On March 28, 2023, Shuiyu Planning and Design Co., Ltd. officially signed a strategic cooperation agreement with North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power (NCWU), and held the unveiling ceremony of the “University-Enterprise R&D Center for Watershed Water Eco-Environment Management and Protection.” This milestone marked the successful establishment of an in-depth industry-university-research innovation platform, injecting strong momentum into the modernization of watershed water eco-environment governance systems and capabilities, while achieving synergistic alignment and mutual empowerment among education, scientific research, and industrial development.
The joint establishment of this R&D center represents a significant practice by both parties to leverage their core strengths and respond to the national strategic call for ecological civilization development. As a backbone enterprise deeply engaged in the field of water conservancy planning and design, the company focuses on five core business segments: water resources planning and consulting, smart water affairs, water-saving technical services, soil and water conservation, and smart agricultural water-saving. With its solid engineering practice foundation, comprehensive technical service system, and diverse project operation capabilities, the company has successively participated in multiple key water resources utilization and water ecological protection projects, establishing a strong brand image and a robust core competitiveness within the industry. Going forward, the company will leverage its practical advantages to provide the R&D center with real-world application scenarios, quality project resources, and clear market orientation, facilitating the transition of research outcomes from laboratories to the industrial front line and precisely addressing industry pain points and challenges.
The University-Enterprise R&D Center for Watershed Water Eco-Environment Management and Protection is guided by the core mission of “deep industry-university-research integration, collaborative innovation empowerment, and service to industry development.” It focuses on key areas such as watershed water ecological restoration, efficient water resource utilization, water pollution control, and soil and water conservation monitoring, and will carry out comprehensive and in-depth cooperation in technology R&D, achievement commercialization, talent cultivation, and technical consulting. The two parties will integrate their advantageous resources and establish specialized joint R&D teams to conduct targeted research on critical technical challenges facing the industry, promote the deep integration of research outcomes with engineering practice, and strive to build a virtuous cooperation model characterized by “enterprises proposing needs, universities tackling problems, pilot-scale testing facilitating transformation, and industries benefiting from achievements.” At the same time, the R&D center will serve as a platform for talent development, implementing a “dual-supervisor” system to precisely align university talent cultivation with enterprise job requirements, and supply the water and environmental protection sector with interdisciplinary talents possessing both solid theoretical grounding and rich practical experience, thereby consolidating the talent foundation for high-quality industry development.
As a university with distinctive strengths in water conservancy, NCWU has always oriented itself toward serving major national strategic needs. The joint establishment of this university-enterprise R&D center with the company represents an important initiative to deepen the integration of industry and education, and to promote the deep convergence of the education chain, talent chain, industrial chain, and innovation chain. The two parties will integrate the university’s research strengths with the company’s practical resources, conduct joint research in watershed water ecological monitoring, pollution control, ecological restoration, and other directions, collectively cultivate high-caliber technical talent, and inject innovative momentum into the water sector. As a technological pioneer in Henan’s water industry, the company has consistently driven development through scientific and technological innovation. Taking the R&D center as a key link, it will fully leverage its practical advantages, actively cooperate with the university in research and talent development, and ensure that industry-university-research cooperation is substantive and effective. The company aims to achieve breakthroughs in key technologies and produce practical innovations in the field of watershed water eco-environment management and protection, contributing to the safeguarding of watershed ecological security and the promotion of green and low-carbon development.
The successful establishment of this university-enterprise R&D center has achieved a precise complementarity and synergistic win-win between the company’s practical strengths and NCWU’s research and talent advantages, building a solid bridge between university research innovation and industrial application. This endeavor holds significant practical implications and long-term value for advancing technological progress in watershed water eco-environment management and protection, and for supporting the national ecological civilization construction. Looking ahead, both parties will continue to deepen their cooperation, join hands in tackling technical challenges, accelerate the commercialization of research outcomes, and inject sustained new vitality into the high-quality development of China’s water conservancy and environmental protection sectors.
