The College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering was established

On the afternoon of March 4^th, 2021, the inaugural meeting of the College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering was held in the International Conference Hall. After the discussion, the university decided that College of Mechanical Engineering, College of Automotive Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions would be integrated, and the former College of Mechanical Engineering and the former College of Automotive Engineering would be merged to establish the College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering. Lichun Shu, secretary of the school party committee, attended the meeting and spoke, Wang Xu, deputy secretary of the party committee, read out the documents, and Shilong Wang, vice president, presided over the meeting.

In his speech, Lichun Shu on behalf of the university firstly expressed warm congratulations on the establishment of the College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering. He reviewed the development history of mechanical disciplines of Chongqing University and fully affirmed that the College of Mechanical Engineering, the College of Automotive Engineering, the State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, and the National 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center-Chongqing Cooperative Innovation Center for Autonomous Vehicles have made great progress in the development of disciplines, scientific research, team building and talent training under the leadership of the Party and Government of the university, relying closely on all the faculty and staff, pioneering and innovating, forging ahead and making real efforts.

He pointed out that the goal of the integration of the two colleges and two national platforms together is to create the future and strengthen ourselves based on the previous stage. It aims to integrate into the new development pattern, cultivating new machines in the crisis, opening a new bureau in the changing situation, and achieving greater brilliance. To this end, he put forward three hopes: first, to fit in with the needs of the times, second, to accelerate the depth of integration, and third, to achieve optimal integration of resources.

At the meeting, Xu Wang read out the document of institution setting and the document of cadre appointment and removal.

Xiaohui Chen, Secretary of the Party Committee of the College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, and Jun Luo, Dean of the College, made a statement. They said that they would live up to the expectations of the school and teachers, and repay the trust of the school with the high-quality development of the work of the college.

The Organization Department of the Party Committee of the university, the main person in charge of the Development Planning Department, all the faculty and staff of the College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, and some student representatives attended the meeting.