On September 17th, President Xie Huaqing led the heads of relevant functional departments to the School of Intelligent Manufacturing and Control Engineering for a special research. They listened to the school's report on its 15th Five-Year development plan and held discussions on key tasks such as discipline construction, talent cultivation, laboratory layout and resource optimization.

At the meeting, Wang Zhifeng, the dean of the School of Intelligent Manufacturing and Control Engineering, made a systematic report on the school's faculty structure, student scale, current status of research platforms, and development ideas during the 15th Five-Year Plan period. The college is currently undertaking a number of national and Shanghai-level reform tasks, including the construction of high-level professional clusters, pilot projects for industry-education integration, and engineering education accreditation. Next, the college will closely focus on the demands of the intelligent manufacturing industry, centering on cultivating applied and innovative talents, innovate the talent cultivation mechanism, and deepen the collaborative education model. Optimize the discipline layout and strengthen the direction of intelligent manufacturing; Promote the integration of science and education to enhance industrial service capabilities; Strengthen the introduction and cultivation of talents and consolidate the guarantee of the teaching staff.

The heads of various functional departments respectively put forward opinions and suggestions on the college's planning based on their work realities, and conducted in-depth exchanges around aspects such as the integration of industry and education for collaborative talent cultivation, the introduction of high-level talents, the construction of discipline and professional clusters, and the intensive utilization of resources.