North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power

North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power is located in Zhengzhou, on the bank of the Yellow River, the mother river of the Chinese nation. It is a university jointly built by the Ministry of Water Resources and Henan Province and mainly managed by Henan Province. It is a key university supported by Henan Province and the leading Chinese university in the "BRICS Network University".

North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power has built Huayuan Campus (No. 36, Beihuan Road, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, covering an area of ​​555 acres), Longzihu Campus (No. 136, Jinshui East Road, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, covering an area of ​​1,780 acres), and Jianghuai Campus (No. 236, Longchi Avenue, Luoshan County, Xinyang City, Henan Province, covering an area of ​​1,500 acres) is under construction. It is a university jointly built by the Ministry of Water Resources and Henan Province and mainly managed by Henan Province. It is a university under the construction of characteristic backbone universities in Henan Province, one of the first batch of master's degree-granting institutions in the country, the first batch of universities in the basic capacity construction project of central and western universities, the first batch of universities with overseas student enrollment qualifications, and the Ministry of Education's Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program. It is the leading Chinese university in the "BRICS Network University" determined by the Ministry of Education. The school originated from the Water Resources School of the Ministry of Water Resources of the Central People's Government, which was founded in Beijing in 1951 and was renamed the Beijing Water Resources School of the Ministry of Water Resources in 1954. In 1958, Beijing Hydropower School and Beijing Hydropower Correspondence College were merged to form Beijing Water Resources and Hydropower College. In 1969, it moved to Yuecheng Reservoir in Ci County, Hebei Province, and was renamed Hebei Water Resources and Hydropower College in 1971. In 1977, it moved to Handan City, Hebei Province, and was renamed North China Water Resources and Hydropower College in 1978. In 1990, it moved to Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, and was transferred from the Ministry of Water Resources to Henan Province in 2000, and implemented provincial and ministerial co-construction. In 2009, the Ministry of Water Resources and the Henan Provincial Government signed a strategic agreement to jointly build the North China Water Resources and Hydropower College. In 2013, it was renamed North China University of Water Resources and Hydropower.

North China University of Water Resources was born, survived and prospered by water, and has grown and developed along with the water conservancy and hydropower construction of New China. The school has moved and changed its location several times. After years of arduous and arduous journey of building, relocating and running schools, it has moved from Beijing to Hebei, and then to Henan. It has always adhered to the original mission of water conservancy and national rejuvenation, insisted on the inheritance of water conservancy and hydropower characteristics, and carried forward the spirit of water conservancy in the new era. With "diligence, rigor, pragmatism and innovation" as the school motto, and serving the national water conservancy and hydropower cause and regional economic and social development as its own responsibility, it has formed the school-running philosophy of "education-oriented, learning for practical use" and the school-running spirit of "caring for water conservancy and self-improvement". The school has 24 teaching units such as the School of Water Resources, the School of Electric Power, and the School of Water Resources, and 162 research institutions such as the Yellow River Basin Ecological Protection and High-quality Development Research Institute, the Water Culture Research Center, the Geotechnical Engineering and Hydraulic Structure Research Institute, and the Sino-German Resources Environment and Geological Hazard Research Center. The Water Affairs Research and Training Center of the Ministry of Water Resources, the Open Education Office of the Ministry of Water Resources Radio and Television University, the Water Conservancy Industry Supervision Research Center, the Youth Legal Education Center of the Ministry of Education, the Youth Legal Education and School Management Research Center of Henan Province, the Henan River Chief College, the Henan University Network Ideological and Political Center, the Henan Public Security and Emergency Management Research Center, the Henan Higher People's Court Environmental Damage Judicial Appraisal and Restoration Research Base, the Henan Ecological Environment Cadre Training Base, the Zhengdong New District Smart Island Big Data Talent Training Base, etc. are located in the school. The school has been selected as the first batch of national water situation education bases, national party building demonstration universities, the Ministry of Water Resources "Strong Supervision" talent training base and the member unit of the "Belt and Road" talent training base. Taking the national "Double First-Class" construction and the classified development of Henan universities as an opportunity, the school is based in the central part and faces the whole country. It adheres to the fundamental task of cultivating morality and cultivating people, continuously consolidates and enhances the core position of talent training and the basic position of undergraduate education, actively develops graduate education, and vigorously expands international exchanges and cooperation, providing strong talent, technology and intellectual support services for the implementation of national strategies, the new era of water conservancy and hydropower, and the high-quality development of regional economy and society.

The disciplines and majors are reasonably arranged. After 70 years of construction and development, the school has become a university with water conservancy and hydropower as its characteristics, engineering as its main discipline, and coordinated development of multiple disciplines such as science, engineering, management, agriculture, economics, literature, law, and art. There are 65 full-time undergraduate enrollment majors, including 10 national and provincial excellence plan construction majors (bases), 15 national and provincial comprehensive reform pilot majors, 17 national and provincial characteristic professional construction points, and 45 national and provincial first-class professional construction points. It has 14 provincial first-level key disciplines, 4 first-level disciplines authorized to confer doctoral degrees, and 38 first-level disciplines and authorized fields authorized to confer master's degrees.

Talent training has achieved remarkable results. The school recruits students from 31 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government, and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. There are more than 33,000 full-time undergraduates, master's and doctoral students, and foreign students. Since its establishment, the school has trained more than 450,000 senior professional and technical personnel and management talents for the country, including ministers of national ministries and commissions, generals of the armed police hydropower troops and nearly 20 provincial and ministerial leaders, Wu Xinfen, winner of the National Moral Model Award, Martyr Meng Ruipeng, who has won more than ten honorary titles such as the Fifth National Moral Model Nomination Award and the National Outstanding College Student, Liu Cixin, winner of the "Hugo Award" and the "Global Chinese Science Fiction Literature Highest Achievement Award", An Shaohua, captain of the Chinese Blue Sky Rescue Team, Liu Junguo, academician of the European Academy of Sciences and winner of the World Academy of Sciences Award, Zhang Xiaojun, an overseas scholar and the highest level member of the Australian Institute of Engineers, Gao Yusheng, a national engineering survey and design master, and other outstanding alumni in various fields at home and abroad, highlighting the school's talent training characteristics of "going down, enduring hardships, staying, using, and doing well" and the brand image of graduates who are "simple, solid foundation, pragmatic work, and down-to-earth style".

The faculty team continues to grow. The school implements the strategy of strengthening the school with talents and strengthens the construction of a high-level teaching staff. There are more than 2,500 faculty members, including more than 800 teachers with senior professional titles and more than 900 teachers with doctoral degrees; more than 80 national talents such as dual-appointed academicians, candidates for the National Hundred Thousand Talents Project, and national model teachers, as well as provincial talents such as outstanding experts, academic and technical leaders, teaching masters, model teachers and outstanding teachers in Henan Province, and 26 experts who enjoy special allowances from the State Council.

Fruitful scientific research results. During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the school hosted and participated in more than 1,700 scientific research projects of various types, including: hosting and participating in more than 160 national projects, including more than 140 national natural science foundations and social science foundations; hosting more than 380 provincial and ministerial projects, with a total of more than 600 million yuan in funds received. Nearly 2,000 high-quality academic papers have been published in journals such as SCI, EI, and CSSCI, and more than 1,000 academic monographs have been published. Engineering disciplines are among the top 1% in the ESI ranking. The university has won more than 480 scientific research awards at all levels and of all kinds, including more than 160 provincial and ministerial science and technology awards and above. In 2019 and 2020, it won the first prize of Henan Science and Technology Progress (host), and the level and number of awards have been ranked among the top universities in Henan Province. The school has been approved as the Provincial and Ministerial Co-construction Collaborative Innovation Center for Efficient Utilization of Water Resources in the Yellow River Basin. It is the first national scientific research platform in Henan Province to serve the implementation of the Yellow River national strategy. It has 45 scientific research platforms at or above the provincial and ministerial level, such as the Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Geotechnical Mechanics and Structural Engineering, the Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Conservancy Environment Simulation and Governance, the Henan Provincial International Joint Laboratory for Efficient Utilization of Agricultural Water Resources and Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, and the Henan Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Water Conservancy Big Data Analysis and Application (including 1 Henan Provincial Outstanding Foreign Scientist Studio), 6 national and local think tanks such as the Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the Henan Provincial Research Center for Translation and Communication of Yellow River Ecological Civilization, and 20 provincial-level scientific and technological innovation teams such as the "Water-Soil-Carbon" Coupling Effect and Ecological Security in the Henan Region and the Efficient Utilization of Water Resources and Disaster Prevention and Mitigation in Henan Province.

The social service has achieved remarkable results. The school actively adapts to the new changes in the main contradictions of water management in the new era and the new requirements of ecological construction, and actively participates in important water activities to provide decision-making consultation, scientific and technological services, talent support, personnel training, engineering supervision, etc. for the implementation of national strategies, the water conservancy industry and regional economic development, and has achieved good ecological, social and economic benefits. Over the years, the school has trained more than 300,000 professional and technical management talents for the water conservancy and hydropower industry and local economic construction, including more than 70,000 supervisors; Henan River Chief College has trained more than 8,000 river (lake) chiefs at all levels inside and outside the province, promoting the in-depth development of the river (lake) chief system; and has continuously held and hosted the "National Water Conservancy Scenic Area Construction and Management Training Course" and "Water Affairs Work Training Course". The "Dikanyuan" project undertaken by the school was selected into the list of national intangible cultural heritage; after the Wenchuan earthquake, the school selected 10 experts to provide high-quality guidance to complete the work of eliminating hazards and reinforcing small and medium-sized dangerous reservoirs on the front line of disaster relief, which became one of the model projects for reconstruction in Jiangyou City; the "Smart Monitoring and Management Project of Sanhekou Water Conservancy Hub during the Construction Period of the Han-Wei Diversion Project" undertaken by the school became a "Smart Water Conservancy" demonstration project of the Ministry of Water Resources; entrusted by the Ministry of Water Resources as a third party, it undertook the evaluation work of the comprehensive implementation of the river (lake) chief system in 31 provinces and cities across the country; and carried out "paired assistance" with Lankao County, Kaifeng City, to help Luyi County, Zhoukou City and other places win the battle against poverty.

The school actively serves the major needs of national and local water conservancy, deeply participates in the Yellow River governance, the operation and governance of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, Henan Province's "Four Water Governance", water-saving actions, flood control and drought relief, river and lake governance, rural water conservancy infrastructure construction, geological disaster prevention and control, and strong supervision of the water conservancy industry. Focusing on water resources, water disasters, water safety, water governance, water ecology, water environment and smart water conservancy, the school conducts key issue research and characteristic think tank construction, providing important support and services for national strategies, regional development and ecological civilization construction. Since the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin have become a major national strategy, the school has initiated the establishment of the "Yellow River Basin Ecological Protection and High-quality Development Research Institute" and the "Henan Yellow River Ecological Civilization Translation and Communication Research Center", and has been approved for 9 platforms and humanities and social science bases related to the Yellow River, carried out research on major key issues of the Yellow River, and participated in the preparation of the Yellow River Basin Ecological Protection and High-quality Development Plan for Sanmenxia and other cities along the Yellow River. Henan Huabei Water Conservancy and Hydropower Supervision Co., Ltd., a school-affiliated enterprise, participated in the compilation of the "Water Conservancy Construction Supervision Specification" (SL288-2014). The Dongjiang-Shenzhen Water Supply Project it undertook won the Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Special Award and the National Quality Project Award. The Dongshen Water Supply Reconstruction Project won the China Water Conservancy Project Quality (Dayu) Award and the 100 Classic and Excellent Projects Award for the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of New China. The "South-to-North Water Diversion Middle Route Main Canal Qinhe Channel Inverted Siphon Project" project supervised by Henan Huabei Water Conservancy and Hydropower Survey and Design Co., Ltd. won the National Quality Project Award; the membrane structure Hainan Sanya Convention and Exhibition Center designed by Henan Huabei Water Conservancy and Hydropower Survey and Design Co., Ltd. was highly praised by domestic and foreign peers, and the shuttlecock, gyroscope, swing and other venue renovation projects designed by the 11th National Traditional Sports Games for Ethnic Minorities were commended by the competition organizing committee.

The prospects for international cooperation are broad. The school has a long history of international cooperation. It began to accept international students in 1958 and provided counterpart assistance to the Vietnam Water Conservancy and Hydropower College. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the university has conscientiously implemented the national and Henan provincial policies on opening up education in the new era, paid more attention to international cooperation and exchanges, and the internationalization of education has reached a new level. The school has established friendly cooperative relations with more than 80 overseas universities, and has carried out Sino-foreign cooperative education with world-class universities such as Swinburne University of Technology in Australia, University of Nice in France, Teesside University in the UK, Keimyung University in South Korea, and Ural Federal University in Russia. In 2015 and 2016, it was selected as the founding member university of the "BRICS Network University" and the "BRICS University Alliance" in China, and became the leading university in the two fields of water resources and pollution control and energy of the "BRICS Network University". The Ural College jointly established by the school and the Ural Federal University of Russia is the first cooperative school under the BRICS Network University system. It officially enrolled students in 2018 and became a major breakthrough in the opening up of education in Henan Province; the Confucius Institute jointly run with the Sarawak University of Technology in Malaysia was approved, and on this basis, the school's first overseas school-Huayu College was established, marking a major breakthrough in the export of high-quality educational resources and overseas education. The school strengthens international scientific research cooperation, and has established the BRICS Network University and BRICS University Alliance Water Engineering and Energy Research Center with the Ural Federal University of Russia, the China-Russia High-speed Railway Research Center with the St. Petersburg State University of Transport of Russia, and the Logistics Engineering Research Center with Inha University of South Korea.

The campus culture is rich and colorful. The school attaches great importance to the sports, aesthetic education and cultural life of college students. In 2015, it established the first college rowing team in Henan Province and won more than 20 awards in international and domestic competitions. Rowing has become a brand of the school's characteristic sports. It has been rated as "Henan Province's Class A Art Education College" for four consecutive sessions, and has been rated as "Henan Province College Student Science, Culture and Art Festival Excellent Organizing Unit" for 11 consecutive sessions. It has won the "Excellent Organization Award" in the Henan Division of the National "Internet +" College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition for five consecutive years. It has been rated as an excellent unit for the province's college and technical school student volunteers' summer cultural, technological and health "three going to the countryside" social practice, the first "Outstanding Central Plains" college student social practice activity in Henan Province, "Excellent Organizing Unit of the Water-saving Cultural and Creative Competition", and "Henan's Most Influential Community University"; won the silver medal in the 3rd China Youth Volunteer Service Project Competition, the first prize in the National College Student Mechanical Innovation Design Competition, and the China The school won the first prize of the National Robot Competition, the special prize of the 6th National Engineering Training Comprehensive Ability Competition, the national bronze medal of the 4th and 6th China "Internet +" College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, and the winner's cup of the 13th and 14th "Challenge Cup" Henan College Students Extracurricular Academic and Scientific Works Competition; the school Youth League Committee was awarded the honorary titles of "National May 4th Red Flag Youth League Committee", "National Excellent Unit for College Students' Social Practice Activities", "Henan Province Lei Feng Activity Advanced Collective", and 2 Youth League branches were rated as "Vigorous Youth League Branches" in colleges and universities across the country; the "Concentrating the Power of Models and Gathering Youth Energy-Song Xue Ruipeng Theme Education Activity" organized and applied for won the first prize of the first excellent achievement of campus cultural construction in Henan Province, and the new media center won the title of "Henan Province Top Ten Henan Youth New Media Studio"; the art work "Meng Ruipeng" was awarded the "Outstanding Stage Art Work" award at the 13th "Red Gongs and Drums" China-ASEAN Art Education Achievement Exhibition.

Social reputation continues to improve. The school has been awarded the honorary titles of "National Advanced Collective of Water Conservancy Science and Technology", "National Excellent Unit for Undergraduate Teaching Level Evaluation of Colleges and Universities", "National Advanced Collective of Education System", "National Advanced Collective of Graduate Employment", "National Advanced Unit of Discipline Inspection and Supervision in Education System", "Advanced Unit of Propaganda in Henan Province" and so on; it has been rated as "Provincial Civilized Unit" for three consecutive terms, and has been rated as "Provincial Civilized Unit Model" and "Henan Province Civilized Campus Model". In recent years, it has successively won the "Most Employable 1

0 Henan Education Business Cards", "National Best University for College Students' Employment", "National 50 Typical Universities for Graduate Employment", "National Advanced Collective for Graduate Employment", "Henan Province Advanced Unit for Graduate Employment and Entrepreneurship" and other honorary titles; since 2008, the water conservancy and power sub-market of Henan Province's graduate employment market has been established in the school; in the 2013 "Henan Province College Graduate Employment, Early Warning and Key Industry Talent Supply" report released by a third-party authoritative data agency (MyCOS), the school ranked first in employment competitiveness among Henan Province's colleges and universities; according to the national According to a survey conducted by the Statistics Bureau in 2014, the school ranked first in the satisfaction evaluation of graduates from 71 undergraduate colleges and universities participating in the survey by employers. In 2016, it was rated by authoritative media as "the top ten most competitive universities in Henan Province" and "the most influential university in Henan Province". In 2017 and 2018, it was shortlisted as the 97th and 90th in the "Top 100 Universities in China for Graduate Employment Competitiveness". The school was identified as "the first batch of Henan University Student Entrepreneurship Demonstration Base", "Henan Province Innovation and Entrepreneurship Demonstration Base", "Henan Province Big Data Entrepreneurship Base", and the university science and technology park was approved as "Henan University Science and Technology Park", Huashui Innovation Space was rated as "Henan Innovation Space" and "Zhengzhou Entrepreneurship Incubation Park".

Facing the future, the school is guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, bears in mind the historical mission of educating people for the Party and cultivating talents for the country and the responsibility of managing water and revitalizing the country and protecting water and beautifying the country, fully implements the Party's education policy, fully implements the fundamental task of cultivating people with moral integrity, comprehensively deepens comprehensive reform, adheres to high-quality party building as the leader, high-quality development as the theme, and the new era of water management policy as the guide, serving the national strategies such as ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin, water conservancy and hydropower industry and regional economic and social development needs as the guide, deeply implements the new development concept, actively integrates into the new development pattern, and strives to implement the strategy of "quality-based school, talent-based school, characteristic-based school, open and active school", continuously improves the quality of talent training, scientific research level, social service ability, cultural inheritance and innovation ability and international exchange and cooperation level, accelerates the modernization of the school's governance system and governance capacity, and strives to build a high-level water conservancy and hydropower university with important influence at home and abroad and distinctive characteristics, and make greater contributions to the high-quality development of water conservancy and hydropower industry and economic and social development in the new era.