SINOPEC Guangzhou Petrochemical and Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School (PKUSZ) officially signed a Framework Agreement for Scientific and Technological Cooperation on the afternoon of February 10. The partnership aims to establish a deep-integration innovation platform for industry, academia, and research by pooling complementary resources and strengths.
The signing ceremony was held at the PKUSZ campus and attended by key representatives from both sides. Attendees included Liu Cheng, Party Committee Representative and Party Secretary of SINOPEC Guangzhou Petrochemical; Liu Biaoming, Member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager; Zhang Jin, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Standing Member of the PKU Council, Executive Vice President of PKU, and Dean of PKUSZ; along with Zou Ruqiang, Dean of the School of Materials Science and Engineering at PKU and Dean of the School of Advanced Materials at PKUSZ, and other officials.
Dean Zhang Jin highlighted PKUSZ's role as Peking University's strategic presence in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Over the past 25 years, it has cultivated a comprehensive innovation ecosystem integrating talent development, cutting-edge research, and technology transfer. He emphasized that extracting scientific questions from industrial practice and deeply aligning university research with corporate needs is crucial for achieving breakthroughs in key technologies and better serving national high-quality development goals.
Prof. Zou Ruqiang detailed the School of Advanced Materials' research focus on areas like advanced carbon materials and new energy materials, as well as its "North-South Collaboration" model for industry-academia-research translation. He expressed enthusiasm for establishing joint laboratories to foster full-chain cooperation from fundamental research to industrial application.
Party Secretary Liu Cheng traced the company's evolution as the sole mega-scale refining-chemical integrated enterprise in the Greater Bay Area. Facing the industry's shift towards greener and higher-end development, he noted that technological innovation is central to the company's growth strategy. He characterized the collaboration as a strategic move for mutual benefit, with joint labs concentrating on critical fields such as new materials and new energy. This initiative, he stated, addresses both the company's internal transformation needs and contributes to the national "Dual Carbon" goals and the cultivation of new quality productive forces. Guangzhou Petrochemical committed to providing comprehensive industrial resources and application scenarios to support the partnership.
The signed framework agreement seeks to explore a collaborative model for industry-university synergy, combining resources to tackle industrial technological challenges. The ultimate goal is to provide robust scientific and talent support for advancing the nation's science and technology strategy, achieving "Dual Carbon" targets, and fostering high-quality regional economic development.
