To further strengthen university-local cooperation and promote innovation and talent exchange in the food industry, on May 9, a delegation from Jianzha County, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, visited the School of Food Science and Engineering at Tianjin University of Science and Technology for discussions. Yang Ansheng, Deputy Secretary of the Jianzha County Party Committee and Deputy County Mayor, along with officials and enterprise representatives from the County Bureau of Industry, Commerce and Information Technology, Bureau of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Science and Technology, and Employment Service Bureau, took part in the exchange, as did our School of Food Science Dean Cheng Dai, Associate Director of the University Technology Transfer Center Wu Tao, General Manager of the Science and Technology Park Fan Haifeng, and other faculty representatives from the Food School.

Afterwards, Dean Cheng Dai gave a detailed introduction about the development of the school and the college, covering the evolution of disciplines, talent cultivation, research platforms, and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. He focused on introducing the college's team composition and research directions, and expressed hope that this exchange could serve as an opportunity to further strengthen cooperation with Jianzha County in areas such as the development of specialty agricultural products, improvement of food processing technology, talent training, and achievement transformation, helping local specialty industries develop with high quality.

Dean Cheng Dai presided over the meeting. At the meeting, Deputy Secretary Yang Ansheng first introduced the current status of local industrial development and resource advantages. He said that Jianzha County has a solid foundation in developing specialty agricultural and pastoral products, ethnic specialty food processing, and rural industry revitalization. He hopes to leverage Tianjin University of Science and Technology’s strengths in food technology, research and development, and achievement transformation to enhance school-local collaborative innovation and promote precise alignment between scientific achievements and local industrial needs, achieving industrial upgrading.

During the exchange session, both sides introduced their research areas and current industry challenges, and had an in-depth discussion on topics like the development of specialty foods such as meat products, dairy products, and medicinal-food homology products, as well as the deep processing of agricultural and sideline products. Finally, the Jianzhaxian inspection team visited the exhibition hall of the National Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety co-established by the province and ministry.

Tianjin University of Science and Technology has long had strong research advantages in food science, agricultural product processing, and the transformation of achievements. Its work aligns closely with Tianjin's strategy to serve national regional coordinated development and counterpart support efforts. This exchange is not only an important step in deepening university-local cooperation, but also a concrete practice of Tianjin and Qinghai continuing to promote technological aid, industrial support, and talent assistance in Qinghai.  

Moving forward, both sides will use Tianjin's support for Huangnan Prefecture in Qinghai Province as a link to continue deepening the collaborative innovation mechanism among industry, academia, and research. They will actively explore a cooperation model of 'university research, local resources, and enterprise transformation,' speeding up the application of scientific and technological achievements in plateau specialty food industries. This will provide technological support and talent assurance for building Huangnan Prefecture as a base for green organic agricultural and livestock products and for high-quality regional economic development, further writing a new chapter of mutually beneficial cooperation between Tianjin and Qinghai.  

Written by: Guo Qing