2002/1/21

Beijing Postal University Alumni Association and Hangzhou Futong Group jointly held the Symposium on Strategy of IT Industry for WTO Challenge and Alumni of 1969 Get-Together of Beijing Postal University in Fuyang City from 1 January through 3 January.

Beijing Postal University is a key national higher education institution, with IT information technology as its focus. The university specializes in industrial engineering, with its various departments branched into business management, liberal arts and sciences. Founded in 1955, the university's predecessor was Beijing Postal College, the first higher education institution of its kind in China dedicated to postal services and technology.

Over 300 alumni of the year 1969 convened in Fuyang from all over China. Distinguished guests in attendance of the opening ceremony were Lin Jintong, president of Beijing Postal University, Zhong Yixin, director of the academic committee of the university, Shen Wenjiang, member of Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress and director-general of Jiangxi Provincial Communications Association, Shi Duanxing, director of Zhejiang Alumni Association and CEO of Oriental Telecommunication Group, Hu Wangshan, secretary of CPC committee of Zhejiang Telecommunication Co. Ltd, Sun Jianhua, mayor of Fuyang City, Wang Jianyi, president of Hangzhou Futong Group, and Xu Tongmao, president advisor.

On behalf of the company, President Wang Jianyi extended warm welcome to guests attending the alumni get-together of Beijing Postal University, and expressed warm-hearted congratulation on the opening of the Symposium on Strategy of IT Industry for WTO Challenge. He briefed the guests on the company's general development and successful research and development of Optical Fiber Prefabricated Rod. Mr. Xu Tongmao, president advisor, addressed the meeting on the topic of research and production of the optical fiber prefabricated rod.

A donation and appointment ceremony was held at the meeting. In order to support Beijing Postal University and further the cooperation on research, development and training between Futong Group and Beijing Postal University, Wang Jianyi donated 1.5 million (including 600,000 yuan for designated projects) on behalf of Hangzhou Futong Group to the Education Foundation of Beijing Postal University. Meanwhile, Lin Jintong, president of Beijing Postal University, presented to the company a bronze tablet with an inscription that reads "Contribution to education benefits generations". President Lin Jintong also issued a letter of appointment to President Wang Jianyi of Futong Group as part-time professor for the university.

Following the ceremony of donation and appointment, President Lin Jintong delivered a special academic report, which was highly appreciated by experts and professors present. He also briefly talked about the status quo of the university as well as the development plan for the next few years. Guests were proud of and excited by the remarkable progress the university has made in recent years.

The alumni also visited the production base of the Futong during the two days of the meeting.