On April 11, the Fluid Equipment "Strong Nation Action" team visited the pump and valve industrial base in Jingjiang City to carry out a special event titled "University-Enterprise Collaboration, Pumping Toward the Future—Joint Promotion of Deep Integration of Technological and Industrial Innovation." Participants included Zhang Desheng, Party Secretary of the Fluid Center, Zhu Yong, Party Secretary of the Fluid Equipment Industry Service and Technology Transformation Branch, Associate Researcher Xu Bin, and several graduate students. Joining them were Pan Cungen, Secretary-General of the Strategic Alliance for Technological Innovation in the Taizhou Pump and Valve Industry, and Party Secretary Shao Yu, along with other representatives.

The team conducted exchange and discussion sessions at leading enterprises in the Jingjiang pump and valve industry, including Jiangsu Feiyue Pump Group Co., Ltd., and Jiangsu Shuangda Pump Industry Co., Ltd. Both parties jointly studied General Secretary Xi Jinping's important statements on the "deep integration of technological and industrial innovation," gaining a profound understanding of the pivotal role of technological innovation in driving industrial upgrading. During the discussions, Zhu Yong emphasized that technology serves as the primary productive force, while industry forms the foundation of the national economy. Facilitating the deep integration of technological and industrial innovation is critical to the development of new productivity and the broader landscape of Chinese-style modernization. Zhu Yong highlighted Jiangsu University's significant research achievements in intelligent and systematic advancements in the valve industry. He advocated for strengthening university-industry alliances to achieve technological iteration and the transformation of scientific achievements, jointly overcoming bottleneck technologies, and driving the deep integration of technological and industrial innovation to support the development of new productivity.

Gu Bin, Deputy General Manager of Jiangsu Feiyue Pump Group Co., Ltd., provided a detailed overview of the company's technical requirements in the research and production of high-end pump products, particularly in the areas of intelligence and efficiency, where technical bottlenecks exist. Ding Hengbiao, Party Secretary of Jiangsu Shuangda Pump Industry Co., Ltd., expressed optimism about the prospects of university-enterprise collaboration, emphasizing the potential for joint efforts to integrate local resources and inject vitality into the innovative development of the pump and valve industry in Jingjiang City. He advocated leveraging collective strengths and achieving tangible outcomes to enhance the resilience and innovative capabilities of the pump and valve industry chain in the Yangtze River Delta. Wu Yonggui, Chairman of Jiangsu Shuangda Pump Industry Co., Ltd., highlighted that scientific achievements can only become productive forces through transformation and application. He underscored that promoting the application of scientific achievements is a vital pathway to achieving the deep integration of technological and industrial innovation. Facing the pressure for technological upgrades in high-end products and system equipment manufacturing, Wu emphasized the urgent need for support from university-led technological innovation. He expressed hopes for complementary strengths, win-win cooperation, and further enhancement of comprehensive collaboration across production, academia, research, and application. Wu also called for exploring new fields and tracks, transforming advanced research outcomes into local industrial advantages, and driving high-quality development of the pump and valve industry chain in Jingjiang City and the Yangtze River Delta.

Following the discussions, the team conducted on-site visits to the production lines and core component R&D laboratories of the two enterprises, gaining a detailed understanding of their specific technological needs. They proposed a series of targeted technical solutions on-site and engaged in in-depth discussions on leveraging university research resources to address the enterprises’ technical challenges.

This event actively responded to the call of the "Strong Nation Action" initiative for "dual-role leaders" as teacher Party branch secretaries. It represents a valuable exploration by the Fluid Center's Party Committee in integrating and mutually promoting Party-building and operational work. By collaborating with Party organizations along the industrial chain to build a Party-building alliance, and mobilizing upstream and downstream forces in the innovation and industrial chains for coordinated problem-solving, the university and enterprises reached a broad consensus on technological innovation, industrial integration, technical challenges, and talent cultivation. This approach enables technological innovation to better empower industrial innovation, while industrial innovation further stimulates technological advancement, creating a virtuous cycle of mutual promotion.