Yang, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and secretary of Wuxi Municipal Party Committee, congratulated Yixing and Nanyou on their cooperation in building Tongda College. He pointed out that the settlement of Tongda College in Yixing is a major event in the history of higher education development in Wuxi and Yixing, which will support and lead the future economic and social development of Wuxi and Yixing. At present, the development of Wuxi and Yixing is changing from scientific and technological manufacturing to scientific and technological creation, from a single physical activity to high-quality intellectual activities, and talents will play a vital role in the development of Wuxi and Yixing. He hopes that the two sides have the same goal, complement each other's advantages, benefit each other and promote each other's development. While strengthening communication, carefully designing and accelerating the pace of college construction, the two sides have established a good mechanism and system, formed an excellent teaching team, attracted high-tech talents to settle in with a better platform, and strived to build a modern college.
Jiang Hongliang, member of the Standing Committee of Wuxi Municipal Committee and secretary of Yixing Municipal Committee, said in his speech that Yixing has been known as "the hometown of professors" since ancient times. It is the expectation of several generations of Yixing people to have a university of their own. Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications will get the widest, most sincere and most powerful support if it chooses to cooperate with Yixing in running a school. With the strong school-running strength of Nanyou and the sincere cooperation of Yixing, Nanyou Tongda College will surely take root, blossom and thrive in the fertile land of "the hometown of professors". At the same time, he pointed out that it is the common responsibility and cause of both Nanyou and Yixing to run Nanyou Tongda College well. Yixing will keep its promise and go all out to speed up the construction of the college and ensure its early completion and use.
Wang Zhongsu, Mayor of Yixing, signed a contract with Yang Zhen, President of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
It is understood that Tongda College is a full-time undergraduate independent college founded by Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications 1999 with the approval of the Ministry of Education. With the goal of cultivating applied and innovative talents and serving the society with information industry and related high and new technologies, the college has 18 full-time undergraduate majors in information engineering, microelectronics, automation, photoelectric information engineering and communication engineering, and the first employment rate of graduates ranks among the best in the province. The newly-built Tongda College is located on the east bank of beautiful Yixing City, covering an area of 1000 mu. In the future, a independent undergraduate course College with more than 8,000 students will be built.