On September 26, 2025, a distinguished delegation from the School of Transportation and Logistics Engineering at Wuhan University of Technology (WHUT), led by Party Secretary Xiao Yaogen, Vice Dean Ouyang Wu, and Deputy Party Secretary Shen Qiang, specially visited our company. Building upon the comprehensive cooperation framework agreement signed in May this year, both parties engaged in in-depth discussions concerning specific implementation plans for joint talent cultivation and the commercialization of technological achievements, reaching a series of important consensus.

In the meeting, Secretary Xiao Yaogen highly affirmed the solid foundation of the long-term collaboration between two institutions. He emphasized that since its establishment, Wuhan K-crane Ocean has maintained a close and dynamic partnership with the School of Transportation and Logistics Engineering at WHUT, achieving remarkable results in areas such as port equipment R&D and logistics technology innovation. "The company's business focus aligns perfectly with the School's key disciplines, including Transportation Engineering and Logistics Engineering. Furthermore, our geographical proximity provides a unique advantage for resource sharing and deep industry-academia-research integration," Secretary Xiao stated. He stressed that advancing this framework agreement aims to upgrade the collaboration model—both sides will concentrate on cutting-edge industry needs, jointly tackle key technological challenges, accelerate the industrialization of research outcomes, and strive to build this partnership into a model project of university-enterprise synergy, setting a benchmark for high-quality development in the industry.

As the leader overseeing research, Vice Dean Ouyang Wu highlighted the vital "Alumni Connection" within this collaboration. He expressed great pride and honor in witnessing WHUT alumni at Wuhan K-crane Ocean driving innovation and achieving excellence within the industry. Regarding future cooperation, Vice Dean Ouyang proposed a clear direction: "The University will fully leverage its disciplinary, talent, and research strengths to provide technical support and intellectual assurance for the enterprise. Concurrently, the company, with its rich industrial scenarios and market experience, will serve as a 'testing ground' for technology validation and commercialization. This closed-loop model of 'Technology R&D - Scenario Application - Iterative Optimization' will genuinely realize complementary advantages and create mutual benefits."

Focusing on the core issue of talent cultivation, Deputy Party Secretary Shen Qiang put forward concrete proposals based on the School's educational objectives. He suggested that both parties fully utilize the advantage of "disciplinary alignment" to establish an integrated "Internship - Practical Training - Employment" cultivation system. The School will recommend outstanding undergraduate and postgraduate students to participate in the company's project development and practical operations, enhancing students' professional skills and innovative thinking through practice. The company can deeply engage in the talent cultivation process by establishing practice bases and providing industry mentors. The ultimate goal is to jointly cultivate high-quality, application-oriented technical talent for fields like port equipment and smart logistics, thereby alleviating the industry's talent supply-demand gap.

Our General Manager, Yang Zhong, extended a warm welcome to Secretary Xiao and the delegation, and elaborated on the company's development needs and cooperation expectations. He mentioned that as an innovative R&D enterprise focused on tackling industry "hard bones," Wuhan K-crane Ocean possesses significant advantages in identifying industry pain points, refining high-quality research topics, and promoting the transformation of technological achievements. "Currently, the company has accumulated multiple R&D tasks that urgently awaiting breakthroughs. However, progress on some projects faces bottlenecks due to limited personnel bandwidth. This deep collaboration with WHUT comes at an opportune time to help us address the challenge of 'insufficient R&D resources'," General Manager Yang emphasized. He committed that the company will fully support the University's talent cultivation plans, open its R&D platforms and project resources, and jointly explore new pathways for the integrated development of "Industry-Academia-Research-Application" with WHUT. "We sincerely thank the University and the School for their recognition and support. We look forward to leveraging this collaboration as a starting point to jointly pioneer a new chapter in university-enterprise cooperation with WHUT."

This consultation has charted a clear "roadmap" for subsequent collaboration. Moving forward, Wuhan K-crane Ocean and the WHUT School of Transportation and Logistics Engineering will establish dedicated working groups to accelerate the implementation of specific cooperative initiatives, ensuring all aspects of the framework agreement are fulfilled, thereby injecting stronger momentum into industry-academia collaborative innovation and shared promotion of industry advancement.