Wang Weihong, Zhejiang University of Technology: Explore and upgrade the talent training model and establish a new concept of dual-creation education

Innovation is the soul of social progress, and entrepreneurship is an important way to promote economic and social development. Young students are imaginative and creative, and are a living force for innovation and entrepreneurship. "Understanding the Code of Innovation" column invited the heads of innovation and entrepreneurship in colleges and universities to discuss the practice of innovation and entrepreneurship in various schools, and a few days ago, Wang Weihong, dean of the School of Entrepreneurship of Zhejiang University of Technology, introduced the "double creation" education practice of Zhejiang University of Technology and analyzed the meaning of innovation in colleges and universities.

Wang Weihong, dean of the School of Entrepreneurship of Zhejiang University of Technology

Cultivate the comprehensive quality of teachers and students and form a full coverage of the double creation ecology

Wang Weihong said that "mass entrepreneurship and innovation" has increased the popularization of innovation and entrepreneurship education in colleges and universities, and has also become a vane guiding the reform of college education. He believes that the goal of double creation is to cultivate the innovative spirit and entrepreneurial ability of teachers and students, not to require teachers and students to really start a business, but to popularize the knowledge of business operations for them and cultivate the awareness of innovative research.

"We have referred to the construction of dual-innovation educational institutions at home and abroad, with the goal of doing a good job in the integration of special innovation and the integration of production and innovation, taking the public welfare service and product research and development as the orientation, taking the landing of technology and market docking as our responsibility, and through continuous efforts, we will build a university research institution that can adapt to the market economy." Wang Weihong said that promoting innovation and entrepreneurship is the trend of the development of universities and research institutions around the world, and China's dual innovation development needs more attention and guidance from universities.

Design a reasonable dual innovation ecology to guide teaching to achieve the integration of specialization and innovation

"Colleges and universities featuring industrial disciplines assume the responsibility of serving local and service industries in the process of economic development, and need to provide more comprehensive services for driving the innovation and transformation of related industries and industries across the country."

Wang Weihong mentioned that in order to enable teachers to guide students to closely combine practice and knowledge in the teaching process, the school has established an innovation and entrepreneurship center and an innovation workshop, and more than 20 subordinate second-level colleges have established innovation and entrepreneurship spaces. The school is equipped with instructors of the Dual Innovation Center who serve the alumni and teachers and students, and has set up an industrial college for school-enterprise cooperation in order to truly promote the local industrial economy.

Promote education with races and actively empower social industry innovation

Wang Weihong proposed that the school rationally designs the volume of the curriculum and is committed to cultivating professional and innovative talents. In order to make the school's dual innovation education different from the traditional teaching mode and adapt to social characteristics, the school supports students to set up project teams, participate in various innovation and entrepreneurship project competitions, continuously accumulate experience in the process of competition, improve themselves, and create a character of courage and perseverance.

"The school has a good regional advantage and economic environment, and the teacher-student co-creation project is also actively combined with the local economy, developing innovative ideas through practice, and constantly conveying innovative ideas and entrepreneurial ideas to the outside world." Wang Weihong concluded that at present, Zhejiang University of Technology has established a national-level university student science and technology park and a provincial-level innovation and entrepreneurship demonstration base, and hopes that the society can give college students more room for trial and error in innovation and entrepreneurship projects. In the future, the school will continue to strengthen technical research to provide sustainable development for Industrial Manufacturing Research and Production in China, and inject more vitality into innovation and entrepreneurship education.