In the vast sky and sea, a remote-controlled quay crane is lined up, containers rise and fall, and container trucks shuttle back and forth...... From south to north, from east to west, modern ports have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, like bright pearls, embedded in the coastline of the motherland.
"Ports are basic, pivotal facilities."
As an important support for economic development, the port connects tens of millions of foreign trade enterprises and markets upstream and downstream. Over the years, China's port cargo throughput and container throughput have ranked first in the world for many years, and among the top 10 ports in the world in terms of port throughput and container throughput, the mainland accounts for 8 and 7 seats respectively...... All indications are that ports play an indispensable role in the prosperity of the region and the country.
Source: China Port
The importance that cannot be ignored has given the port a particularly broad development prospect, and relevant talents have naturally become sought-after. From port operation, to management, to technological innovation, all aspects need the support of high-quality and professional talents. Looking at the world's largest intelligent container terminal "Yangshan Deepwater Port", the world's second largest ship lock "Three Gorges Double-line Five-level Lock" and other groundbreaking port and shipping achievements, you will find that there is a name almost everywhere, that is Hohai University.
After all, throughout the glorious history of port construction on the mainland, the river and sea have always played the most eye-catching role-
Source: Hohai University
Hong Kong and Shipping, who leads the way?
In 2022, the world's first fully automated terminal, the fourth phase of the fully automated terminal in the Nansha Port Area of Guangzhou Port, was officially put into operation. As the first fully automated container terminal jointly built by domestic scientific and technological forces in mainland China, it integrates cutting-edge technologies such as Beidou navigation, 5G communication, artificial intelligence, and unmanned driving, and has not only created a number of "domestic firsts", but also written many "global firsts" records. And these pioneering moves, without exception, have the support of Hohai University.
Source: Guangdong Transportation
However, this is only the "tip of the iceberg" of the river and sea to help the construction of mainland ports. The first hydrological specification formula for wind and wave spectrum marine engineering, the first comprehensive survey of coastal zone and tidal flat resources, and the first layout scheme of port and intake and discharge outlets of nuclear power plants...... Many of the "firsts" of new China in port construction are all from the hands of Hehai.
Looking back on this series of "firsts", the beginning of everything was fixed in 1952.
Turning back the hands of time to this year, a heart-wrenching story was quietly written for the first time: Mr. Yan Kai, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, founded the country's first waterway and port water conservancy technology construction engineering major in Hehai, and on this basis, opened the mainland's first marine engineering hydrology major and military port construction major, laying the foundation for the construction and development of port and shipping related disciplines. Later, according to the needs of national development, Hehai opened majors such as ship and ocean engineering, traffic engineering, marine technology, marine science and marine resources development technology. Since then, a large number of port and shipping-related majors have flourished in Hohai University. It is also from this period that Hehai has gradually shown unique leadership and far-reaching influence in the construction of mainland ports and related fields.
In 1988, Mr. Yan Kai inspected Hukou on the Yellow River Source: Hohai University
In the 50s of the 20th century, the research on the siltation of Tianjin Xingang created a precedent for the research work of port construction on the silt coast of the mainland. In the 60s, the research on the stability of seawalls in the southeast coast established the Putian formula, which provided a scientific basis for the formulation of national norms for coastal protection. In the 70s, the research on the improvement of the deep-water channel of the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Estuary led to a new economic leap in the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta.
Since the beginning of this century, focusing on the major strategy of coastal development, we have carried out research on the comprehensive investigation and evaluation of coastal oceans, early warning and forecasting of estuarine and coastal water disasters, coastal zone protection and restoration, wave-marine structure-seabed interaction, and sediment in port and waterway engineering, and won a number of national science and technology progress awards......
Teachers conduct scientific research in Tianjin Xingang Source: Hohai University
The birth of each achievement and the emergence of talents are deeply imprinted in the glorious history of the development of China's port and shipping industry. With its unique advantages, Hohai University leads the construction and development of relevant disciplines and majors across the country. Its prominent position can also be fully reflected and confirmed through official certification and major lists——
"Hydraulic Engineering", the first-level discipline of "Port, Coastal and Offshore Engineering", has been shortlisted for the construction of double first-class disciplines for two times, and has ranked first in the country in multiple rounds of discipline evaluation;
The port and waterway and coastal engineering major has been selected as a brand major in Jiangsu Province, the first batch of national characteristic majors, an excellent engineer education and training program of the Ministry of Education, a national first-class undergraduate major construction site, an international talent training brand major in Jiangsu Province and a brand major integrating industry and education in Jiangsu Province, and has taken the lead in passing the six-year engineering education professional certification in the national port and shipping majors.
In the past three years, the major of port, waterway and coastal engineering has been awarded 7-star in the ranking of first-class water conservancy majors by the network of iResearch China Alumni Association, and is the only major among more than 30 schools in the country to receive this honor. It ranks first in the country in the professional rankings of Chinese universities such as Ranking of Rankings of Ranking and Alumni Association......
In the 2024 Ranking of Chinese Universities, the major of river, sea, port, waterway and coastal engineering ranks first in the country Source: Ranking
In addition to the obvious professional strength of disciplines, Hehai has also brought together 4 experts enjoying special government allowances, 11 national high-level talents and dozens of provincial and ministerial talents in this field; It has built top scientific research platforms such as the State Key Laboratory of Hydrology, Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering Science, the country's first port and shipping comprehensive simulation platform, and the only national engineering practice education center for port and shipping in China. Every number and every first is the "confidence" of Hohai University to help the construction of mainland ports.
Source: Hohai University
Nowadays, the new quality of productivity has become the core driving force leading the future development of the mainland, and its cultivation and growth are being quickly put on the agenda, and promoting the transformation and upgrading of ports is one of them. Driven by the digital, intelligent and green transformation of the shipping industry, traditional ports are facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities. What role will the river and sea play in the swept trend of the times? I believe that you who read this should already have the answer in your heart.
Aim for thousands of miles and stand bravely at the head of the tide
In order to stand out from the wave of industrial transformation, the support of advanced technology is indispensable, and a large number of high-end talents with professional knowledge and innovation capabilities are also indispensable. In the past, Hehai people have made outstanding contributions to the development of the port and shipping industry; In the tide of the new era, their figure is still firm. Times are changing, needs are changing, but their courageous attitude has never changed.
Source: Hohai University
In 1980, Zhu Lixiang chose to study and grow in Hehai. Later, he led the team to take the initiative and plan in advance, and won the Gwadar Port Project in Pakistan in one fell swoop, setting a successful example of overseas engineering survey and design, and was praised as "Chinese speed" by Pakistan. Under his leadership, CCCC Fourth Harbor Institute has gradually become one of the first batch of enterprises in China to "go global", and his figure has also spread to Angola, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and many other countries.
Zhu Lixiang, a 1984 alumnus majoring in port and waterway engineering, is currently the dean of the Strategic Development Research Institute of CCCG, and has served as the secretary of the Party Committee and chairman of the Fourth Harbor Institute of CCCC
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In Hehai, there are countless such stories. The professional, enterprising and persevering characteristics of the older generation of Hehai and Haihang people have also been inherited by the younger generation, leading them to continue to seek on the road of study and reach the "height" where their predecessors are.
At the finals of the 8th China International "Internet +" College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, Hohai University won the national gold medal for the first time, and it was the project of "Flaw Detection Expert - Leader of Intelligent Defect Detection Equipment for Water Conservancy Engineering" declared by Du Yuang's team to win this award. The team focuses on the transformation and upgrading of intelligent, digital and informatization of hydraulic testing, and develops a defect detection system for water conveyance corridors of water conservancy projects that integrates inspection and operation, which solves the two major pain points of low accuracy and low efficiency during manual maintenance of current hydraulic buildings. Today, this achievement has served in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Anhui and other four provinces and cities, and has been applied in 12 projects such as the Qiandao Lake water diversion project maintenance project, and has received positive feedback and evaluation from enterprises.
Du Yuang, 2019 undergraduate student majoring in port, waterway and coastal engineering Source: Hohai University
Starting from the campus, step by step towards the "blue sea and blue sky". Du Yuang's footprints undoubtedly outline the common choice of many Hehai students. These new generation of river, sea, port and shipping personnel have shown a high level of professionalism and competition in scientific and technological innovation and academic competitions. The dazzling performance of repeatedly winning gold and silver in national, provincial and other major competitions is a proof of their strength and a "ladder" for them to the future.
Second Prize of the 17th "Challenge Cup" National College Students' Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition Source: Hohai University
The 8th China International "Internet +" College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition National Gold Award Source: Hohai University
When we open the official data of Hehaigang Shipping, what catches our eyes is a series of astonishing figures - over the past 70 years, 15,000 pillars of water transportation, water conservancy, marine, navy and other fields have come out of here, including nearly 10 new China generals, more than 100 senior cadres at the department and bureau level, and nearly 1,000 chief engineers or deputy chief engineers.
The glorious deeds of the predecessors are still in front of us, and the strength shown by the younger generation of students is also eye-catching-
In recent years, graduates in the related fields of river, sea, port and shipping are favored by employers, and their employment destinations are mainly concentrated in the first-tier cities of the mainland and the developed coastal provinces and cities, with a job supply and demand ratio of 1:20 and an employment rate of nearly 100%. At the same time, more than 60% of the undergraduate graduates went to Cambridge, Stanford, Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University, Tianda and other well-known universities at home and abroad for further study.
Where do such outstanding training results come from? One of the most intuitive answers is the various measures taken by Hehai in talent training.
It has carried out school-enterprise cooperation with enterprises in water conservancy, water transportation, marine and other industries, established the first CCCC Third Airlines Campus Club, actively carried out inter-school cooperation, school-enterprise cooperation, cooperation between universities and scientific research institutes, and successively established more than 40 off-campus internship training bases for undergraduates and off-campus training bases for graduate students across the country.
Honors courses such as smart port and green port and shipping have been set up, and on the basis of maintaining the knowledge system of port construction, new knowledge of intelligent and green port operation has been expanded.
It has carried out the training of undergraduate students majoring in port and shipping in West African countries, and taught French, Portuguese and other minor languages to domestic students......
Strengthen school-enterprise cooperation Source: Hohai University
Cultivating innovative talents with an international perspective Source: Hohai University
If you don't reject the crowd, you will be the river and the sea. With the deepening of the Belt and Road Initiative, as a port at the forefront of opening up and foreign trade import and export, it is standing on the "cusp" of the times. Hohai students will also use their profound professional knowledge, forward-looking innovation ability and solid practical ability to set off new waves in the transformation and development of the port industry. In this process, they will also take advantage of the east wind of the times to soar and grow into pillars that meet the needs of the country and lead the industry.
"In order for the economy to develop, the country must be strong, and transportation, especially shipping, must first be strong. We must aim for thousands of miles and strive to build a world-class smart port and green port."
This sentence is an expectation and an encouragement, which will witness more people from rivers, seaports and navigators to the winding coastline, stay and take root, and shoulder the mission of promoting the take-off of marine transportation.
Walk towards the sea, rise towards the sea. Pushing open the window of the port, we see a turbulent and magnificent world stage. On this stage, Hohai University is continuing to lead the wave of industry development and continue to walk unswervingly......
Source of article material: Hohai University, Netinfo China, International Business Daily, Guangdong Transportation, China Communications News, etc