In the afternoon of April 3, the "First Civic and Political Lesson" of the spring semester of 2024 and the Lecture Hall of Shenzhen Academic Union (the second phase) of the College started in the Lecture Hall of Zhi Gong Building. Academician Chen Xiangsheng, president of the College, gave a unique class on "Civil Engineering Development and Young People's Mission", combining his own scientific research experience, discussing the future development prospect of civil engineering and encouraging students to take up the responsibility of the future. Zuo Yingzi, Secretary of the Party Committee of the College, Chen Bixia, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Yang Lei, Vice President of the College, representatives of the Youth League Committee of Shenzhen University, students and representatives of various universities and colleges listened to the lecture on the spot.
From ancient building materials to modern reinforced concrete to the emerging field of intelligent construction, Academician Chen utilized his professional knowledge to talk about the concepts and origins of civil engineering, the significance of the discipline of civil engineering, as well as the industry's operation law, development mode and development direction. With the assistance of vivid and vivid diagrams, Academician Chen led the students to appreciate the landmarks around the world and the beauty of civil engineering. Combining with his own experience of participating in engineering design and construction, he introduced China's current global leadership in the field of underground engineering, and talked about the Chinese examples of high-speed rail, urban rail transit, tunnels and other infrastructural construction.
"Ecological prosperity is the prosperity of civilization, ecological decline is the decline of civilization", Academician Chen pointed out that civil engineering should follow the laws of nature. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, China has paid more attention to the construction of ecological civilization in the strategic height of the overall layout of the "Five-in-One". Civil engineering construction is moving from large-scale construction to green, carbon-reducing, resilient construction, especially green and near-zero carbon emissions to lead the world's energy use development model. He called on civil engineers in the new era to lead by example and actively practice the ecological civilization construction and sustainable development strategy.
Under the background of the new era, how will the ancient industry of civil engineering develop innovatively? Academician Chen Xiangsheng pointed out that, after experiencing the first three great leaps caused by material changes, traditional civil engineering is experiencing the fourth leap, namely, "digitalization + artificial intelligence + all kinds of perception + related disciplines" cross-border empowerment, and will form a new generation of civil engineering with flesh and blood, with perception, with early warning and immunity.
What kind of talents should be cultivated in civil engineering? Academician Chen, through reviewing the history and academic origin of our academy, project achievements, development trend and future target direction, put forward the idea of "creating the peak discipline of civil engineering and leading the development direction of civil engineering" by focusing on the fundamental issue of "for whom to cultivate people, what people to cultivate, and how to cultivate people" in the education. --He put forward the goal of "creating the peak discipline of civil engineering and leading the direction of civil engineering development" for the cultivation of talents in the discipline of "Digital Intelligent Civil Engineering". He pointed out that the goal of civil engineering discipline is to create outstanding engineers, managers and scientists. "In the face of the unprecedented changes of the century, we civil engineers are in the process of empowering the traditional civil engineering discipline with digital and intelligent modern knowledge, realizing disciplinary changes, and opening up a new era of digital civil engineering on which human beings rely for survival, which is a great responsibility and a glorious mission."
At the end of the lecture, Academician Chen Xiangsheng encouraged students to create an academic environment of tolerance and mutual assistance, tolerance, freedom of exploration, respect for teachers and dedication to their work, to be humble, to do things with reverence, and to treat all people with benevolence, and that "only by striving to take responsibility can we live up to our predecessors and the times, and realize the glorious historical mission and the youth mission of the new era! "
The atmosphere of the Civic and Political Science class was warm and applause was continuous. "Academician Chen Xiangsheng's Civics and Politics class not only shows the concept of science and technology empowerment and service to the society, but also contains profound humanistic feelings, philosophical thinking, and thoughts about the future." Students who listened to the lecture said they were very inspired, and as civil engineers in the new era, they must work hard, take on the mission of youth, and contribute to the development of civil engineering and the promotion of high-quality development of society.
