(Reporter Chen Jingting Feng Xin) On the afternoon of August 22, a signing ceremony for the joint construction of the Hunan Big Health Research Institute between Hunan University and Liuyang Economic Development Zone was held in the university office building. Xiao Zhengbo, member of the Standing Committee of the Changsha Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Liuyang Municipal Party Committee, Meng Lixiang, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Liuyang Economic Development Zone, Sun Chunhua, Deputy Secretary of the Party Working Committee and Director of the Management Committee of the Liuyang Economic Development Zone, Liu Zhonghua, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and President of Hunan University, and Vice President Pan Anlian attended the ceremony. Vice President Yang Zhen presided over the signing ceremony.
Liu Zhonghua extended a warm welcome to Xiao Zhengbo and his delegation. He noted that the university and Liuyang City share a solid foundation and shared aspirations in collaborating on the Hunan Big Health Research Institute. The university will leverage its disciplinary matrix and scientific research and technological advantages, leveraging the Hunan Big Health Research Institute platform to integrate multidisciplinary expertise, accelerate the translation of research findings, and continuously strengthen the future industry of big health. He expressed his hope that both sides will deepen their collaboration, continuously achieve breakthroughs in new technologies and mechanisms, promote the deep integration of innovation, industrial, and ecological chains, and ensure that university-local cooperation yields even more fruitful results.