The 10th Straits Science and Technology Expert Forum and the Symposium on Maritime Technology and Ocean Engineering on Both Sides of the Taiwan Strait in was successfully held in Jinbao Hotel of the beautiful Xiamen from June 9th to 10th, 2018.
The seminar was jointly held by seven nautical and shipbuilding associations, and universities in Taiwan and mainland, including China Institution of Navigation, the Chinese Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Fujian Navigation Institute, Fujian Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, China Marine Technology Research Institution (Taiwan), China Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers(Taiwan) and JiMei University.
This was the second joint cooperation since the “Cross-Strait Marine Engineering and Navigation Technology Seminar” in 2017.
The seminar also attracted nine co-organizers including the Xiamen Ocean Vocational and Technical College and the Maritime and Shipbuilding Society from three provinces and one municipality in the southeastern coastal areas of Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong, which added more vitality to the seminar.
In presence were Liu Gongchen, the Former Chief Security Officer and professor-level senior engineer of the Ministry of Transport of the PRC, Cao Di, the Executive Vice Chairman of CIN, Li Guoan, Vice Chairman of the CSNAME, Fang Shujia, the Chief Expert of the CSNAME, Yang Jinchang, Chairman of the Fujian Navigation Institute, Zhang Zhitong, Chairman of the Fujian Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Li Xuanshi, Chairman of the Taiwan Marine Technology Research Institution, Cai Jinfa, Chairman of the China Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (Taiwan), Cao Minjie, Vice President of the JiMei University and Li Zhenjun, Vice President of the FuJian Shipbuilding Industry Group Company Limited.
Rostrum
A total number of more than 120 participants attended the conference, including representative experts and scholars from the maritime and shipbuilding industry on both sides of the strait, as well as representatives from the news media. Among them, 34 experts were from Taiwan.
This seminar was one of the 15 sub-meetings in the Straits Science and Technology Expert Forum 2018. In accordance with the theme of this forum, "One family on two Sides, Sci-Tech integration", as well as highlighting the requirements of developing industries with strong complementarity, great potential for cooperation and good development prospects, the theme of this seminar was "The Sea Silk Road and its Benefit to the two Sides" and comprehensive exchange and discussion were held. The conference received 55 papers from experts and scholars on both sides of the Taiwan Straits, including 23 papers from Taiwan.
Yang Jinchang, Chairman of the Fujian Navigation Institute officiated at the opening ceremony. Cao Min, Vice President of JiMei University, who first gave a welcome speech. Cao Di, Executive Vice Chairman of China Institution of Navigation, Li Guoan, Vice Chairman of China Society of Naval Architects, Li Xuanshi, Chairman of China Marine Technology Research Institution (Taiwan), and Cai Jinfa, Chairman of China Society of Naval Architects (Taiwan), also represented the congratulatory messages to the conference respectively. At the opening ceremony, a signing ceremony for the cross-strait cooperation agreement was also held.
Cross-Strait Cooperation Agreement Signing Ceremony
After the signing ceremony, the four experts, Liu Gongchen, the Former Chief Security Officer and professor-level senior engineer of the Ministry of Transport of the PRC, Fang Shujia, chief engineer of the Chinese Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Li Xuanshi, professor of Taiwan Ocean University and director of Taiwan Marine Technology Research Institution together with Lin Yihuang, professor of Mechanical and Engineering Department of Taiwan Ocean University, made wonderful reports at the conference such as "smart shipping development trend" , "marine energy development is the strategic direction of the shipbuilding industry transformation and development", "plane linear equation and large circular curve equation" and "debugging of wind turbine drive chain high-speed bearing", which were highly praised and warmly welcomed by the delegates and experts.
The conference also arranged group exchanges and special reports. The exchanges and discussions were enthusiastic, which greatly enhanced the effectiveness of the conference.
Group photo
The 10th Straits Science and Technology Expert Forum and the Symposium on Maritime Technology and Ocean Engineering on Both Sides of the Taiwan Strait, which lasted two days, achieved good results and completed successfully!(Source: Academic Exchange Department Liu Ying)