On February 1, Beijing University of Technology convened a Strategic Development Seminar on the Disciplines of Mathematics and Statistics. The meeting reviewed progress in the development of the two disciplines, analyzed opportunities and challenges facing these disciplines' development to match new circumstances, and strategically charted the course for future development to further promote the high-quality  integrated development of mathematics and statistics.

The seminar brought together five academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and more than 30 leading experts and scholars from top universities and research institutes nationwide. He Ming, Secretary of the CPC BJUT Committee, and Vice President Liu Zhaomiao attended the meeting. The seminar was chaired by Liu Zhaomiao.

He Ming extended a warm welcome and heartfelt gratitude to the attending experts on behalf of the University. He noted that since its founding in 1960, BJUT has consistently aligned its development with national strategies and the needs of the capital, advancing education, scientific innovation, and talent cultivation in a coordinated manner. The framework for building a world-class university has largely taken shape, with marked improvements in the University's core competitiveness and service capacity. In 2025, the final year of the 14th Five-Year Plan, the University's new Fangshan campus officially began construction, marking a significant historic opportunity for BJUT's development. The new campus will prioritize the development of nine major disciplinary clusters, providing broader platforms and richer resources for the growth of science and engineering disciplines.

He emphasized that fundamental disciplines serve as the "source of vitality" driving scientific and technological innovation and form the foundation for cultivating top-tier innovative talent. As a first-class university, BJUT must be supported by first-class mathematics and science disciplines. Centered on the goal of building a world-class university, BJUT will strengthen its primary disciplines to lay a solid foundation for its high-quality development. It will also intensify efforts to recruit high-level talent from home and abroad, sincerely welcoming leading scholars and their teams worldwide to join BJUT and jointly advance the development of these primary disciplines. He expressed his sincere hope that the attending experts would offer valuable advice to support the development of mathematics and statistics at BJUT and help promote the innovative development of fundamental disciplines.

Huang Qiumei, Dean of the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Mechanics, delivered a report on the development of mathematics and statistics within the University.

The participating experts, guided by the strategic needs of the nation and the capital, and drawing on the disciplinary development practices of their respective institutions, offered recommendations for the advancement of mathematics and statistics at BJUT. Their discussions focused on key issues including the refinement of disciplinary directions, cultivating talent, and promoting interdisciplinary integration and innovation. They not only identified major bottlenecks in current development, but also proposed practical and feasible development paths, while sharing their valuable experiences.