Wuhan, China - November 9, 2025 - The School of Management at Wuhan University of Technology (WHUT) hosted the Summit Forum on Management Discipline Education, Research, and the National College Student Human Resource Management Comprehensive Competency Competition. The forum aimed to foster innovation in management education and research, enhance students' HR competencies, and build a synergistic system for academia, talent development, and practice. As part of the WHUT “New Classroom & Golden Teacher Ideas Exchange” series, it focused on advancing discipline construction, talent cultivation reform, and teaching innovation. The event was chaired by Xu Ming, Deputy Director of the competition's organizing committee.
In the keynote speech session, academic experts delved into core digital-intelligence (digi-intellectual) topics. Professor Long Lirong from Huazhong University of Science and Technology presented on “Leadership Enhancement in the Digi-Intellectual Era”. He noted that digi-intellectual technologies are driving organizations toward a hybrid “carbon-based + silicon-based” form, necessitating adaptable transformation models, innovative digital management mechanisms, and strengthened digital mindsets among managers.
Professor Li Yanping from Wuhan University, speaking on “Paradigm Shift and Pathways for HR Professional Cultivation in the Digi-Intellectual Era”, argued that HR professionals now require both hard skills and cognitive abilities. She proposed cultivating talent through an “operating system + application” model, clarifying the direction for disciplinary digi-intellectual cultivation.
Professor Jin Mengzi from Peking University shared “Research on Gender Differences in Innovation”, revealing that women in innovation fields face approximately a 20% lag in salary and promotion compared to men, rooted in social stereotypes. She suggested promoting gender equality through measures like anonymous reviews and establishing female role models.
Professor Hu Chuan from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, in his talk “Transformation Strategies for Business Disciplines in the Digital Context”, proposed three breakthroughs for traditional business education: building a “digi-intellectual + interdisciplinary” curriculum system, innovating blended online-offline teaching models, and deepening industry-education integration to achieve “teaching-research-industry” synergy.
The Dean's Roundtable, moderated by Sun Zehou from the WHUT School of Management, featured in-depth discussions on HR discipline development and cultivation models. Participants included Zhang Long, Vice Dean of the Business School at Hunan University; Jiang Jianwu, Vice Dean of the School of Management at Shenzhen University; Fu Jingtao, Vice Dean of the International Business School at Hainan University; Peng Wei, Vice Dean of the Business School at Changzhou University; and Yang Fu, Assistant Dean of the School of Business Administration at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics.
Centered on digi-intellectualization, the summit convened academic and industry insights. It provided clear directions for innovating management pedagogy and talent cultivation paradigms while establishing a platform for industry-academia-research collaboration to empower high-quality development in the human resources field, uniting efforts to drive industry transformation and educational advancement in the digi-intellectual era.
