Freetech Joins Newly Established "SJTU Pujiang · Innovate Future" Alliance to Deepen Industry-Academia Integration

SHANGHAI, April 12 — Marking the 130th anniversary of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) and the 20th anniversary of its Pujiang Global College, the High-Quality Development Conference was held today. The "SJTU Pujiang · Innovate Future" Academy-Enterprise Alliance was officially inaugrated. As a key member of the newly formed alliance, Dr. Shen Junqiang, Chief Scientist of Freetech, was invited to attend the ceremony, witnessing the launch of this new chapter in university-enterprise cooperation alongside industry leaders and academic dignitaries.

The alliance is dedicated to promoting an internationalized platform that bridges industry and academia, precisely aligning academic breakthroughs with real-world market demands. As a leading enterprise in the intelligent driving sector, Freetech will collaborate closely with SJTU's Pujiang Global College to drive deep synergies across talent cultivation, technological R&D, and the commercialization of scientific research achievement.

This partnership has already yielded fruitful results. Last December, a joint senior thesis project between Freetech and the Pujiang Global College concluded with outstanding success.

By breaking down traditional barriers between academia and the corporate sector, this initiative granted students direct access to front-line corporate R&D resources. The project topics were carefully curated to balance cutting-edge AI applications with practical industry challenges, allowing students to hone their innovation skills through hands-on, real-world engineering. This program effectively bridged the gap between academic research and industrial application, establishing a robust pipeline for cultivating multi-disciplinary talent equipped with both global vision and practical expertise.

Dr. Shen Junqiang emphasized Freetech’s strategic commitment to collaborative innovation with top-tier universities:"Moving forward, leveraging the alliance’s platform, we will further integrate our respective resources to deepen cooperation in cutting edge fields such as advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), artificial intelligence, and big data platforms. Together, we aim to inject new momentum into the high-quality development of China’s intelligent automotive industry."The establishment of this alliance marks a new milestone in the strategic partnership between Freetech and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. It stands as a dynamic, pragmatic paradigm for exploring new pathways in industry-academia-research collaboration for the future of intelligent mobility.