On the morning of June 26th, Professor Hu Chuan, Associate Dean of SBA, led a delegation including Zhou Lingxu, Li Yingli, Gui Chenglin and other faculty representatives from the Department of Tourism Management, as well as postgraduates majoring in Tourism Management, to Wuhan Optics Valley Transportation Construction Co., Ltd. for the licensing ceremony of the Innovation Practice Base.
The event kicked off with signing and licensing ceremonies. Witnessed by both parties, Associate Dean Hu Chuan and leaders of Optics Valley Transportation signed an agreement on co-building the Innovation Practice Base and completed the licensing.Dean Hu noted that the cooperation is a key move for the college to respond to the national industry-education integration strategy and implement the educational concept of "moving practice classes to the industrial frontline".Leaders of Optics Valley Transportation mentioned that the company's innovations in smart transportation, especially in air rail projects, align well with the college's "smart cultural tourism" research direction in tourism management. They look forward to win-win results in joint talent training and technical collaboration through the base.
After the signing ceremony, teachers and students, led by technical experts from Optics Valley Transportation, experienced the "Optics Valley Photon" air rail project on site. Faculty and postgraduates from the Department of Tourism Management had lively discussions on topics such as "how air rails expand urban tourism space" and "how smart travel enhances tourists' experience". They experienced, reflected and took notes, turning the carriage into a "mobile research classroom" while feeling the pulse of technology on the front line, which deepened their understanding of how smart transportation drives the upgrading of urban cultural tourism.
The establishment of this Innovation Practice Base not only builds a high-quality industrial practice platform for the college's talent cultivation but also provides organizational guarantees for cooperation. In the future, the two parties will take the base as a hub to carry out regular cooperation in fields such as innovation in talent training models and research on the integration of smart transportation and cultural tourismand jointly contributing to serving the high-quality development of local economy and society.