On September 12th, the inauguration ceremony of Consortium for Battery Innovation (CBI) Jinkeli Technology Innovation Center and Advanced Battery Materials Innovation Institute (ABMII) was held at Kechuang Square of Shandong Jinkeli Power Source Technology Co., Ltd. Alistair Davidson, President of CBI, CHEN Dezhan, Shandong Provincial Government Counselor and former director of Professors’ Committee of Shandong Normal University, WANG Nannan, researcher of Science and Technology Cooperation Division of Shandong Provincial Department of Science and Technology, LI Yuxia, president of SDUT, and CUI Huanyong, a member of Standing Committee of the Party Committee and vice president of SDUT, attended the ceremony.
LI Yuxia delivered a speech on behalf of SDUT, briefly introducing the basic situation and the development course of SDUT in recent years. She stated that the establishment of ABMII was another important measure to deepen the integration of university and local development, as well as school-enterprise cooperation. The institute would closely connect with the green energy industry chain in Zibo City, carry out key technology research, build an innovation complex, and contribute to promoting the upgrading of the green energy industry and serving regional economic and social development.
LI Yuxia, CHEN Dezhan, WANG Nannan, CUI Huanyong, XIONG Xin, FENG Bingtao, GUO Yihua and XING Fucheng jointly launched ABMII.
It was reported that ABMII was established in accordance with the requirements of the Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Construction of Industrial Innovation Research Institutes issued by the Shandong Provincial Department of Education, the Provincial Department of Science and Technology, and the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology. SDUT accurately connected with the new energy equipment industry chain in Shandong Province and the green energy industry chain in Zibo City, and jointly set up the institute with the Zichuan District People’s Government and Shandong Jinkeli Power Source Technology Co., Ltd., aiming to promote the upgrading of the green energy industry and serve regional economic development.