Deans nationwide jointly issue 'Tianjin Consensus'

The 3rd National Forum of Deans of Entrepreneurship Schools and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei MBA Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Forum were held on Nov 23 at Tianjin University.

The participants at the forums together promulgated the "Tianjin Consensus", which focuses on innovation and entrepreneurship education in universities and colleges.

Party Secretary of Tianjin University Li Jiajun delivers the opening speech. [Photo provided to exploringtianjin.com]

Deputy Party Secretary of Tianjin University Lei Ming delivers a speech. [Photo provided to exploringtianjin.com]

The round-table forum [Photo provided to exploringtianjin.com]

The "Tianjin Consensus" holds that the essence of innovation and entrepreneurship education is to foster "value creators", who can adapt to the new environment. Universities should commit to cultivating innovative and entrepreneurial talents who will lead the future. The essence is to enhance students' adaptability and creativity in an uncertain environment.

The "Tianjin Consensus" emphasizes that the training goal of innovation and entrepreneurship education is not to help students establish start-up businesses, but rather to stimulate students' innate motivation so they can systematically study the concepts, methods and tools of innovation and entrepreneurship and apply them to products, services and social needs.

The "Tianjin Consensus" believes that university innovation and entrepreneurship education should be the basic method of personnel training and it should run through the entire process. Training modes such as "elite classes", or "experimental classes" should be abandoned, and innovation and entrepreneurship education should be made accessible to all students, and be the driving force in improving the quality of talents' training.

At the same time, the "Tianjin Consensus" also calls on the whole society to support innovation and entrepreneurship education in colleges and universities, and to collaborate with those institutions to establish and improve the entrepreneurial education system. Colleges and universities are encouraged to guide students to integrate their youthful dreams into the great vision of the Chinese Dream, and to cultivate leading talents for China's construction and the future of a shared human destiny.

The forum was sponsored by the Department of Management and Economics and the Committee of the Communist Youth League of Tianjin University. It was attended by nearly 100 deans, experts and scholars with authority in innovation and entrepreneurship education from different universities, including Tsinghua University, Peking University and Zhejiang University.