Recently, Tsinghua University held its 2024 all-faculty meeting and a concentrated training session for all party members, informing the entire faculty, staff, and party members about the current reform and development situation of the university, as well as the key tasks for 2024. The meeting also discussed the deployment of work to promote the implementation of the "Tsinghua University's Comprehensive Implementation of the Spirit of the 20th Party Congress" and to lead high-quality development with high-quality party building.
Conference Highlights at Tsinghua University
At the conference, Tsinghua University's Party Secretary, Qiu Yong, emphasized that in 2024, Tsinghua University will prioritize the solid implementation of the "Comprehensive Implementation Plan of the Spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China." This will be the focal point of the university's work throughout the year. He stressed the unwavering commitment to strengthening the overall leadership of the Party, using high-quality party building to lead high-quality development. The university will focus on its core responsibility of cultivating virtue and nurturing talents, aiming to enhance the quality of independent talent cultivation and foster outstanding innovative talents. Moreover, Tsinghua will lead with innovation, actively engage in implementing the innovation-driven development strategy, and contribute to high-level scientific and technological self-reliance. The university will adhere to talent-led development, comprehensively cultivating, attracting, and utilizing talents. Additionally, it will prioritize serving the nation as the highest pursuit, actively contributing to major national development strategies, and enhancing support and contribution to high-quality development. Tsinghua will pursue a path of connotative development, advancing reform and innovation, modernizing the university's governance system and governance capabilities, and vigorously promoting the realization of new breakthroughs in the high-quality development of the school with new responsibilities and actions.
President Li Luming outlined the future work of the university, focusing on the exploration and layout of artificial intelligence's deep integration into education and teaching. He announced the establishment of 100 pilot courses empowered by artificial intelligence and the provision of an "AI Growth Assistant" for each incoming freshman in the class of 2024.
Li Luming emphasized the university's high regard for the impact of new artificial intelligence technologies and its proactive approach to adapting to change. In the future, Tsinghua University will continue to exert efforts in resources, planning, standards, and other aspects, continuously promoting the deep integration of artificial intelligence into education and teaching, talent cultivation, and management services. This effort aims to play a leading role in accelerating the modernization of education in China. He hopes that all faculty, students, and staff of the university, under the strong leadership of the university's Party Committee, will firmly grasp the theme of high-quality development, inherit fine traditions, adhere to innovative leadership, and courageously advance on the new journey of comprehensive promotion of strong nation-building and national rejuvenation with Chinese characteristics.
