highest Award of the International Astronautical Federation in 2020 62 BIT Lecturer Receives Lord Kings Norton Medal by Cranfield University 01 University History University History 02 Six Decades’ Carving for Glorious "Engineering Brand" in BIT ——Report on Construction of Control Science and Engineering Discipline n the summer of BIT’s campus, rows of Bench" and "Automatic Thickness Control poplar trees are lush and vigorous. In the System for Hydraulic Pressing of Medium past 60 years, the discipline of Control Plate Mill" won the National Science and News Source: School of Automation I Science and Engineering has developed in a Technology Achievement Award, having flourishing way. With strong determination, created billions of economic benefits. generations of control-science talents have contributed their youth and blood, wisdom and Entering the new century, control-science [Editor's note] In 2020, while doing an all-round job in epidemic prevention strength to strive for China’s better future. talents have innovated by development. The and control, Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) will hold the 15th Party comprehensive strength of these disciplines has representatives congress as well as the 80th anniversary of the foundation of Since the founding of the People's Republic been rapidly improved. In 2017, the discipline the school. The first step of the "Three-Steps" development strategic goal will of China, control-science talents of BIT of Control Science and Engineering was also enter the sprint stage, which is a strategic intersection period for BIT’s have explored in hardship. From 1953 on, in selected into the list of "Double First Class" development. In this landmark year, the News Center of BIT launched a series response to the urgent needs of our country, construction disciplines by the Ministry of of special reports on "Striving for Progress and Building Brilliant BIT" to fully six major control science and engineering Education. demonstrate the achievements of school, aiming to create an active atmosphere disciplines including artillery firing director of high spirits and pool together the impressive strength and strong determination and artillery servo system, have been Sixty glorious years have witnessed struggles of teachers, students and all employees. established successively. In 1960, the automatic and efforts of control-science people to move control department comprising these relevant forward. They always hold the belief of loyalty Only the reformer advances, the innovator strengthens and the innovator wins. disciplines was established. and making sacrifice for the motherland. —— Excerpt from Xi Jinping's Talks on Governing the Country With unique advantages and clear goals, they With the development of the reform and take roots in China and persist in innovation opening-up, control-science talents of BIT and development, bravely shouldering the have made great efforts. The "Hydraulic Pump/ burden of the times to brighten up a brilliant Engine Comprehensive Performance Test "engineering brand". 03University History University History 04 The Lead of the Communist Party Nourishes Talents As the first polytechnic university founded To build first-class disciplines, there by the Communist Party of China, BIT bears must be first-class specialties. According “the major scientific research tasks of key to the guiding ideology of "emphasis of industries in China. BIT’s far-reaching ideological thoughts, importance of students, lead and political education has trained a number of of innovation", BIT constructs a talent talents in national key fields with excellent quality training system based on the concept and strong business. " General Xu Kejun, former of outcome-based education (OBE), chief designer of China Manned Space Launch and establishes a new mode of practical Site and former deputy chief engineer of Jiuquan education that combines skills training Satellite Launch Center, recalled his study life in with practical experience, professional BIT as this. Since its establishment, the discipline experiments with literacy education, and has always served the urgent needs of national professional practice with engineering construction, paying attention to ideological training. and political work as the "lifeline" of all work as well as devoting itself to cultivating industry At the same time, the discipline also ▲ The "Dream Chaser" team won the championship of the ICRA 2019 RoboMaster Artificial Intelligence International Challenge leaders. "We attach great importance to integrating actively deepens the reform of education socialist core values into curriculum teaching and and insists on "emphasizing practice, "If we want to participate in the competition, On the basis of promoting the reform of postgraduate guidance, so as to educate students design, integration and innovation", we must do our best!" This is what Yang Yi, education and teaching, the discipline still and motivate them. It’s our aim to guide students aiming to build a high-quality teaching the instructor of the robot "Dream Chaser" deepens its innovative practice, creates to grow into talents and keep track with the platform and cultivate all-round first- team of Beijing Institute of Technology, often an innovative cultural brand of "rotating development of the motherland at the same time, class talents. After unremitting efforts, the said. "We almost pour all our energy into this.' gyro" and constructs a spiral progressive "said Song Chunlei, secretary of the Party branch quality of teaching has been continuously 5+2'' white+black', simulation, debugging, education system. The discipline has set up of the first batch of "double leaders" teachers in improved, and the achievements of testing ... try again and again, practice it over six education platforms, named “experimental the Ministry of Education. Over the years, with professional construction have gradually and over again, hoping to accurately, stably center, cultivation base, intelligent' value guidance, cultural cohesion and spiritual flourished. Automation major, electrical and intelligently complete the challenging painting' future lecture hall,