Recently, Harbin Institute of Technology hosted a series of activities focused on Chinese-Italian industry-academia collaboration and innovative talent development. As a highlight, the inauguration ceremony of the Ministry of Education International Joint Laboratory for Green and Low-Carbon Urban Renewal, along with the first meeting of its inaugural Academic Committee, was held on campus. Distinguished guests including Alessandra Guidi, Science Attaché of the Italian Embassy in China, and Liu Yanhui, Deputy Party Secretary and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of HIT, attended and delivered speeches. Alberto Giuseppe Sapora, Vice President of Politecnico di Torino, and Meng Jianmin, Chairman of the Expert Committee of the Laboratory and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, addressed the event via video message. Wu Ligang, Assistant to the President of HIT, officially unveiled the laboratory and presented appointment letters to the members of the Academic Committee.
The International Joint Laboratory for Green and Low-Carbon Urban Renewal, jointly established by HIT and Politecnico di Torino, is our school’s first international cooperation laboratory approved by the Ministry of Education. The lab aims to serve the nation’s strategic needs for green and low-carbon development. It focuses on scientific and engineering challenges such as low-carbon upgrades of residential areas, revitalization of historical districts, innovation in green energy-saving building technologies, transformation of old industrial zones, and enhancement of public space health and quality. By bringing together a high-level, interdisciplinary, and international academic team in the field of green and low-carbon urban renewal, the laboratory is committed to becoming a hub with strong capabilities in innovative talent cultivation, scientific research, and engineering practice, with significant global influence.
During the same period, additional events were held, including the first faculty-student meeting for the Sino-foreign cooperative education program in Smart Architecture and Construction, co-organized by HIT and Politecnico di Torino, and the Cross Dispensary and Harmonious Smart Innovation for the Future-Sino-ltaly Architecture and Design Forum. These activities further promoted collaboration and resource-sharing in faculty exchange, talent development, and scientific research between the two universities.
Faculty members from the School of Architecture and Design at Politecnico di Torino, as well as representatives from relevant departments of HIT, participated in the events.
Alessandra Guidi delivered an oration
Liu Yanhui delivered an oration
Alberto Giuseppe Sapora delivered an oration through a video
Meng Jianmin delivered an oration through a video
Wu Ligang and Foreign Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Kang Jian Jointly Unveil the Laboratory
