Tsinghua University’s “Wen Dao Salon” Tackles Key Issues in Campus Digital Governance Research

On January 2, the fifth “Wen Dao Salon” of Tsinghua University was held in the Second Teaching Building Conference Room. The salon was themed “Campus Digital Governance” to hold discussions with non-party members and to discuss the 2024 multi-party joint research. Qiu Yong, Secretary of the Party Committee of the University, attended and spoke, and representatives of various political parties and non-party members of the University participated in the salon.

After listening to the opinions and suggestions of the participating representatives on improving campus digital governance, Qiu Yong emphasized that improving the level of campus digital governance is an important part of improving the modernization of the school’s governance system and governance capabilities, an important starting point for the school’s high-quality development, and an important way to improve the ability to serve teachers and students. The 2024 multi-party joint research work was solid and in-depth, with innovative forms. The opinions and suggestions put forward will be carefully studied and actively absorbed by the school party committee.

Qiu Yong introduced the progress made in the school’s work in 2024 and said that non-Party members are an important force in promoting the development of the school. In the past three years, the multi-party joint research has focused on key and difficult issues in the school’s reform and development and actively contributed good solutions. Some results have been transformed into practical measures to promote the high-quality development of the school. I hope that everyone will continue to give play to their professional advantages and the democratic supervision role of democratic parties, “think together and work together” for the school to further deepen the reform in an all-round way, and look forward to starting a new journey in 2025.

Lin Borong reports

Lin Borong, convener of the 2024 multi-party joint research group, chairman of the Tsinghua University Committee of the China Democratic League, and professor of the School of Architecture, reported on the significance, process and achievements of the “Campus Digital Governance” research, sorted out the current problems in the school’s campus digital governance, and put forward ten specific task suggestions.

Wang Yahua presided over the meeting, and Li Meng, Liu Yunhao, Meng Qingguo and Nie Xin spoke (from left to right, from top to bottom)

This salon was hosted by Wang Yahua, executive deputy director of the United Front Work Department of the Party Committee. Li Meng, professor of the School of Civil Engineering and Water Conservancy and vice chairman of the Tsinghua University Committee of the China Democratic League, Liu Yunhao, professor of the Department of Automation and dean of the Global Innovation Institute, Meng Qingguo, professor of the School of Public Administration and executive director of the Laboratory of Computational Social Science and National Governance, and Nie Xin, professor of the School of Law, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and non-partisan, made comments as special guests.

Guests at the meeting suggested that in order to advance the digital development of campus, it is necessary to strengthen the reserve of digital governance talents and departmental capacity building, focus on solving the problem of data responsibility system, and promote the transformation from management to service at the application level. At the same time, we must pay attention to finding problems in the data to improve service quality and attach importance to information security and privacy protection.

Wang Lifang, Li Jun, Zeng Xianlai, and Liu Yinong participated in the discussion (from left to right, from top to bottom)

During the free discussion session, Wang Lifang, Counselor of the State Council and Professor of the School of Architecture, Li Jun, Professor of the Department of Chemistry and Chairman of the Tsinghua University Committee of the China Democratic League, Zeng Xianlai, Associate Researcher of the School of Environment and Vice Chairman of the Tsinghua University Committee of the China Democratic League, and Liu Yinong, Researcher of the Department of Engineering Physics and Vice Chairman of the Tsinghua University Committee of the China Democratic League, spoke separately and put forward opinions and suggestions on how campus digital governance can serve the construction of the academic ecology, enhance the experience of teachers and students, and strengthen the integration with the school’s reform tasks.

Conference site

The multi-party joint research on “Campus Digital Governance” lasted more than half a year. A cross-party research team of nearly 50 people was formed, with a total of 142 people participating in 5 departmental seminars and case benchmarking research, and interviewed more than 50 experts. The focus was on key links such as “intelligent data collection, dynamic monitoring and evaluation, precise services for teachers and students, efficient management and office, and scientific governance decision-making”. The team comprehensively surveyed the current status of school campus digital governance, summarized the experiences and problems in the construction process, and deeply understood the digital governance needs of multiple groups such as teaching, scientific research, and management, and put forward solutions and suggestions for campus digital governance in the new era.

The “Wen Dao Salon” is an academic activity supported and guided by the United Front Work Department of the Party Committee and jointly initiated and organized by the grassroots organizations of the democratic parties of the school. This salon was hosted by the Tsinghua University Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang. The leaders of the grassroots committees of the democratic parties of the school, representatives of the members of the Advisory Committee of Non-Party Personages, representatives of the Tsinghua University Committee of the China Democratic League, and leaders of relevant departments of the school participated in this salon.