Peking University, October 15, 2021: The first Huairou Forum, jointly organized by Peking University, Huairou District People's Government of Beijing and Huairou Science City Management Committee, was held in Yanqi Hujing Hotel. Chair of the PKU Council Qiu Shuiping, Director of the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention Gao Fu, Director of the Division of Life Sciences Department of the National Natural Science Foundation of China Li Peng, Director of the Beijing Municipal Education Commission Liu Yuhui, and other leaders attended the opening ceremony of the forum. Qiao Jie, director of the Peking University Health Science Center, presided over the opening ceremony.
Opening ceremony of the forum
The two-day forum aims to focus on the field of life and health and explore the use of advanced biomedical imaging research facilities to discover core scientific issues. The forum invited more than 150 famous experts and scholars in relevant fields to conduct in-depth exchanges and discussions in the form of academic reports and round table discussions.
Qiu Shuiping mentioned that in the field of life and health, Peking University has implemented the "clinical medicine + X" plan and established the Institute of Future Technology to undertake the mission of the new era and aim to be at the forefront of science and technology globally and create a highland of scientific and technological innovation.
Qiu Shuiping's speech
After the opening ceremony, the leaders and guests visited the material genome platform of Huairou Science City, inspected the construction site of multimodal cross-scale biomedical imaging facilities, and had a discussion with the person in charge of the construction. Qiu Shuiping affirmed the early construction of facilities and hoped that all parties would communicate more to solve problems in time, control the budget, and do a good job in the connection between infrastructure construction, equipment procurement, and installation integration in the later stage.
Ding Mingda introduces the planning of Huairou Science City
Biomedical imaging technology is one of the core driving forces to promote the progress from the discovery of basic physical and biological principles to medical practice. With the support of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Education, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing Municipality, Peking University joined forces with other academies to build a national major scientific and technological infrastructure: the Huairou Science City. At present, in order to further participate in the construction of Huairou Science City, Peking University is actively preparing to build Huaimi medical center and nuclide probe platform, a supporting auxiliary facility for imaging facilities like Huairou Science City.
Written by: Cherlin Xu
Edited by: Ng Joong Hwee
Source: PKU World (Chinese)
