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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, social practice, inspiration as the fulcrum, moral cultivation as engineering and its automation major tasks such as robot autonomous positioning, science and technology innovation team the basis, disciplines have inherited BIT genes have been selected into the list of the first target recognition and tracking, path planning, and innovation competition", promoting to construct an ideological and political work batch of national first-class undergraduate autonomous decision-making and collaborative "value shaping, knowledge cultivation and system in the new era. Besides, discipline-teaching professional construction sites; In the past control, etc. The unique features make the robot ability improvement", and promoting the focuses on cultivating students' great ambitions, five years, the discipline has won 2 second take the lead in the competition." In May 2019, ideological and political education, education big patterns and big minds so as to give students prizes of national teaching achievements Beijing Institute of Technology won the ICRA and teaching practice, innovation and a clear background of the supremacy of home and and 8 provincial and ministerial-level 2019 RoboMaster International Challenge for entrepreneurship education to promote and country. teaching achievements awards. Artificial Intelligence. implement in a coordinated way. 05 University History University History 06

▲ Professor Peng Xiwei, a distinguished teacher of Beijing and the winner of the second prize of national teaching achievements, is teaching undergraduates

winner of National Outstanding Youth Fund Xia Yuanqing, Changjiang scholar More than 60% of the students in this major have shown their talents in the domestic distinguished professor, Beijing famous teacher Wang Meiling, winner of National and international science and technology innovation competitions, and have won over Outstanding Youth Fund Sun Jian politician and other professors all give lectures on 200 awards at or above the provincial level every year. They have won one special prize, undergraduate courses. four first prizes and two gold prizes in the "Challenge Cup" national college students' extracurricular academic and scientific work competition so far. The discipline has made The discipline adheres to the initial intention of educating people for the party and remarkable achievements in innovation achievements and improvement of students' cultivating talents for the country, leaving marks on the journey of strengthening the quality. As a result, students are brought up with innovative talents and discipline country. From training talents urgently needed in the field of industry to training builders characteristics. and successors of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the result is fruitful. Among the graduates, there emerged a large number of leading talents represented by Zeng "Professor Peng is easy-going and has a fixed schedule. After finishing his teaching task Qinghong, former member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC during the daytime, he will ride his bicycle to the laboratory of Building 6 in the evening Central Committee and former Vice President of the State, Lieutenant General Hao Yan, to continue working ..." Students Wang Hong and Mao Wei share the daily life of teacher former chief designer of China Manned Space Launch Site, Major General Xu Kejun, Peng Xiwei from their perspective. Professor Peng Xiwei, who sticks to the three-foot Academician Shi Jianjun of the National Academy of Engineering, Academician Chen Jie platform, is just a microcosm of many excellent teachers in the discipline. They devote the of Tongji University, Academician Yang Shuxing of Chinese Academy of Engineering, time squeezed out by "simple life" to their work and nourishment of students. President Fu Mengyin of Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Ceng Yi, deputy party secretary of China Electronic Information Industry Group Co., Ltd., and Ma Yi, The cultivation of first-class talents closely relates to teachers' devotion.The chairman of Dongfang Steam Turbine Co., Ltd. discipline emphasizes teachers' morality and attaches importance to arousing teachers' entrepreneurial enthusiasm so as to create a good atmosphere of respecting morality and "Facing the future, the party Committee of the college will inherit the fine tradition of knowledge, dedicating to education. Professors have become the norm in subject teaching. closely focusing on people, cultivating people and developing people, and further deepen With rigorous academic attitude and profound academic insights, High-level teachers the all-round education of all employees in the whole process, taking the responsibility of devote themselves to front-line education. Changjiang scholar distinguished professor, building up talents. " Party secretary Wang Meiling said so. 07 University History University History 08

Pesistence in Innovation Fuels up In recent years, facing the major strategic needs of the country, the discipline always focuses on the frontier and overcomes difficulties. With determination of innovation, this discipline the First-Class Development constantly breaks through key core technologies and continuously improves the innovation ability. It has achieved original innovation achievements in multi-agent collaborative optimization and control, high-dynamic motion system guidance and control, autonomous navigation of unmanned platforms, etc., and won 8 national science and technology achievement awards and 39 provincial and ministerial awards, which have produced remarkable social and economic benefits.

"Plateau, cold area, hot area ... In order to complete the scientific research tasks with the

▲ The discipline has won assurance of quality and quantity, the team conducted experiments in the field under various national scientific and harsh conditions and worked overtime. Every product was based on hard work." Professor technological achievement Fu Mengyin, the academic leader in navigation, guidance and control, said. The achievement awards in the fields of of fruitful scientific research results interwove with the day-and-night struggle and efforts of firepower and command teachers. There are also a large number of teachers who persist in it silently and contribute to and control, inertial it selflessly. They have been fighting in the front line of scientific research for a long time. navigation and integrated navigation, multi-agent coordination and control, and motion drive and control

n January, 2015, Professor Chen Jie, the academic leader of pattern recognition and intelligent system in the Great Hall of the People, was cordially met by the leaders of the IParty and the state as an award-winning representative. The project "Hybrid Intelligent Optimization and Stability of Distributed Collaborative Control" led by him won the second prize of National Natural Science Award. "Distributed collaborative control is an international academic frontier issue. In addition, in the long-term scientific research practice, I have increasingly realized the importance of multi-system collaboration. Distributed coordinated planning and cooperative behavior control under complex dynamic conditions are the key scientific issues to achieve effective collaboration. Only through multi-system collaborative ▲ State Key Laboratory manufacturing and collaborative work can we achieve leap-forward improvement in for intelligent control productivity and work efficiency. " Chen Jie, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, and decision making introduced his research results in this way. This achievement has been highly praised by of complex systems internationally renowned scholars, and is considered as "promoting the development of collaborative control research from the perspective of system and control theory". 09 University History University History 10 Gathering Top-Class Talents

While consolidating the traditional The output of first-class scientific advantages, the discipline grasps the new research results cannot be separated round of scientific and technological from the first-class scientific research revolution and the trend of industrial platform. The discipline is driven transformation. With the aim of by the major needs of the country development direction of industrial and the frontier development of intelligence and shortcomings which science and technology, in this way are left behind by others, they actively characteristic advantages of disciplines carry out research and development are strengthened. A series of high-end of key projects. Since 2017, the lead platforms strongly support the discipline unit has been approved as "Central development, forming a multi-level Intelligent Management Platform of Big and multi-type scientific research and Data", "Key Technology Research and innovation platform system, which is Demonstration of National Scientific led by national key laboratories and Training Base Construction", "Research supported by provincial and ministerial on Key Technologies and Important key laboratories. The platform provides Standards of Health Service and Remote an important base for scientific and Health Monitoring for the Elderly and technological innovation, personnel Disabled Special People". A national training and international exchanges in key R&D plan and an industrial Internet the control field, and fully demonstrates innovation and development project the advanced strength of discipline I am very honored to win the Chinese Government Friendship Award on the occasion of will not only help break through the key construction. the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. I am very grateful technologies of winter sports training and "to the school and colleges for their lasting support. I will continue to play the role of a competition but also provide scientific bridge for academic exchanges between Japan and China and contribute to the prosperity and and technological support for the Beijing development of academic friendship between the two countries." Professor Hirota Fumigata, a Winter Olympics as well as promote Japanese expert introduced full-time in the discipline, said emotionally after winning the 2019 China's industrial development to the Chinese Government Friendship Award. middle and high-end level in the fields of big data and smart medical care. The discipline attaches importance to the construction of international team, and has gathered a high-level international academic team led by IEEE Fellow and IFAC Fellow, and jointly undertaken three key international cooperation projects of NSFC. The academic seminar on collaborative control and multi-agent system has been successfully held for 8 consecutive years, which has greatly promoted the development of related research fields. In addition, the discipline relies on a strong overseas academic cooperation team to establish a number of international joint academic institutions, forming a three-dimensional support for personnel training, scientific research and discipline development. 11 University History University History 12 experienced old teachers to carry out "passing on and helping others" to solve the problems and difficulties of young teachers in teaching and researching."The school invites famous experts in the field of control in China to give valuable advice on teaching.When I was applying for project, it organized discipline leaders to help me revise and refine word by word. I appreciate the guidance from my school, and the great atmosphere of "passing on and helping others" helps me make rapid progress." said Zeng Xiangyuan, the first prize winner of the Basic Skills Competition for Young Teachers in Beijing Universities.

Valuing, respecting and fostering talents, the agglomeration effect of discipline talents is constantly highlighted. The team construction is quite bright, the geese effect is fully manifested, and the faculty strength is constantly enhanced. At present, the discipline has one Innovative Research Group, NSFC; three Innovative Teams of Changjiang Scholars, Ministry of Education; and one Research-Oriented Innovative Teaching Team, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. In the past five years, one academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering has been added, and more than 20 young talents of various kinds have been introduced.

▲"Research on Motion Control and Navigation Technology of Ground Unmanned Mobile Platform " The Innovation Team of Changjiang Scholars of the Ministry of Education Passed Acceptance

"Success is achieved by merit, and industry by talent. The key to building a world-class discipline lies in people. Striving for a high-level teaching staff with Chinese characteristics, international vision, exquisite abilities and superb education level is the construction goal of the discipline teaching staff. " Xia Yuanqing, Dean of Automation College, said.

"I am a undergraduate student of 2004 from Department of Automatic Control, Beijing Institute ▲ In 2017, Professor Chen Jie of of Technology. After graduation, BIT supported me to read a Ph.D. degree in University of Control Science and Engineering Alberta, Canada, and to carry out postdoctoral research in Harvard University, US. Then I was elected as an academician of returned to work at my Alma Mater, and the college and school provided me adequate research the Chinese Academy of start-up funds, doctoral quotas, and research conditions." At the 2019 Beijing Institute of Engineering Technology Forum for TELI Young Scholars, Professor Shi Dawei, who was included in the High-Level Overseas Young Talent Introduction Program, shared his study and teaching experience at BIT, as well as the support provided by college to young talents like him. [Epilogue] Looking back on the past and learning from the past. The discipline of control science and engineering of BIT was born under the banner of New Young scholars are the main force in the sustainable development of disciplines. In recent years, China, developed in the tide of economic reform and open up, and will certainly it has effectively helped young teachers to solve problems and guaranteed their growth and forge ahead in the journey of the new era. The blueprint of "double first-class" development, through effective ways on disciplines such as mutual assistance, project-driven, construction has been drawn, and at the new historical start, the discipline of combing and upgrading, and so on.The school has established a multi-level communication control science and engineering will continue to move forward and brighten platform to help young teachers quickly start teaching and research; It has organized up the glory of engineering at BIT. We will keep pursuing excellence and marching on towards world-class disciplines! 13 University History University History 14 Build Early Ordnance Engineering Discipline for New China ▲ “Story in BIT” story -- Series Report “Story in BIT” for 80th teller: Wu Dachang Retired teacher of Anniversary of School the School of Mechanical Engineering New Source: News Center of BIT

[Editor's notes]In order to rescue and excavate valuable school history materials, News n October 1951, the School of Engineering of North China University (the Center of BIT organized forces to launch the "oral history" collection project in 2018 to predecessor of BIT) planned to be renamed as Beijing Engineering College after collect pasting school history, and entrusted the library to implement it. In the past two Imany considerations under the instructions of the Ministry of Education. The years, the collection project has recorded 15,058 minutes’ oral history material from rename plan was later approved by Li Fuchun, deputy director of the Central Finance 80 retired teachers, formed 1.6 million words of written data. To commemorate the and Economics Commission with the name Beijing Engineering College. At the end 80th anniversary of the establishment of the school, the center and the library collected of 1951, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Heavy Industry issued an the "Oral History" results and launched the “Story in Beijing Institute of Technology order: " The School of Engineering of North China University was officially renamed (BIT)” series. Hopefully, teachers, students and alumni of BIT can gain strength from Beijing Engineering College, and it took effect since January 1th, 1952."At the time the wonderful stories, inherit the genes of BIT, and strive for the construction of world- of the name change, the school was positioned as the first heavy industry university in class university with Chinese characteristics. New China.

At the end of 1951, the Ministry of Later on, under the assistance of the Education and the Ministry of Heavy Soviet experts, BIT established the first Industry issued an order to officially batch of military majors in New China rename the School of Engineering of and formed standardized ordnance major North China University (the predecessor system, established the basic structure of BIT) to Beijing Engineering College. of the discipline setting of China’s ▲ “Story in Beijing Institute of Since then, Beijing Engineering College, military academies. So far, generations Technology” story teller: has undertaken the historical mission of of outstanding talents have started from Qin Youfang building the first science and engineering BIT and made essential contributions in Retired teacher of School university in New China, and started the building a better China. of Mechanical Engineering, glorious "Jinggong Years". Former Dean of the School of Mechanical Engineering University History University History However, only three months later, 15 an order was issued, which not only 16 changed the development track of the school, but also made the mission of “The needs of my country making the nation strong over teachers’ and students’ shoulders become much are my choice” heavier.

The Korean War broke out in the early 1950s. In order to revolt imperialist n 1949, when news of Secondly it has even greater At the end of 1951, the aggression and defend the new People’s the founding of New appeal because it trains Ministry of Education and Republic and world peace, Chairman IChina spread to the talents for the Ministry of the Ministry of Heavy Mao and the Party Central Committee United States, Wu Dachang, Heavy Industry, which is Industry issued an order to called for the construction of a powerful who was studying at the very glorious and good, so officially change the name people’s army and decided to deploy University of Kansas in San I decided to come here.", of the School of Engineering ordnance earlier. Francisco, was excited and 102 years old Wu Dachang of North China University felt that his opportunity to recalled. (the predecessor of BIT) into In this context, on March 8th, 1952, the serve his motherland had Beijing Engineering College, Ministry of Heavy Industry issued the come. Therefore, he returned At that time, there were more which took effect on January document On the Future Development to China after obtained his than 30 returned teachers 1th, 1952. On March 8th of Direction and Current Policies and Tasks master's degree in agricultural like Wu Dachang who were the same year, the Ministry of Beijing Engineering College, and engineering in September attracted to the School of Heavy Industry issued a decided to gradually develop the newly 1950, hoping to use his of Engineering of North document which determined renamed Beijing Engineering College expertise to contribute to the China University. They later Beijing Engineering College into National Defense Industry Institute agricultural construction of became the skeleton forces “gradually develop into the or National Defense Industry University, New China. of the school. After joined National Defense Industry to make it an important source of fresh the school, Wu Dachang Institute or National Defense senior technical backbones in the But when Wu Dachang actively devoted himself Industry University, and make construction of China's national defense learned that the School of to teaching, from teaching it an important source of fresh industry." After that, the first national Engineering of North China courses to writing textbooks, senior technical backbones defense industry academy of New China University born in Yan'an and from teaching and in the construction of China's was born. was desperately in need of a research office of thermal national defense industry." large number of teachers, he engineering to automobile. Beijing Engineering College This new formal university, born in changed his mind immediately "I taught whatever the school has also become the first the war with Japanese invaders and and put the country’s need was lacking. If no one taught national defense industry developed from institutions in liberated in the first place of life engineering drawing course, academy in New China. areas, has opened a new chapter in choices. "This school was I would teach that; If no one history, starting with serving heavy very prestigious at that time. taught mechanics, I would industry, then turning into serving Firstly, it came from the old also teach that." national defense construction. district and was transformed from the Yan'an Academy of Natural Sciences. 17 University History University History 18 For the Future of the Country: Built the First Batch of Ordnance

n August 1952, under the requirements This contributed to the higher education of the of the Central Government and the New China and supported the construction of IMinistry of Heavy Industry, Department brother universities. of Military Vehicle Engineering of Beijing Engineering College established tank In order to build the first national defense manufacturing and tank engine majors, industry academy in New China, followed which were also the first tank major in the decision made by the Central Ordnance New China. Jiang Chao, a Chinese scholar Industry Commission, to learn from the studied in Germany, served as the head of Soviet’s experience and standardize the the department. The scholar Peng Zhaoyuan construction of China’s ordnance major, 37 and the former Peiyang University teacher high-level Soviet experts were successively Xue Shouzhang served as deputy heads of admitted to the school for guidance. the department. Wu Dachang served as the director of the tank engine teaching and research section, and Qin Youfang served

▲ Documents approved by the Ministry of Heavy Industry of the as the department secretary and teaching Central People's Government to rename the school assistant.

During that period, in order to complete the adjustment to institutes from heavy At that moment, Qin Youfang, who majored in automobile, was about industryto national defense industry, from to graduate from Dalian Engineering College. He was planning to 1952 to 1954, the school successively work at the Changchun FAW Group Corporation, but received an offer transferred the aviation department to The Soviet experts enrolled in the school from Beijing Engineering College. Although, going to Beijing means support the construction of Beijing Institute include Associate Professor Novikov, that you have to master a totally different major from scratch, Qin of Aeronautics (now Beihang University) tank expert from the Kharkov Institute of Youfang's answer was “the needs of my country are my choice”. and the metallurgy department to support Technology; Dr. Nigmatulin, tank engine the construction of Beijing Institute of Iron expert at the Moscow Bauman Technical As a result, Wu Dachang, Qin Youfang and other youths, who came and Steel Technology (now University of School; Kosygin, tank manufacturing from different places and never met before, got together with the same Science and Technology Beijing). Mining technology expert; Prokofiev, hydraulic goal and took on the glorious mission of building the first batch of engineering department was transferred transmission expert. They taught many ordnance engineering disciplines in New China. to support the construction of Central advanced technologies and techniques to the South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy teachers and students of the tank department Technology (now Central South University). after they came. 19 University History University History 20

While guiding the construction of the engine major, Soviet internship, disassembly and assembly internship, and driving experts not only carefully taught core courses such as engine internship. “Our students went to the army to drive tanks structure, principle and design, but also required the teachers and while doing their tank internships. They also need to complete students to "disassemble all the engine parts, and get familiar their construction internships afterwards. They must go to with each of them." Besides that, oil selection, speed control the factory while starting their graduate design. The school parts and fuel supply was also explained in detail. The Soviet emphasis a lot on practice." Wu Dachang recalled. experts also helped formulate teaching plans, curricula and syllabuses, trained teachers, and established deep friendship "If you complete the construction according to the blueprint, with school teachers and students. "We had never heard of such it will be better than the laboratory of the Soviet Bauman teaching way before, and they were all cutting-edge information Technical School." Qin Youfang recalled that the sketch of in the world at that time." Qin Youfang recalled. the engine laboratory was designed and completed by Nigma Turin himself. In order to meet the needs of student training, “We spent a summer vacation learning Russian. At first, we since 1954, under the guidance of Soviet experts, the school memorized 100 words a day and then 200 words a day. After had begun to build tank showrooms and laboratories. The that we started to translate Russian textbooks.” In order to school finished the construction of a 1634 square meters’ tank learn from the Soviet experience better, Wu Dachang and ▲ Students were taking tank driving internship in the 1950s showroom in 1956. Some vehicles were dissected as teaching other teachers and students started learning Russian before the models, and the others were used for testing. In order to use arrival of Soviet Union experts. For Wu Dachang, who had zero and repair tanks, the school also specially equipped a squad of Russian learning experiences before, the mission of building the professional tank soldiers. The school tank showroom during first tank major for New China as soon as possible became his the Beijing Engineering College stage has also become a inexhaustible Russian-learning driving force. The teachers of distinctive teaching platform of the school. the Tank Department spent three years translating and compiling teaching materials according to the teaching plans and syllabuses ▼ The school’s tank showroom built in the 1950s Under the assistance of Soviet experts and after the unremitting designed by Soviet experts, which provided an important efforts of a large number of school faculty, Beijing Engineering guarantee for the school’s majors’ construction. College’s tank major’s construction had almost completed by 1957. According to the Soviet undergraduate education plan, the majors adopt five-year training model which makes the In 1956, Beijing Engineering College finished the training of knowledge system of students solid and the major courses the first batch five-year ordnance engineering undergraduates systematic. Besides, in accordance with the training standards for New China, and began to continuously provide talents for for senior engineers, the school also attaches great importance to the development of China's ordnance industry. The school's the practical training. Students must complete the understanding major construction and teaching content had also formed its own system and practice. 21 University History University History 22

leaders visited the exhibition and fully praised the school’s scientific and technological achievements. From September 23 to October 6, the school added 104 exhibits. In this event, the teachers and students of the tank ▲ At the 1958 "August 1st" department exhibited the light tank models. Exhibition, Comrade Zhu De (second from left in the In the seventy years’ company with New front row) watched the China, the first batch of ordnance engineering light tank model developed majors in New China have trained generations of cutting-edge talents for China and have made important contributions to the development of the country. Today, in Beijing Institute of Technology, these profound majors By 1958, the school had takenonly 6 years have grown into first-class disciplines group to establish a standardized ordnance industry which represented by the "5+3 disciplines major system. These majors became the first group", becoming an important force for batch of advanced ordnance engineering the school’s building world-class university majors in New China, laying the basic structure with Chinese characteristics. The school will continue to cultivate leading talents in major of the majorsetting of China's ordnance ▲ At the 1958 "August 1st" fields and key industries of China, and talents colleges. In 1959, the state issued the "Decision Exhibition, Marshal Ye who will take on the responsibility of national on Designating a Group of Key SchoolsAmong Jianying (middle) watched Universities", and Beijing Engineering College the light tank model was identified as one of the 16 key universities in the country. "From 1950 till now, almost 70 years, I am very happy to see how this school On August 1th, 1958, the school participated has developed. When I arrived at this school, the students were very good, the in the scientific and technological study environment was very good, and the development was also very good, so achievements exhibition event of the Party this school has great potential, our estimate is not wrong." Wu Dachang is full Central Committee and the Central Military of gratification when talking about the school’s history. Commission in the Ministry of National Defense building. A total of 27 products were [Through 80 years’ hard work, the school is engaged in strengthening our shown at the exhibition. Country central country and cultivating talents. Aiming to keep pace with the future and building a world-class university with Chinese characteristics, BITers will always be ready to strive.] 23Character Character24 [Editor's note] Recently, Beijing City Government gave commendations to advanced collectives and individuals of universities and colleges in Beijing. Four Party members won the honors of Excellent Party Members; One Party affair official won the honor of Excellent Worker; Three Forge Ahead to primary Party organizations won the honor of advanced collectives. On the 99th anniversary of the Communist Party of China, News Strive in New Era Center of Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) publicized and reported their exemplary deeds, aiming at motivating the News Source: News Center of BIT mass Party members, teachers and students to carry forward the development of BIT with overall consideration and forge ahead to greet the 80th anniversary of the foundation of BIT as well as 15th Party Congress with outstanding successes.

BIT hosts such an active group with dedication to the school and the passion for education to stick onto the teaching and It is of great significance to build the primary level organization well. Our cultivating students. They focus on the key Party, our country and our people will be more powerful and our governing strategic demands of the nation and publish foundation will be more solid, only if each primary Party organization and their research to serve the country; They keep each Party member holds strong sense of purpose and responsibility to fight working with perseverance and consistency; as bastions and pioneers. They interpret their pledge with firm acts ------Xi Jinping and hold on to their positions. They share the same name – Communist Party Members of China. On the struggle towards “Double first-rate” construction, the Party members paid their hard work over day and night meanwhile the primary Party organizations gather their strength and concentrate on their undertaking. Now let’s get closer to this shining group. 25Character Character26 We should attach our emphasis on the In recent years, guided by combination of practice the CPC and based on the “ specialized characteristic, the and theory. The Party Committee of the School school set out towards the carried out the theory study demands of Party and country activity, aiming to reinforce and forge ahead in the field the learning and arm with of weapon technology. The scientific theory. Everyone school has also performed should guide and boost their well in the discipline work actively using Xi Jinping evaluation, 70th anniversary Thought on Socialism with of the foundation of People’s Chinese Characteristic in the Republic of China, Beijing New Era,” mentioned Wang Establish “Bastion” Olympic Games, fight against Yabin, the Party Committee COVID-19 epidemic and secretary of the School of to Serve the Country other service works. Mechatronical Engineering on the seminar of central group. “We present our sincere thanks to Li Zhuoheng from BIT for his selfless contribution in the voluntary work, on behalf of 9742 residents from 3241 In recent years, the Party Committee of the School has been promoting the families in Chengnan District, Qianjiang City, Hubei Province!” written learning regulation, deepening the linkage of “school-institute-individual” in the letter from Hubei Province with their greetings to the School of and sticking to the mode of collective & individual, lead & discuss and Mechatronical Engineering. In the first half year of 2020, over 20 students traditional & new media utilization. The mechanism has helped establish from the school contributed their strength to the fight against COVID-19, the well-organized study system to facilitate the outcome competitions inspired by the consistent ideological and political education from the between teachers and student. The check, guidance and organization have school. The School of Mechatronical Engineering has long cultivated also enhanced the political function of Party branch and created a healthy the students based on a series of educational systems and long-term atmosphere. mechanisms, Over sixty years, the spirits have been spreading between “We work on demand of the country and Party!” Chen Pengwan, the generations, calling for the dedication and fulfillment in the science and dean of the school, shared with teachers and students. During the 2020 technology development. Spring Festival, when families gather, the faculty and students of Beijing The Party Committee of the school has always stuck to the principle of Advanced Innovation Center for Intelligent Robots and Systems were busy CPC leadership and performed its political core role to spread the noble researching to defend the epidemic. They have developed super-robots in traditions in the demands of Party and country. The faculties and students the earliest time to support the frontline. are also guided to forge ahead in an innovative and enterprising spirit. 27 Character Character28 Cultivated by the Party Among the Party members of the branch and motivated by branch, Pang Siping led his team “the aged Party members, to realize the batch production I submitted my application for of the novel energetic material Party Membership together for the first time in China; Yang with another outstanding young Rongjie together with his research teacher. It is the passion for hard group got over the difficulties like work that inspired me to get seasickness and overexposure closer to the Party organization and made breakthrough on key and move forward,” said young technologies. The branch has teacher Li Xiaoyu. There bustles exhibited its “high-energy” a such a Party organization, effect in the application of high- which firmly holds the political tech achievements into the direction and innovates in the country construction and social conduction of the theory study; development. The energetic pays emphasis on the team researchers have struggled to construction to motivate the make splendid progress with 2 “High Energy” Party Branch Party members; permeates the Aiming at National Strategy second class prize of the State scientific results in advanced Technological Invention Award, technological products. This 5 first class prize of ministerial as is the Party branch of polymer well as provincial-level awards materials science department We also hope to exert a subtle and finally they successfully and municipal Outstanding from the School of Materials influence on the students through synthesized the highly effective Members of CPC awards and Science and Technology, BIT. class and help them establish the anti-bacteria hemostasis Capital Labor Medals for many They also have an alternative belief to fight for the country’s materials. In recent years, the branch members. name “High-energy” Party construction and development.” Party branch has kept studying branch due to their main research Talked Chen Yu, the Star of and carrying out the spirits The generations of Party direction of materials possessing Science and Technology and of national university and members of this branch in the high energy. young Party teacher. To develop college meeting on ideological School of Materials Science and the hemostasis materials for and political work and taking Technology have fulfilled their “We are all inspired by the Chinese, the student team positive actions on cultivation, mission as BITers and carried dedication of the aged Party “Huoraneryu” led by Chen Yu has which deliver thousands of with the original aspiration. members from the well-known conducted over 30 symposiums professional talents for key In the future, the branch will expert Tan Huimin in the field with enterprises during their 8 industries in China. continuously strive for the of solid propellant and polymer visits for inspection in 6 years, “Double first-rate” construction material science, to Pang Siping of BIT. in the field of high-energy materials. 29Character Character30

The depth and width of College Physics has extended and its subject content expanded, making the understanding of this course is ambiguous but vaguely familiar. How to put students for first and lead them into the vast sea of knowledge has always been the exploration of Professor Hu Haiyun, renowned teacher of Beijing with a 30- year seniority, together with her group for many years. As a Party member, aspiring to foster virtue through education, she refined the teaching ideas with the group as sureness, flexibility and variation based on experience accumulation in many Their diligent work has got payback. years’ teaching activities. The Party branch has organized many platforms for communication to help The widely-accepted course College open students’ horizons and perspectives. Physics of BIT has been selected as In recent years, the branch has won the the national excellent online course in second-class prize for teaching reform 2019. So far, over 60 thousand person- achievements in higher education in times totally have participated in the Beijing award with the guidance of study for each module including more students to win 7 national awards in alking of the course “College than 400 universities and colleges. What discipline competition and 37 awards Physics” in BIT, students may behind the prominent achievements are on provincial and ministerial-level. In share their feelings in this way the group’s hard work on keeping pace addition, their undergraduates have been T with situation, precious controlling of “the vivid illustration of theories, the led to publish as first author 16 SCI papers visual demonstration of experiments the teaching direction, intensive struggle and 30 papers on core journals. and rich interpretations of cases…”. The for day and night. Moreover, it’s also a center of college physics teaching and reflection of care and responsibility of the “Aiming at cultivation, responsibility, experiments of the School of Physics Party branch for the students’ cultivation. devotion and striving”, the Party branch of has undertaken two public basic courses With the epidemic in 2020 disrupting the center of college physics teaching and including College Physics and College normal teaching order, the branch firstly experiments has never stopped fighting at Physical Experiments for 3000 students proposed the concept of teaching online the teaching frontline. in BIT. The excellent classes are the based on MOOC resources and ensured crystallization of the faculty’s hard work. the smooth conducting of College Physics To Contribute in Class curriculum in BIT, which guaranteed the teaching quality and efficiency. Character Character 31 “I shall Feel Relieved 32 only after Solid Work”

I will work out”, “Let me of the Party committee check it”, “I will give you of the school. Aiming at “reply as soon as possible” constructing an organization have become the bywords of with fine atmosphere for Xue Zhenghui, the secretary the workgroup against learning, innovating and he has kept bringing forth new of the Party committee of COVID-19 in the school to serving, Xue combined the ideas in the tutorial institution the School of Information guarantee the smooth running strict requirements with the work, which was awarded and Electronics. “Just turn to of Party committee work and solid work to arouse vitality in the excellent program of secretary Xue whenever in teaching affairs; convey the daily work. He said, “our Party ideological and political work difficulties” is a consensus for policies and spirits of the building work should keep real in young teachers of Beijing students and teachers in the Party and country to continue to endow the faculty with sense universities and colleges and school. “I feel relieved when the students’ and teachers’ of belonging and happiness.” specially reported by the I am able to help solve the theory study; strengthen their Guangming Daily media. tough troubles for the teachers confidence in triumphing the The school has engaged 78 and students as well as push epidemic through internet, Party member academician and As the secretary of the Party forward the work,” talked Xun phones and online interactions professors as supervisors on committee of the school, he Zhenghui. to relieve their anxiety. Xue has Party building with about 300 has always paid attention to been standing at the frontline Party branches guided and over the political core role of the “Good morning, please against outbreak since the 100 theory instruction activities committee and forge ahead at register and take your body beginning of the struggle. held, which are harvested by the front row of Party building temperature.” Xue took lead at Xue’s hard work. To enhance work. In daily work, he cares the hall in the No.4 teaching “We should burst with the communication among for the affairs of the teachers building, on the first day for energy in the school affairs Party member teachers and and students, making himself guard against the epidemic. to boost the ‘Double first- students as well as to promote an intimate friend of them. Since the abrupt epidemic in rate’ construction,” this is the the life quality of student Party 2020 February, Xue first set up expression from confident branch organization, Xue has been sticking to his Xun. He has made institutional position and rooting his love innovation and form innovation and dedication at every corner in the Party building work since in BIT. his assumption as secretary 3333Character Character34

n the 70th anniversary of the “We need to follow the vehicles to foundation of the People’s carry on research in hot and cold, high Republic of China, the special O and low conditions.” During the ten To Interpret Responsibility vehicle patrolled by the Tiananmen years’ research of a kind of special Square under the attention from vehicles, he has ever been either in the with Advanced Technology people. The 20-second inspection lies 50-degree surface temperature tropic in the hard work of one group for ten or minus-40-degree frigid zone, or years, also the reflection of a scientific the plateau region with 4600 meters’ and technological worker’s devotion altitude. Cui interpreted the noble to the country – Cui Tao, a young ideals of BITer well with his willpower Party member of engine technology and faith as a Party member. research group in the School of Mechanical Engineering. As a teacher, Cui’s greatest wish is “to be satisfying good teacher for the “The power module must work Party and people in the new era”. In steadily with best quality to guarantee his class, Cui vividly introduced the the complete success,” Cui Tao abstract techniques and principles; mildly emphasized about his hardship After the class, he encourages together with his research group to the students through his personal accomplish the mission during the experience, illustrating the sincere national celebration on the share heart as a teacher. talk. To provide technical support for special vehicles in the troop, he works Cui Tao has always been devoting with his group to solve the problems in himself into the education a rigorous attitude and strong research undertakings and depicting his passion ability, which ensures the smooth for the country with the virtues and operation of the national celebration. endeavors. 35Character Character36

To cope with the parade activities, Ding organized a team with over 100 staff and fought together for 277 days to develop 27 n October 1, 2019, the perfect “We must Complete Tasks versions of simulation systems, carry out ending of the 70th anniversary demonstrations for three sections including of the foundation of the People’s with our Real Skills” prelude, body and epilogue and three- O dimensionally simulate the whole process Republic of China, the director Zhang Yimou uncovered some stories behind the of the people parade. Their work depicted scenes. The technological contributions a free and vivid creative planning and by BIT have been intensively reported by provided with the efficient, accurate and major medias including CCTV, People’s intact technological support for the parade Daily and Xinhua News. As the backstage activity. hero on technological supporting, Professor Ding Gangyi from the School of Computer As the secretary of the Party committee Science and Engineering, together with his in the School of Computer Science and research group, once again came into the Engineering, Ding places much emphasis spotlight. on creating the positive atmosphere in the school and enhancing the pioneering As the expert in headquarter, Ding Gangyi bastion role of primary Party branch. He fully participated in the creative design held regular symposiums with new Party work of the celebration of the foundation members to follow their ideological trends anniversary of the People’ Republic of and care for their growth. By organizing a China and led the group to undertake the series of characteristic projects on theory critical tasks of parade, evening party, study, the vitality of Party building work is service for attendance, broadcasting, gather improved significantly, so it is with young and evacuation. “It is our time to serve Party members. the country with our digital performance technological power,” the words from Ding Industriously, Ding Gangyi is stepping had become the rallying cry of this digital firmly on his way towards contributing simulation group of BIT. to the country with the strong digital technological power. 37 Character Character38

Chinese Psychological Society, she formulated the measures A researcher should not and actions to cope with the only focus on his academic psychological assistance in “fruits, but hold the public the outbreak. Jia has never merits in heart and consciously stopped working ever since. As give back to the society and a prominent scholar in the field Her online course Psychology country,” this is the edification of psychological counseling and Life - Hot psychological to students from Jia Xiaomin, in China, she bravely faces issues in contemporary professor of the School of the difficulties and leads to China has been selected as Humanities and Social Sciences establish standards also offer the national quality public and it’s also what she’s doing. guidance for related work in the course by the Ministry of fight against epidemic, which is Education. Despite busy with “We should work hard in this intensively reported by several her social work, Jia adheres ever-changing world,” says authoritative medias including herself to the class and guides Jia Xiaoming to her students. People’ Daily, China Radio the undergraduate students to Dedicated to the country International and others. conduct their internship as well and people, she has inspired as helps construct laboratory everyone around her. As a “She is a versatile also gentle for psychological and social Party member, she dares to face teacher for us,” this is the work and hotline offering the disaster and trouble of the appraise from her students. In psychological assistance to society and responses positively her 30-year teaching career, college students. Jia Xiaoming to the calls of the country. she lays equal stress on the never forgets her responsibility virtues and knowledges to as a People’ teacher and always Earlier in 2020, the epidemic guide the cultivation of the keeps the students’ growth and outbreaks nationwide. On students through her own education deeply in her heart. January 23, Jia took the lead to behaviors. She has set up public gather scholars and frontline and specialized courses like Behaving as a Party member, personnel for discussion; Education of Psychological a people’s teacher and a On January 25, by working Health for College Students psychological scholar, Jia with executive committee for and Psychological Health for Xiaoming interprets her registration work of clinical postgraduate students with devotion and obligation with “Give back to Public psychology, textbook published. boundless love. with what I’ve Learned” 39Character Character40

“Cultivation and Education are my Duties as Teacher”

It is my obligation to foster the Qiu attaches much importance to students with virtues, which their innovative thinking and ability “means I shall not only teach by applying the modularization and them knowledges but also combine investigation mode and introducing their professions with demand advanced scientific achievements of country’ development so as to into the class. She has led the introduce them into the major and students to undertake high-level inspire their enthusiasm of research scientific projects to call for their as well as the sense of responsibility.” creative ideas, which integrates the Qiu Lirong, professor of the School moral education and their ambition of Optoelectronics, has always been of serving the country into the class. “Research fruits should be applied in the edge precise instruments on urgent carrying on her work with this idea. demand,” this is the goal and pursuit of Qiu. She has researched intensively Besides the teaching, she also cares on key industries of the country for many years despite during her pregnancy Qiu continuously creates new for the students’ life, during which even close to the parturition. It is with the diligent spirit that pushes Qiu teaching methods in her courses for she talks with the students about their and her co-workers to tackle scientific difficulties that have hindered the undergraduates. She opens up the schoolwork, life and career to give industry development for a long time. The research achievements have won laboratory to encourage the students positive guidance towards upward the second prize of the State Technological Invention Award in 2008 and to join in the scientific programs look. Nurtured by her concerns, many awards for herself including Beijing Technology Award for Young and frees students from the “dull” several doctoral students were Scholars. knowledges on textbooks, thus prized the Outstanding Doctoral enhancing the teaching efficiency. Thesis Award by China Instrument As a teacher, she sticks to her original aspiration to nurture students; As As for education for postgraduates, and Control Society and Chinese a scientific researcher, she determines to devote herself to the country Mechanical Engineering Society. and science; As a Party member, she holds strong belief and fulfills her obligation. Hopefully, Qiu Lirong will continue to make new contributions to the country in the new era! 41 Character Character42

" Bosom Mentor" Who Pays Attention to Students' Progress

You’re so warm, easy-going, responsible and frank. It’s such a great honor for us to come across a peer mentor like you!"Class monitor Bai Yuxin wrote in the thank-you note to "Wu. In September 2019, Wu Xian became an " instructor" for the first time as a peer tutor for Class 1927 of Ruixin Academy. “I was a little bit overwhelmed at first, but as a peer mentor, what should I do? With students in another campus, what could I do?" Thinking for a long time, Wu got the answer "I must share my experience so that the junior can shun the detours!" Wu Xian: "Growing Up Partner" for Students News Source: Ruixin Academy

With such a belief, Wu frequently comes to the Liangxiang Campus to participate in class I’m afraid that this newly-arrived senior might be a 'spy' sent by the head teacher!"The activities in which he proactively gets a better understanding of classmates. To help students impression of Wu Xian in students’ heart has always being changing: from the previous find the sense of class belonging as soon as possible, Wu cooperates with the class monitor ""spy" when he just entered the QQ group to the "family" with whom everything could be Bai Yuxin to discuss the class activity designing plan. What’s more, Wu takes his "senior" shared, the "bosom mentor" from the affinity after meeting each other, the "students’ brother advantage in life experience to help these freshmen get rid of confusion about how to adapt with excellent academic performance" after a series of academic reviews, and the "immortal to the circumstance. Chatting with classmates in the QQ group, Wu and classmates share upperclassman" from dedicating to academic research. The change of labels recorded Wu's their harvest and happiness. every step on his way of the peer tutor. During the COVID-19 outbreak, Wu actively contacts students in high-risk areas to ease Wu Xian, a graduate student of 2018 in The School of Automation, Beijing Institute of their anxiety, reassure them to spend time with their families and tell them that they can turn Technology, is a peer tutor for Class 1927 of Ruixin Academy. With enthusiasm and patience, to him for help whenever they have difficulties in study.Not only does he attend the online he devoted himself to heavy work like carrying out peer tutoring, guiding and joining in class activities of the class to get to know students' changes in mind and learning pressure during construction activities, thus successfully entered the "under-age circle". Over the past year, the epidemic, but also he puts forward several practical suggestions to students. He attended Class 1927 of Ruixin Academy has been firmly united. Every member keeps positive and gets the online class seminar, carefully listened to each student's report and made detailed excellent in academic performance.In the first semester final examination of the 2019-2020 comments on them. At the end of the seminar Wu exhorted everyone to work hard. school year, the class ranked first among 30 ones in the information science and technology category. In this process, Wu Xian is also making constant progress and growing steadily. "Never mind such trifles." Having read the students’ thank notes, Wu wrote back full of emotion, "Your growth and progress urge me to keep improving myself, too. It’s not me that changed you, but you are the ones who changed me!" 43Character Character44

s a peer tutor, Wu has devoted a lot to students. At the same time, as a graduate Astudent in the school of Automation, he never puts the academic research aside. "Automation is a highly integrated major which requires the latest knowledge as well as practical verification and application of fundamental theories." In addition to ensuring the Today’s 10 questions will be posted soon. Please get ready!" At 8 o'clock every evening, completion of academic tasks, Wu persists in learning the latest knowledge and technology, Wu supervises and examines students’ study in the QQ group. constantly improving himself. He made use of the online platform to explore and learn in a good manner. In the period of COVID-19, Wu completed three advanced online courses of " UDACITY "Driverless Engineer", "Algorithm Training Camp" of Tsinghua University and In early March of this year, after knowing that some students could not adapt to the learning pace of online courses, Wu decided to carry out online supervision for mathematical analysis "VIO from Novice" of Deep Blue College . for engineering in order to urge students to take the initiative to learn and improve efficiency. "He would set problems every day and randomly select some of us to solve them," said Li "The theoretical knowledge in books is the foundation, but finally it has to be practiced." He Yunchao of Class 1927. "If I am not ‘the lucky one’, I would relieve and choose an easy one. utilizes the UDACITY platform to comprehensively get to know the autonomous driving But if the thing is on the opposite, I would have to check my answers for extra times before framework and application scenarios and obtain the usage of camera and laser radar. The handing it in." Every day after students finished the problems, Wu replies to their questions causes of error in sensors data and solutions are analyzed. Eventually he combines the one by one and encourages them to solve the problems with more methods. On weekends, he knowledge of automatic control theory, image processing and multi-sensor filtering and summarizes the knowledge learned during the whole week and gives the active students with fusion to realize virtual path planning and autonomous driving on the simulation platform. the highest accuracy a reward. With such a responsible and strict senior’s supervision, although Furthermore, it is able to correctly identify traffic lights, automatic collision avoidance they are not in the same classroom, classmates still obtain the same intensity and learning vehicles, making the autonomous driving possible. atmosphere as in school. They even finished the study plan ahead of the schedule. "Actuating machines has always been imagined for thousands of years. My research direction Wu's enthusiasm is not only displayed in the class, but also in the academy’s online community is positioning technology of visual inertia fusion. I’m more than fulfilled, thrilled and through the "Ruixiaoxin" broadcast room for all the 2019 students. Wu gives lectures with clear enjoying a sense of achievement." After the nightly tutoring, Wu often engages himself into

ideas, sets various problems in many ways. After each class, students can learn a lot. In the research work till late. Senior" Who Pursues The "Excellent past two semesters, Wu conducted 14 academic reviews and over 340 exercises for the class, approximately 160 hours are devoted by him in preparing online and offline tutorials together Although busy, Wu’s heart world is extremely substantial. He keeps making progress, with giving lectures. improving himself and inspiring his students to move forward. Veteran of Mathematics Courses "I can teach every mathematical course for engineering," said Wu, who has a solid foundation In BIT, there are so many active peer mentors like Wu Xian, who share their life experience, in math. "students are willing to learn so I'm willing to teach. I keep summarizing and learning methods, ways of making friends and growth process with junior students. They and improving myself from these lectures, too." In the first semester, class of Ruixin 1927 gained their students help with each other to become better. "Senior Wu is my role model! I will also wonderful academic records with 55% and 78% rates of excellence in linear algebra and be a peer mentor so that future juniors can make faster progress like me!" Said Li Yunchao. mathematical analysis in engineering, respectively, which are much higher than the average from class 1927 in his university plans. Under the guidance of excellent examples and grade rate of 42% and 39%. With the great effort from Wu, the class is moving towards the positive interaction, the peer mentor guidance program of Ruixin Academy is being passed on most excellent class. from generation to generation. 45Alumni Alumni46

Alumni Chen Yuhong expressed his gratitude to BIT Accepts Donations his alma mater for nurturing in his speech. He n July 8, 2020, Chinasoft International - recalled that his alma mater provided a good faculty Beijing Institute of Technology Donation and academic environment for his growth. Over agreement signing ceremony was held in from Alumni Enterprise O the years, former president Xu Teli’s teachings Zhongguancun Campus. of “seeking truth from facts and not being self- Chinasoft International righteous” have guided him to continue to Dr. Chen Yuhong, board chairman and CEO of cultivate in China’s software industry. In recent Chinasoft International, on behalf of the company years, BIT has fulfilled the fundamental mission donated 100 million RMB to Beijing Institute of to Help Cultivate of enhancing morality and fostering talents, and Technology (BIT), focusing on the training of achieved outstanding achievements in running school personnel. In 2016, as an alumnus of BIT, News Source: Office of Alumni the school. As an alumnus, he feels very proud Chen Yuhong, as one of the donors, donated the and has always yearned to contribute to his alma "China's first large planetarium" campus sculpture mater. Today, he finally achieved his wish. Next, to BIT, setting a cultural landmark for the beautiful Chinasoft International will interact with BIT in campus. personnel training, technological innovation and other aspects, contributing to the construction and development of BIT.

▲ Academician and president of BIT ▲ Donation agreement signing ceremony ▲ Dr. Tang Zhenming, executive director of Zhang Jun issued a donation certificate Chinasoft International, and academician to alumni Chen Yuhong, and presented a Xiang Changle, executive deputy secretary commemorative album of "Glorious Youth of CPC Committee, co-signed the donation of BIT" on behalf of school. agreement. 47 Alumni Alumni48 Alumni Chen Yuhong graduated in the 1980s from the School of Optoelectronics, BIT, where he spent nine years here for pursuit of knowledge.

No excuses for failure

▲ Secretary of CPC Committee in BIT Zhao Changlu delivered a speech

Zhao Changlu, secretary of CPC Committee in BIT, expressed sincere thanks to Chen Yuhong and other alumni for their kindness and generous donations. He emphasized that education is the cornerstone of national rejuvenation and social progress, and major plan for the country and the Party. Therefore, BIT assumes the important task of cultivating outstanding and top-notch innovative talents. The institute will use the donated funds precisely for the cultivation of innovative talents and the building of technological innovation hen talking about the most memorable thing during his school time, Chen capabilities, so as to live up to the expectations of alumni and society for BIT. Yuhong recalled, "I once burned out the circuit board several times when The development of BIT is inseparable from the strong support of the alumni. I was doing an IC electrical experiment. I found the teacher and attempted This year marks the 80th anniversary of BIT establishment, also an important W to explain the reason for the failure, but the teacher told me not to find excuses for milestone for BIT to forge ahead and a new starting point for striving toward failure with the only result as unsuccessful experiment. Such a reply made me feel the grand goal of a world-class university with Chinese characteristics. The aggrieved. However, it was under the strict requirements of the teacher that finally I profound friendship towards the alma mater has been transformed into a found out one of my pens was accidentally placed under the bottom plate, which led powerful driving force for the development of BIT, which will work hand in to the failure of the experiment. As time went on, I understood the teacher’s profound hand with the majority of alumni to create a better tomorrow. intentions better, and in the future study and life, I always strictly demand myself to keep improving." 49Alumni Alumni50 Be Honest in Life and Career

"Since many core technologies are not yet mastered by our country, serving the country through industry can change this situation." With such a "simple" purpose, alumni Chen Yuhong founded Chinasoft International company.

alking about his entrepreneurial experience, TChen Yuhong mentioned that being persistent and focused is approach to success. BIT’s school motto “Seeking truth from facts, being not self- righteous” has endowed Chen "I think solving the key technical problems China encountered in the field of software to develop a practical and industry is not only just by introducing equipment, but more importantly, by talents." hardworking character, becoming While sharing his views on the development of the software industry, Chen Yuhong his inexhaustible motivation to also placed high hopes on the students of BIT, expressed his willing to continuously overcome difficulties. strengthen the relationship with alma mater, and work together to cultivate research- oriented talents. Honor to contribute Approaching Chinasoft International

hina soft International, established in 2000, successfully listed on Growth ince the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, Dr. Chen leads Chinasoft International Enterprise Market of HKEX in 2003 and transferred to Main-Board Market to take on corporate social responsibility and launch the "Shenbing Plan". in 2008. During the seventeen years since its listing, the company has STheir field of science and technology assists the construction of "Huoshenshan Cmaintained a growth rate higher than the industry average. It has grown from a small Hospital" and "Leishenshan Hospital" in Wuhan, Hubei. 3000 employees of team of less than 25 people to a large-scale comprehensive software and information Chinasoft International's branch in Wuhan provided technical support through service company with more than 60,000 employees (more than 95% are technical programming and served the country with practical actions! personnel) worldwide, owning a high market appeal and customer loyalty, and enjoying a high reputation in the Chinese IT industry with its leading technology, rich Speaking of science and technology to help fight against COVID-19, ChenYuhong experience and meticulous service. said, “When there are chanced to contribute to my countries, a strong sense of mission emerges in my heart. My alma mater has given me the nurture of 'Nourishing students silently to love their country and world'. At that moment, this kind of [Concerned about alma mater and determined to serve the country, sentiment was even stronger. Therefore, we work overtime regardless of cost and generations of BITers have always kept the cultivation in BIT and complete the tasks assigned by the state with high quality!” inherited the spirit in mind.] 51 Technology Technology 52

BIT Co-publishes Cover ased on the unique solid- Worsely, the underlying exposed liquid interface properties, material may change the partial Article on Nature: Bthe bionic lotus leaf chemistry properties of surface superhydrophobic material has from hydrophobic to hydrophilic, “Design of robust shown great application potential leading to droplet pinning. For a in many fields, like surface self- long time, it has been considered that superhydrophobic surfaces” cleaning, biological anti-fouling, the surface mechanical robustness waterproof and anti-freezing, fluid and superhydrophobicity of News Source: School of Mechanical engineering resistance reduction and heat and surfaces are mutually exclusive mass transfer, etc. Subsequently, a properties. Therefore, ensuring well series of super-infiltration system superhydrophobicity and stable n June 3, the journal Nature officially theories such as super-hydrophilic mechanical robustness likewise published the research “Design of and super-hydrophobic have been is a vital problem for the practical Orobust superhydrophobic surfaces” developed. Micro or nano-level application of superhydrophobic by Professor Zhou Tianfeng from Beijing rough structure under mechanical materials. Institute of Technology (BIT), Professor load bears extremely high partial Deng Xu with his team from University of pressure, making it fragile and easy Electronic Science and Technology of China to wear up. (UESTC) and Professor Robin H. A. Ras from Aalto University. And the paper was also selected as the cover article of the issue.The thesis proposes the decoupling mechanism which adapts the surface wettability and mechanical robustness into two different structural scales.

By executing the optimal design on two structural scales respectively, the microstructure ‘Armour’ with excellent mechanical robustness is created for the superhydrophobic surfaces. Thus, it solves the dilemma of insufficient mechanical robustness on the superhydrophobic surfaces. 53Technology Technology 54 ased on an innovative idea, superhydrophobicity and Bmechanical stability are divided into two different structural scales by de-coupling mechanism for the first time. In addition, the thesis proposes the concept of microstructure ‘armour’ to protect superhydrophobic nanomaterials from friction and wear. The glass armored surface implements ▲ The glass armour the high light transmittance with manufacturing of ▲ Design of Microstructure ‘Armour’ the integration of high mechanical inverted pyramid array microstructure robustness, resistance to chemical corrosion, the thermal degradation, high-speed jet impact resistance and urthermore, Prof. Zhou Tianfeng and his team have progressed in the field of two condensation prevention, making it level micro-nano structure manufacturing. “Generation of Two-level Iridescent feasible to apply on self-clean vehicle Structures by Instance-assisted Fly Cutting” by Professor Zhou Tianfeng was glass, solar power battery cover F published in Materials and Design, a top international journal in the field of materials. and curtain wall in construction. In the research, Zhou’s team designs and fabricates the diffraction grating micro-nano BIT researchers make full use of two-level structure composed of micro-grooves, establishes the mapping relationship its advantages in glass micro-nano between the shape of the two-level structure and the diffraction color and directly structure manufacturing and realizes induces the rainbow pattern through coding. the glass armour manufacturing of inverted pyramid array microstructure by glass moulding. The novel design The team first proposes vibration-assisted idea and the general manufacturing fly cutting (VAFC) method, develops strategy in this paper demonstrate VAFC test platform, optimizes processing the extraordinary potential of the parameters through numerical simulation armoured superhydrophobic surface, and realizes high-efficiency ultra-precision which will further promote the manufacturing of two-level iridescent ▲ The armored superhydrophobic surfaces show superhydrophobic surface into a wide structure with high saturation and uniformity. excellent mechanical robustness range of practical applications. The micro-nano two-level structure is expected to be utilized in multi-color printing, micro-display/projector, trademark ▲ Design and manufacturing of two level anti-counterfeiting and stealth technology. micro-nano iridescent structure 55 Technology Technology 56 BIT Publishes Research "The Lateralization of Left Hippocampal CA3 during the Retrieval of Spatial Working Memory" on Nature Communications News Source: School of Life Science

ippocampal CA3 plays an important role in spatial working memory. However, it remains ambiguous that at which stage of the spatial working memory CA3 works and whether the unilateral function of CA3 is reflected in spatial working memory. n June 9, the research group of Professor Qing Hong, from the School H Supported by optical fiber recording technology, they found that the neuron activity of mouse of Life Science of Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), published a CA3 increased during the coding and retrieval stages of spatial working memory, while the left Olong research article "The Lateralization of Left Hippocampal CA3 side CA3 neuron showed higher activity when making the correct choice during the selection during the Retrieval of Spatial Working Memory" on Nature Communications. stage. Subsequently, based on the practice of vivo electrophysiological technology, it is shown The co-first authors are doctoral students Song Da and Yang Qinghu, professor that the left side CA3 neurons have stronger tendency to fire prior to the right in the selection Yan Tianyi of the School of Life Science and associate researcher Wang Deheng phase. After that, taking advantage of optogenetics technology, it is clear to see that only if the of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Co-corresponding left hippocampal CA3 neuron activity is inhibited in the selection phase can the performance authors are professor Qing Hong and senior fellow Quan Zhenzhen. of mice in spatial working memory be damaged. Finally, the application of retroviral vector tracing technology assists to find that the projections of the medial septal nucleus (MS) of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a central nervous system degenerative disease the upstream brain area to neurons on both areas are different and optogenetic inhibition of that commonly occurs among the elderly. Its early clinical manifestations are the MS-LCA3 loop can damage the spatial working memory of mice as well as show the mainly memory disorders, and it will gradually develop into the comprehensive regulatory role of loop in the unilateral function of CA3. cognitive decline. During this process, impaired spatial working memory often Based on the role of MS-CA3 neural circuit in regulating spatial working memory, the research appears in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. This study has clarified the team will further explore the damage extent of this circuit in AD model mice later. Likewise, key role of CA3 in regulating spatial working memory and has emphasized that they intend to use optogenetic technology to regulate this circuit, aiming to improve AD model the MS-LCA3 neural circuit is an important support for unilateral functions. mice’s cognitive function. The subject was supported by the National Key R&D Program Project, Intergovernmental International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Key Special Project (2017YFE0117000) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81671268). 57 Technology Technology 58

ecently, the paper “Blind he awarded paper was published on top journal in image quality assessment this field Signal Processing: Image Communication Rby relative gradient T(SPIC) in January, 2016 and supported by the National statistics and adaboosting Natural Science Foundation of China. The paper proposed neural network” from Beijing a blind image quality assessment based on relative gradient Institute of Technology (BIT) statistics to properly solve the lack of description about Image was honored the 2020 EURASIP distortion degree using conventional image gradient statistics. Best Paper Award and will be The assessment exhibits the traditional gradient information in issued on January, 2021 on the a relative change behavior and utilizes the correlation between EUSIPCO 2020 Conference. adjacent gradients to enhance the illustration on image The paper was reported by distortion. Moreover, the AdaBoosting BP neural network was associate Professor Liu Lixiong conducted to establish the mapping relationship from image together with postgraduate characteristics to its quality. This method has performed well student Hua Yi, Professor on several image libraries. Zhao Qingjie and Huanghua (corresponding author) from the

School of Computer Science and BIT Researchers Technology in BIT, cooperating The Best Paper Award of EURASIP SPIC is biennial, presenting with Professor Alan Conrad Award Best Paper prize for one paper selected from papers published in the last Bovik from University of Texas four years (2015-2018 for this session) with the academic at Austin. evaluation, downloads and citations as dominating selection criteria. News Source: School of ComputerNews Science and Technology Obtained 2020 EURASIP

▲ The performance of OG-IQA algorithm in the TID2013 Image Library 59 International Communication International Communication60

"We'll remember your words!" —— BIT International students discuss letter from President Xi to Pakistani Students in USTB News Source: Office of International Students

ecently, President Xi Jinping’s reply to all RPakistani students in University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) has evoked wild enthusiasm among the international students, instructors and cadres of International Student Center. Everyone read it carefully and spoke glowingly of their opinions. They all agreed that the reply was full of affection and care for all the students studying in China. And it was inspiring, which ignited the passion of all educators in China. The reply was serious yet sincere and it inspired young people at home and abroad to work hand-in-hand towards building a community with a shared future for mankind. 61 International Communication International Communication62 They treat me like family members and comfort me not to be panic. I am proud of Yi Hong from Uganda has been living in Wuhan for the winter vacation. As a student being able to study in a country which moves forward courageously and executes studying in China who witnessed epidemic prevention work in Wuhan even Hubei, effectively. The way China fights the virus has become a model for the world. When he was capable of feeling emotion deeply after reading the reply. “The Chinese the epidemic was initially brought under control, the Chinese government and people government has given the same level of care and love regardless of nationality. China extended a helping hand to countries around the world and set an example for the has truly treated the country, race and skin color equally without discrimination and I world. In the most difficult moment, China donated a large number of precious deeply realize China’s love and power!" anti-epidemic materials and equipment to Pakistan, and shared valuable treatment experience with the Pakistani government and medical staff for many times. China's Tina from the Philippines has stayed at ease to study and live on campus during the love and selfless assistance will always be respected by the Pakistani people and will epidemic. "When the virus appeared, I never thought about leaving here. Now it never be forgotten! " seems that my decision is completely correct. I have confidence in China and I feel grateful for China and BIT for their taking care of our students, ensuring our safety and health. I love China! I love BIT!”

The Chinese teachers in the Office of International Students have carefully studied President Xi Jinping’s reply. They said "as educators in China, the President Xi’s words make us inspired and we deeply feel the glorious mission and great responsibility on our shoulder. We are determined to keep in minds affectionate trust, Doctoral student Tayebo from Pakistan also chose to stay on campus during the stick to the original aspiration and fulfill the mission in the work, striving to cultivate epidemic. After reading the reply, he seemed very excited: "President Xi' s cordial more outstanding international students who know China deeply and treat China and kind words inspired me a lot. At the early stage of the epidemic, when many friendly. We'll contribute all strength to promote the people-to-people bond and the foreigners in China left here one after another and some countries called on their building of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind." citizens in China to return home as soon as possible, I firmly believed that the great Chinese people must be able to overcome this virus, so I chose to stay. In the future, faculty and students in BIT will always keep President Xi Jinping’s ardent expectations in mind, and devote the spirits into a powerful driving force for After reading President Xi’ s reply, Bila, a doctoral student in Pakistan, expressed accelerating the school’s “double-first-class” construction and achieving the grand his inner thoughts to the school and teachers “My alma mater, Beijing Institute of goal of a world-class university with Chinese characteristics as soon as possible. BIT Technology, immediately contacted me at the beginning of the epidemic. They were will serve country’s development strategy with concrete actions by contributing the very concerned about the health and safety of our international students. And the wisdom and strength to build a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind and school considerately guided me to take personal protective measures. surely live up to this great new era. 63 International Communication International Communication64 What’s more, APPs like Tencent meeting, DingTalk and Wechat for Enterprise make “Have you enjoyed the course today?” it possible for students to have timely access to Chinese teachers. Diverse learning forms enable students to fully experience the great enthusiasm and exquisite skills -Brilliant Notes Presentation from BIT of the teachers.With just a small screen and various network platforms, international students eager to learn from all over the world are connected with teachers, joining International Students hands in the "Cloud Study". News Source: Office of International Students To question and to broaden the horizon n February 17, BIT launched comprehensive online courses program for the 2020 spring semester. Since ld Chinese saying goes like "To learn is to think; to Othen, international students have actively joined in think is to question; to question is to solve." To ensure online-courses through various resource platforms, making the quality of students' online learning, every teacher efforts to overcome the influence of jet lag and connectivity O set up a WeChat group for the class based on the course to issues of network. They took notes on the key knowledge answer questions from students any time after class. carefully in each class, and completed every learning task on schedule. Even though the learning environment has changed During the period of staying home, international students didn’t from the classroom to their bedroom, international students still forget to think hard and propose questions. Instead of basic kept great desire for new knowledge. They not only studied understanding, they aimed to master the points. International hard but also asked questions whenever came across parts students often communicated with teachers via WeChat or hard to understand, which ensures the high quality of learning E-mail. Chances are that online discussion may fail to work progress and making the online study more spectacular. because of jet leg or some other reasons. But messages from Everyone is striving to achieve self-improvement and growth. every student would receive patient reply ultimately.

With the passing of spring, over 1100 international students The Internet connecting the world; have studied for 58 days through various online platforms. They have made giant efforts and kept persisted to witness their Notes leading study way growth with self-discipline. The novel type of online learning has integrated into their daily life.

uring the online semester, students noted the While ensuring the quality of online teaching, BIT proactively knowledge point down in details behind the screen. explore new online teaching style for international students, DSome students even summed up a set of tips for taking aiming to enrich teaching platforms and methods, and notes in class. continuously improving the effectiveness of online teaching.

There are online resource platforms like Lexue, Rain Classroom, MOOC as well as Tang Chinese Education, where students can conveniently choose for online courses. 65 International Communication International Communication66 Wang Yijin, Malaysian Chen Wei, Malaysian Undergraduate student from the Undergraduate student from the School of Computer Science Qiushi Acedamy

During this period, teachers would upload PPT and videos on Lexue platform. I think During the pandemic, we all stayed at home to it’s a good experience to use videos in class, prevent virus from further spreading. Actually, because when I encounter something I don't we worked together and work hard, whether understand, I can pause the video and watch we were in China or not. Regardless of the jet it again. This learning method helps me lag, I would give my friends a phone call and master better on what teachers explain in we cheered each other up. “Keep trying and class. To study more effectively, I took notes keep consulting.” This progress made learning a in case I could review them later. Teachers happy thing. Maybe this is just what Confucius were always ready to give a hand anytime I advocated. When we discussed our homework, it found the work was hard. I’m very grateful is always a delight for us to suck something new to my teacher for their patient guidance in from the known contents. this special time, without which I couldn’t make such great progress.

Anna, Russian Exhibitions of sketch Undergraduate student from the practice works Jinggong Academy

I made a detailed plan for myself according to the course outline. For instance, I learned English on Monday and engineering drawing on Tuesday. Exhibitions of notes and reflections The engineering drawing subject was very difficult and I have to translate the whole work into my own language for easier understanding. After all of these, I started to do my homework. Therefore, I didn’t plan anything else for Tuesday except this tough subject. Difficult as it is, all the materials are provided well by my teachers. for online courses from international students courses from international online for 67 International Communication International Communication68 am Yula from Pakistan. I am 30 years old and studying in My hometown is located in the mountains. Although average Beijing Institute of Technology for the doctor degree in my A Letter from income is not high and educated are poor, people here are I first year currently. I would like to share with you the situation serving the country in various forms. At the beginning, due to in my hometown since the outbreak of COVID-19. the blockade in other parts of the country, we experienced food Pakistani Student: shortages. Fortunately, the government allowed stores to sell My hometown is Sonibala, located in Sheringer Township. After daily necessities and necessities, so the food shortage problem Pakistan’s first case was reported in 2020 January, our government was gradually solved. Everyone, no matter the elderly or the has done its utmost to treat and our people have made great efforts China Helps Us young, men or women, attaches great importance to the current and sacrifices during this epidemic. Earlier, I heard some rumors situation. Everyone must abide by the rules such as covering and false news about the virus. At the beginning, everyone paid Whenever We’re their mouth with a mask, washing their hands frequently for 20 little attention to the epidemic. Pakistan is a developing country seconds, staying at home, not participating in social gatherings to with medical resources insufficient to follow the steps of viral maintain social distancing. These effective experiences in China transmission. Specifically, the resources of hospitals, doctors, in Trouble! are helping people in our hometown overcome the immediate nurses, paramedics and experts are limited as well as the modern News Source: Office of International Students difficulties. equipment and instruments used to diagnose various diseases. Besides, compared with other development projects, health and The government earlier decided to close schools before May 31, education budgets are also relatively low. now turn to extend control in response to the epidemic. Everyone is under tension because the disease has no obvious symptoms Many countries have offered us assistance in medical equipment. for the early period. People in my hometown try to listen to news China government and Chinese people, to whom I am especially about COVID-19 through various channels. The government and grateful to, have provided us with a large amount of medical volunteer organizations ae playing a dominating role in providing supplies like ventilators, protective clothing, masks and funds. cash and basic necessities to the needy people in hometowns. We regard China as our fraternal country, as a saying goes like Everyday people pray and hope that the virus will disappear from “a friend in need is a friend indeed”. Under the circumstance of the world and the world will get back on track. the virus spreading, China behaves like the hero of the world. The Chinese government and people have overcome numerous Facing this circumstance, I would like to write something to thank difficulties and set an example for the world, who are passing on China. I want to pay my gratitude to all teachers of BIT, especially their expertise to countries around the world. Chinese doctors are my respectable tutor, professional teachers, and teachers of the here to help Pakistan. Everyone in Pakistan is also trying their Office of International Students. We are able to continue our study best to help with each other, especially our doctors, nurses and in our country through “Le Xue” online classroom. I pray for the medical staff, our government, volunteer organizations, and the whole world and hope that life in this world will return to its original great people of our country, which contributions have greatly state as soon as possible. The epidemic is teaching the world a improved our morale. lesson that investment in health and education is indispensable. Finally, I once again give my tribute to the Chinese government Statistics by April 13, 2020, our country has reported 5374 and the people for their tremendous efforts in responding to the confirmed cases, 1095 cured cases, and 93 deaths. Fortunately, epidemic and helping other countries in the world to fight against there is no epidemic in my hometown and Scheringer tax district the outbreak. with zero confirmed, dead or suspected cases. n June 1, local time, the final of Nigeria International Communication division of the 19th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese 69 OProficiency Competition for Foreign College 70 Students was successfully held in Lagos via online video display and judge. Organized by the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria, this competition was co-supported by the Chinese Cultural Center of Nigeria, the Confucius Institute at the University of Lagos, and the Confucius Institute at Nnamdi Azikiwe University. Li Xuda, the cultural counselor and director of the Chinese Cultural Center, inspected the competition and served as a judge. The competition contained epidodes including broadcasting speech videos, talent videos, on-site impromptu Q&A and questions responding.

The Confucius Institute at the University of Lagos has conducted training through phone calls and internet for News Source: School of Life Science nearly two months for the contestants who passed the preliminary. Consequently, four contestants were picked to participate in the final of competition and guided carefully to prepare for the competition video. On the

News Source: Confucius Institute at University of Lagos day, the four contestants all performed well during each n July 7, Professor Guo Shuxiang from the presentation part. Finally, Wang Zixue (Adetola David School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Emmanuel) won the best talent award in the competition. OTechnology (BIT), was elected as a foreign academician of the Engineering Academy of Japan, meanwhile receiving congratulations from President Kikuang Kobayashi of the Academy. The Engineering Academy of Japan was founded in 1987 with talents who make outstanding contributions in engineering, science and technology related fields from universities, industries and state agencies. Their professional

of the Engineering Academy Japan fields include mechanical engineering, information/ electrical and electronic engineering, chemistry/ materials engineering, architectural engineering, resources/energy engineering, physics, life science, management and policy. Professor Guo Shuxiang is elected as academician in the field of mechanical engineering for his pioneering work in remote-controlled micro-operating system for BIT Professor Elected as Foreign Academician medical biology and bionic fish-shaped microrobot research. ▲ The site of final judge for the 19th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese of Lagos Win Prizes in 19th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese

Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students in Nigeria Contestants from the Confucius Institute at University 71 International Communication International Communication72

ecently, Chang'e 4 team, represented by academician Wu Weiren, the dual-employed academician of Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) Rand the chief designer of China’s Lunar Exploration Project, won the 2020 highest award "World Space Award" by the International Astronautical Federation with researcher Yu Dengyun, deputy chief designer of China's Lunar Exploration Project, and researcher Sun Zezhou, chief designer of the Chang'e-4 probe. This is the first time since the establishment of the international organization 70 years ago that the highest award has been awarded to Chinese scientists.

The Chang'e 4 mission has created many pioneer works including the first landing and patrol exploration of humankind on far side of the moon, and uses relay communication satellite operating at Lagrangian L2 point to achieve continuous and reliable relay communication between the back of the moon and the earth for the first time to carry out lunar scientific exploration and low- frequency radio astronomy observations on the back of the moon.

Wu Weiren, expert in the overall design of Space Communication and deep space exploration projects; chief designer of the China’s Lunar Exploration BIT Dual-employed Project; academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering and International Academy of Astronautics. In 2016 September, academician Wu Weiren was Academician Wu Weiren hired as a dual-employed academician of BIT and served as the chief professor of the discipline of "Aerospace Science and Technology". He has been caring Wins Highest Award of the about and guiding along the planning, construction and development of the International Astronautical discipline in BIT for a long time, improving the overall level constantly. The School of Aerospace Engineering of BIT has long been committed to Federation in 2020 serving the country’s critical demands and the construction of the national economy, from guided weapons to deep space exploration and space on-orbit services. Generations of BIT aerospace personnel are determined to innovate, pursue excellence, and serve the country with science and technology, making News Source: School of Aerospace Engineering great contributions to the development of China’s aerospace industry, national industrial revitalization and leadership talent cultivation. 73 International Communication International Communication74 BIT Lecturer Receives Lord Kings Norton Medal by Cranfield University

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n June 26, lecturer He Shaoming at the School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology O(BIT), receives the Lord Kings Norton Medal awarded by Cranfield University, UK, who has been the first Chinese scholar to win the award ever since it was established in 1978. Lord Kings Norton Medal is the highest honor awarded annually to only one person in Cranfield University, which mainly praises students who make outstanding contributions to such aspects like academic work, scientific research, teaching service of university also a recognition of the comprehensive abilities of the winners.

He Shaoming graduated from Cranfield University in September, 2019 and joined the team of professor Lin Defu in the key laboratory of autonomous control of UAV at the School of Aerospace Engineering, BIT in February, 2020; now an associate professor mainly engaging in research directions like vehicle guidance, multi-target tracking and decision-making, application of artificial intelligence in aerospace. He has been selected as Youth Talent Promotion Program scholar by China Association for Science and Technology in 2020.

The research-oriented Cranfield University was founded in 1946 and it is the only university in Europe possessing own airport and enjoys a high academic reputation in the field of aerospace. Its machinery, aviation and manufacturing technology disciplines rank 39th by QS World University Rankings in the world in 2019 with its aerospace engineering discipline ranking first in UK. Editorial

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