The Wuxi Economic Development Zone (WEDZ), which was founded in 2018, has started the innovation of industrial Internet in the Taihu Lake Bay Science and Technology Innovation Area. On January 9, the Wuxi Xuelang Town Management Committee was founded in Xuelang Town, WEDZ. Xuelang College, jointly set up by the Wuxi Xuelang Town Management Committee and Xuelang Digital System, was unveiled. At the same time, Xuelangyun Headquarter Building was put into use. Huang Qin, Secretary of the CPC Wuxi Municipal Committee, visited academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering such as Mr. Li Peigen, Mr. Lin Zhongqin, Mr. Yang Huayong and Mr. Wang Jian. Leading officials of Wuxi such as Mr. Chen Derong and Mr. Zhu Aixun attended related events.
According to related official in charge of the WEDZ, as the main contributor in the construction of the Taihu Lake Bay Science and Technology Innovation Area and the pioneer of industrial Internet and digital economy in Jiangsu Province, WEDZ and Xuelang Town should take the responsibilities of exploring new paths, starting new journeys and making new contributions to the development of industrial Internet in the Taihu Lake Bay Science and Technology Innovation Area. The purpose of setting up the Wuxi Xuelang Town Management Committee is to further optimize the system and mechanism, further play the leading role of the market and support the construction of the Taihu Lake Bay Science and Technology Innovation Area, so as to accelerate accumulating resources such as capital, market and talent in a higher and broader aspect.
Aimed at becoming a platform for industrial Internet thought dissemination, technical exchange platform and talent training base, Xuelang College earns support from many academic authoritative experts and consultants in the manufacturing industry from the Xuelangyun National Industrial Internet Platform. Xuelang College plans to operate in the mode of "government guidance, private entity and ecological agglomeration". It will become the permanent institution of the Organizing Committee of Xuelang Conference, the innovative practice base of industrial Internet in China, the cradle for new industrialists, the integrated innovation platform of digital manufacturing industry and the open innovation base of Wuxi Xuelang Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.
Xuelang College will build an important platform for exchange and joint innovation of advanced talent under the construction of a "cluster for advanced talent" and give full play to its role. By relying on the strong technology and ability production of the national industrial Internet platform, Xuelang College will further promote AI, big data and cloud computing to integrate with the manufacturing industry, so as to contribute to the development of the digital economy industry in WEDZ, build a good environment for talent growth for the industrial Internet development in the Taihu Lake Bay Science and Technology Innovation Area and truly realize innovation-driven development with the force of talents.
