Our university has recently appointed Wei Xiaogang, Vice President of Midea Groups Meiyun Zhishu, and Xing Chengyu, General Manager of the Industry Ecosystem Department at Meiyun Zhishu, as Distinguished Professors for a four-year term. Leveraging their industry expertise and hands-on experience from leading enterprises, these experts will significantly advance the integration of industry and education at our institution, providing robust intellectual support for the new industrialization of small and medium-sized enterprises in Liaoning Province.
Our university has steadfastly upheld the educational philosophy of "putting people first and applying knowledge to practice," aligning with the demands of the new industrialization era. By advancing the integration of industry and education, we have established multiple modern industrial colleges in collaboration with industry leaders like Midea Group, creating a high-level practical platform that combines talent cultivation, scientific innovation, and technology transfer. Our distinctive strengths in AI intelligence, digital applications, and industrial internet have laid a solid foundation for the university-enterprise partnership in this special professor appointment. The two experts appointed this time both come from Midea Groups Meiyun Zhishu, with years of expertise in digital transformation and smart manufacturing. Their profound industry insights and practical experience align perfectly with the universitys development goals and the needs of the Liaoning Provincial SME New Industrialization Institute.
Wei Xiaogang currently serves as Vice President and Customer Success Officer of Midea Groups Meiyun Zhishu. With extensive experience in manufacturing digital transformation and industrial internet, he has been deeply involved in implementing Midea Groups "Digital Intelligence-Driven" strategy. His core responsibilities include developing digital transformation solutions for enterprise clients, managing customer success operations, and fostering ecosystem collaborations. He leads initiatives in AI+manufacturing, Lighthouse Factory, and industry-education integration. At our university, Wei will leverage his expertise to advance corporate empowerment research in digital operations and AI applications, integrate cutting-edge technologies like AIGC with talent development and scientific innovation, and elevate the institutions teaching and research standards in these fields.
Xing Chengyu currently serves as the General Manager of the Industry Ecosystem Department at Midea Groups Meiyun Zhishu. With 20 years of work experience at Midea Group, he has held various positions including Lean Management Head of the Group and Business Units, Factory Director, Director of the Lean Management Department, Deputy General Manager of Digital Operations at Meiyun Zhishu, and General Manager of the Industry Ecosystem Department. He was deeply involved in the full-process implementation of Mideas MBS and the "632" digital transformation project. He led the intelligent lean transformation of the MBS pilot factory in the Home Appliances Business Unit and spearheaded a full-value-chain lean transformation project covering manufacturing, R&D, functional departments, and suppliers. With extensive leadership experience in lean transformation and intelligent manufacturing management, operations, and implementation, he holds the Six Sigma Black Belt certification from China Quality Association and the MBS Black Belt certification from Midea Group. In fields such as intelligent manufacturing, lighthouse factory planning and construction, enterprise big data operations, and AI+manufacturing integration, Xing Chengyu possesses solid theoretical foundations and practical capabilities. His appointment will further strengthen the schools practical teaching and research capabilities in the field of intelligent manufacturing, helping the school build a distinctive "automation-lean-digital-intelligent" four-dimensional talent cultivation system.
The two specially appointed professors will leverage their professional expertise and industry resources to actively participate in the universitys academic development, curriculum design, research breakthroughs, and talent cultivation. They will assist in establishing faculty-student research teams and project delivery teams, enhancing the integration of education and research to comprehensively improve the scientific innovation capabilities of both teachers and students. Simultaneously, they will help the university consolidate platform resources and technical synergies, conduct key technology research and market expansion, undertake industrial project deliveries, and guide research practices toward industrial colleges. Through multi-party collaboration, the university will develop an integrated innovation platform encompassing policy promotion, industry alignment, sectoral exchanges, technical services, technology transfer, and talent development. This will achieve deep synergy among industry, academia, research, and application, contributing significantly to building our university into a top-tier applied institution, serving regional economic and social development, and supporting Liaoning Provinces new industrialization efforts。
Translated by Basic Courses Department
