On July 2, 2020, Launching and Opening Ceremony for the Cooperation Project of Joint Training Base for Master and Postgraduates by the Uniasia and South China Normal University(SCNU) was grandly held.
An Ning, Associate Dean of the Graduate School of South China Normal University, Hu Xiaogang and Zeng Zhuo, Associate Deans of the School of Chemistry of South China Normal University, Wang Hui, Chairman of the Labor Union, Ma Lijun, Director of the Department of Materials, Chen Xinli, Director of the Experimental Center and others came to Uniasia to participate in the project launch and opening ceremony, Qian Chun, Secretary-General of Guangdong Provincial Association for Science and Technology, Zhang Daichun, Deputy Minister of the Guangzhou Association for Science and Technology, Zhang Jingming, Chairman of the Association for Science and Technology of Huangpu District, and other leaders were invited to attend and witness this historical moment.
Experts and scholars from South China Normal University, Wu Zhiqing, President of Uniasia Group, Hu Genhua, Vice President, and Chen Liang, Vice President of Manufacturing, conducted in-depth discussions and exchanges on the cooperation project between the School of Chemistry of South China Normal University and the Master Training Base of Uniasia Group. Deputy Dean Hu Xiaogang shared the experience of establishing a post-doctoral mobile station, MAJEED IRFAN, a doctoral student from Pakistan, introduced the research direction of specialty cosmetics, and Director Chen Xinli introduced the proposal to promote the building of the Uniasia brand with the help of SCNU’s high-quality resources.
Joint Promotion of Scientific Research and Innovation by School-Enterprise
As a well-known university with a long history and a rigorous academic research, and well-known both at home and abroad, SCNU has a team of teachers with strong scientific research capabilities, and its chemistry discipline has entered the top 1% of ESI in the world. The School of Chemistry of South China Normal University has a number of national, provincial and ministerial-level outstanding talents and scientific and technological innovation talents, and has established a number of national, provincial, municipal and departmental scientific research platforms. It undertook national, provincial and ministerial major, key and Industry-university-research projects and have achieved remarkable research results. As a cosmetics company that has been developing for nearly 30 years and integrating R&D, production, sales, training and service, it has successfully been approved as a high-tech enterprise, established a cosmetics academician workstation, and owned the Guangdong Traditional Chinese Medicine Daily Chemical Product Engineering Technology Research Center, and was the Guangdong innovative enterprise, etc. In terms of innovative development and talent training, Uniasia and South China Normal University have common goals and pursuits.
In her welcome speech, Ms. Wu Zhiqing, president of Uniasia Group, said that for many years, Uniasia has fully felt the vitality brought to the enterprise by technological innovation. Uniasia attaches great importance to scientific research, management, quality, talents, and insists on providing enough space for scientific research and innovation. She believes that with the construction of the "Joint Training Base of Master and Postgraduate" as an opportunity, the two parties can increase in-depth exchanges and cooperation, give full play to their respective advantages, realize resource sharing, and jointly nurture high-quality and innovative cosmetics talents needed in the new age.
Join forces to revitalize innovation power
Ms. An Ning, deputy dean of the Graduate School of South China Normal University, believes that this cooperation is not only a cooperation of the integration of production and education, but also a cooperation on the cause of beauty, and it is also an international cooperation. She said that the faculty and students of China Normal University include a group of outstanding foreign students, which is expected to further promote the international business of Uniasia. Ms. An Ning also expressed her appreciation for Uniasia’s corporate culture, strategic layout and product innovation. The cooperation between Uniasia and School of Chemistry of SCNU has taken a solid step, and Ms. An Ning is even more looking forward to further in-depth cooperation between Uniasia and SCNU in the field of marketing, consumer research, and industrial design.
Ms. Qian Chun, Secretary-General of Guangdong Association for Science and Technology, has high hopes for the cooperation between SCNU and Uniasia. She expressed the hope that this cooperation can give full play to the advantages of both parties in personnel training, project cooperation, innovation capabilities, experimental conditions, industrial technology transformation, etc., and provide new vitality and motivation for the development of the chemical economy, technological innovation and talent development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Ms. Qian Chun spoke highly of the establishment of the Association for Science and Technology by Uniasia. She expressed the hope that the Association for Science and Technology of UniAsia could further strengthen the relationship with various academic groups, gather the scientific and technological forces of all parties, and give full play to the creative vitality of scientific and technological workers; stimulate the innovation passion of scientific and technological workers, and truly establish the enterprise’s association of science and technology as the home of enterprise’s scientific and technological workers.
This cooperation is a positive response of Uniasia and SCNU to the guiding policies of "deepening the integration of production and education" and "powering the country with science and technology". In the future, guided by the needs of enterprises, relied on academicians and experts, and aimed to promote the growth of enterprise scientific and technological workers and to strengthen the independent innovation capability of the enterprise, both parties will overcome the key technologies, cultivate innovative talents, further consolidate the R&D capabilities and scientific research level of China's cosmetics industry, and promote the rapid, healthy and sustainable development of the industry.