Prof. QIU Fengcai was appointed Industry Professor during the appointment ceremony held by the Business School on May 26. Presided over by WU Qiong, deputy secretary of the Communist Party Committee of the Business School, the ceremony was attended by HUANG Guangjie, secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of NingboTech, NAN Yueyu, deputy head of the Human Resources Office, LIN Chengliang, secretary of the Communist Party Committee of the Business School and executive dean of the School, MA Xiang, deputy dean of the School, and over 200 teacher and student representatives.

In his remarks, Prof. QIU noted that he looked forward to in-depth cooperation with other faculty members. In the subsequent academic report on how to accelerate the training of scientifically and technologically innovative professionals, Prof. QIU cited the example of the Cambridge Science Park and further elaborated on its history, incubation of tech companies, and ways to motivate research.

Prof. QIU is the first industry professor appointed by the Business School and the first distinguished professor appointed by the Digital Trade and Digital Marketing Industry College. Having been engaged in interdisciplinary research on and practice of digital economy in the past two decades, he will surely help deepen industry-education-research integration, and facilitate the development of the Business School and the Digital Trade and Digital Marketing Industry College.