On September 24, the School of Aerospace Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, carried out joint party-building and business exchanges with the Xu Shunsuo Innovation Center of AVIC First Aircraft Design Institute (FAI) to advance party-led industry-university-research integration. Zhang Aiping, Party Secretary of the school, Liu Yilun, Member of the Party Committee and Vice Dean, Jiang Biao, Director of Xu Shunsuo Innovation Center, together with Party members and key researchers from both sides, attended the meeting, which was chaired by Liu Yilun.

On behalf of the school, Zhang Aiping extended a warm welcome to the visitors. He noted the complementary strengths between the university in fundamental research and talent training and the institute in engineering development. He hoped both sides would deepen joint theoretical learning, talent cultivation and cooperative research to tackle key aviation technologies and speed up the translation of research outcomes into engineering applications.

Liu Yilun introduced the school’s disciplinary foundation, research platforms, faculty, talent training schemes and representative achievements, expecting to consolidate and expand university-institute cooperation. Jiang Biao presented the research layout and party-building practices of the innovation center, stressing that Party leadership is the foundation for defense research institutes and should run through the whole research process.

A joint theoretical study session was held. Yang Juancheng led the study ofXi Jinping: Speech at the Ceremony Marking the 105th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China. Jiang Biao shared insights on Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building and its value for aviation research.

Participants discussed technical challenges including UAV recovery, aerial refueling docking and intelligent aircraft design, as well as policies for joint research project applications. Both sides reached agreement on regular communication, staff exchange, joint training and coordinated project bidding.