On November 26, the 2021 Yangtze River Delta Urban Development Forum jointly held by SUCC (Shanghai Urban Construction Vocational College), Shanghai Urban Science Research Society and Shanghai Construction Vocational Education Group was held in Fengxian Campus. With the theme of “Energizing Talents • Opening up a New Prospect for Development”, the important issues such as: energizing the urban talent vitality under the background of Yangtze River Delta integration, the construction and development of city economy with talent environment, talent quantity and talent contribution in small and medium-sized cities in the Yangtze River Delta, and Yangtze River Delta industrial system and regional coordinated development were further discussed in this forum. Guest leaders such as Shu Jinlong, director of Higher Education Department of Shanghai Education Commission, Zhao Hua, head of Economic Development Team of Yangtze River Delta Regional Cooperation Office and Level I researcher of Yangtze River Delta Department of Anhui Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Cao Xuejuan, director of Public Service and Social Development Department of the Executive Committee of the Yangtze River Delta Integration Demonstration Area, Wang Rong, vice president of Shanghai Urban Science Research Society, Zhang Baochuan, a Level II researcher in Bengbu city, Anhui Province, Wang Yi, director and Researcher of Human Resource Research Center, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Zhang Julang, vice president of Shanghai Architecture Education Group and president of Shanghai City Science and Technology School, Wang Mingcan, vice preside of Anhui Huaibei Health school, Chu Min, Party secretary, and Ye Yinzhong, president of SUCC, attended this forum.

Ye Yinzhong made a welcome speech. He said that implementing the integrated development strategy of the Yangtze River Delta is a major strategy to guide high-quality development across the country, improving the spatial layout of China's reform and opening up, and greatly improve the China's development. SUCC has deeply carried out the important concept of “Cities are Built by the People and for the People”, grasping the pulse of regional development and following the process of urban development. SUCC has held the Yangtze River Delta Urban Development Forum for four consecutive years, striving to build the forum into an influential academic research platform and brand facing the Yangtze River Delta in order to play an important role in academic exchanges, technology sharing in the industry and political decision-making consultation. SUCC will strengthen openness and cooperation, deepen people-to-people exchange, and strengthen cooperation in scientific research jointly with the government, vocational colleges, scientific research institutions and enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region in order to provide intellectual and human resources support for regional economic and social development and to contribute to building a world-class city cluster full of vitality and international competitiveness!

Shu Jinlong said that higher education, especially higher vocational education, is an important breakthrough in the process of promoting the integration of the Yangtze River Delta. In this forum, a platform for showing the achievements and experiences of urban development in the Yangtze River Delta, gathering the wisdom of urban research in the Yangtze River Delta, and promoting the exchange and interaction among the government, universities and enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta was established, which has an important significance in promoting the cooperation of construction colleges in the Yangtze River Delta, promoting the higher level of cooperation and opening of higher vocational education, and making suggestions for the urban development of the Yangtze River Delta. He hoped that universities and enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta Region can further exchange and cooperate, and contribute to the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta Region, support the construction of world-class city cluster in the Yangtze River Delta Region, and serve the Yangtze River Delta Region to participate in international competition and cooperation at a higher level with a higher position, wider fields, higher quality and deeper coordination.

Dr. Gao Fang released the research result “City Development Report 2020 of Yangtze River Delta - Research on the Vitality of Small and Medium-sized Cities in Yangtze River Delta • Talents” on behalf of Urban Development Research Center of SUCC. This report focuses on the talent vitality of small and medium-sized cities in the Yangtze River Delta, and forming the evaluation index system of talent vitality in small and medium-sized cities of Yangtze River Delta from three dimensions of talent environment, talent capacity and talent contribution. The index system includes 3 Level-I indexes, 8 Level-II indexes and 24 Level-III indexes. She adopted the linear function comprehensive evaluation method to construct a comprehensive evaluation model of talent vitality in small and medium-sized cities in the Yangtze River Delta to quantitatively evaluate the development vitality of small and medium-sized cities in the Yangtze River Delta, further analyzing on the advanced experience and practice, problems and challenges in the development of small and medium-sized cities in the Yangtze River Delta, and putting forward some measures and suggestions for the next development.

Wang Rong and Gan Aipin, vice principal of SUCC, jointly unveiled the nameplate of “Professional Committee for Development Research of Small and Medium-sized Cities of Shanghai Society of Urban Studies”. The special committee will organize and carry out relevant theoretical research on the major subjects such as development orientation, development path, development comparison, development evaluation and development law of small and medium-sized cities in the context of Yangtze River Delta integration strategy, organizing and undertaking the projects entrusted by cities, holding forums and conferences on the development of small and medium-sized cities, submitting decision-making advisory reports to the government and relevant departments, and forming a series of research results on small and medium-sized cities.

Zhang Baochuan and Shang Huiping, director of Publicity Department of SUCC, jointly unveiled the nameplate of “Innovation and Development Research Institute of Huaihe Ecological Economic Belt”. Based in Bengbu, the institute will further research on the cooperation mechanism between central area of Yangtze River Delta and less developed area of Northern Anhui, coordinated development path, industrial transfer and industrial agglomeration construction, the mechanism for preventing return to poverty in poverty-stricken areas, rural revitalization, and forming a series of research results.

Cao Xuejuan made a speech of “Making an Independent Effort - Innovative Practice of ‘Breaking Boundary’ in Public Service in the Integration Demonstration Area of Yangtze River Delta”, introducing the a new cross-domain governance model featuring statutory institutions, co-governance by the industry and market operation from three aspects of increasing institutional innovation, improving project display, and making people's lives more felt. Combined with a large number of work examples in the demonstration area, she introduced the construction conditions of integrated demonstration area, sharing three principles of “people-centered, highlighting the orientation of the integrated experimental field and insisting on the reasonable and moderate integration standards”, and fully demonstrating the blueprint for the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Delta integration.

Wang Yi made a speech of “Talent Strategic Pattern in the New Era: Important Talent Center and Strategy Support”, interpreting the spirit of Party Central Committee talent work conference, and analyzing the new pattern of global talent and the new situation of domestic talent, and putting forward a new layout for implementing the strategy of reinvigorating China through talents in the new era. With China's development, China's strengths and China's future, we will continuously enhance the ability, attractiveness and influence of global human resource allocation, continuously improving the foundation of “the global talents are willing to come and happy to come”, letting more talents around the world come together and prosper China, and letting high-level talent platform become an important hub and platform for allocating and developing global talents.

Chu Min and Zhao Hua jointly launched the City Development Report 2021 of Yangtze River Delta.

Chu Min summarized and commented on the forum content, and said that the forum has achieved the expected results of setting up a platform for exchange and cooperation, gathering wisdom and ideas from all parties, and promoting the expected results of concept, practice and innovation, and obtaining a complete success. He expressed his sincere thanks to the leaders who shared their ideas on behalf of SUCC, and further elaborating the meaning of the establishment of the Small and Medium-sized City Development Research Committee and the Innovation and Development Research Institute of Huaihe Ecological Economic Belt. “Shanghai Urban Construction Vocational College (SUCC) is a college which grows together with the city cluster of Yangtze River Delta”, he said. The college has held the Yangtze River Delta Urban Forum for four consecutive years, issuing the “City Development Report of Yangtze River Delta” for three consecutive years, continuously researching the vitality of small and medium-sized cities in the Yangtze River Delta, and actively setting up an exchange and interaction platform that gathers wisdom of all parties and promotes the collision of ideas among government, university and enterprise in order to provide decision-making reference for improving the overall vitality level of cities in the Yangtze River Delta and promoting the high-quality development of urban economy.

He said that the City Development Report 2021 of Yangtze River Delta will continue to focus on the research of small and medium-sized cities in the Yangtze River Delta, focusing on cultural vitality, building an index system of cultural vitality from five aspects of cultural resources, cultural innovation, cultural communication, cultural conservation and cultural cohesion, and exploring the cultural vitality of small and medium-sized cities in the Yangtze River Delta to promote the construction of soft power in small and medium-sized cities in the Yangtze River Delta. SUCC will insist on the mission of serving the national major strategies and serving the regional economic and social development, continuously strengthening the contact with the Yangtze River Delta Regional Cooperation Office, actively cooperating with relevant cities and peer colleges, continuously strengthening the power of running school in the service, and creating a better service result with the stronger power of running school to promote high-quality integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta.