Science and technology are crucial to the prosperity of a nation. On June 24th, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in his important speech at the National Science and Technology Conference, the National Science and Technology Award Conference, and the Conference of the Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering that "new leaps have been made in strategic high - tech fields. 'Change' has embraced the moon, 'Tianhe' has stationed in space, 'Tianwen' has explored Mars, and 'Earth's Core - 1' has advanced deep into the earth..." He also emphasized that Chinese - style modernization depends on the modernization of science and technology, and achieving high - quality development requires cultivating new drivers through scientific and technological innovation.

        To thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, on August 23rd, Wu Yan, a member of the Party Leadership Group and the vice - minister of the Ministry of Education, went to the Tarim Oilfield in Xinjiang to conduct on - the - spot research and inspection on the "Earth's Core - 1" 10,000 - meter drilling rig. Relevant leaders from the Ministry of Education, Sun Youhong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the president of China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Cai Lidong, the executive vice - president of Jilin University, Chang Yi, the dean of the Research Institute of Jilin University, Yi Changtao, the secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Construction Engineering of Jilin University, and relevant leaders from the Education Department of the autonomous region and the Education Bureau of the autonomous prefecture accompanied the inspection.

        During the inspection in the Tarim Oilfield, Cai Lidong cordially greeted Gao Ke, the director of the Department of Petroleum Engineering of the School of Construction Engineering, and Wang Haiyong, a teacher, who were working at the drilling rig site. He expressed his gratitude to them for their outstanding contributions to national scientific and technological progress and the university's research work. Subsequently, he had in - depth exchanges with Liu Qiang, the general manager of PetroChina Tarim Oilfield, emphasizing the need to strengthen exchanges and cooperation, give play to the talent advantage, promote the deep integration of industry - university - research, and jointly advance the school - enterprise cooperation to a new stage.

        The "Earth's Core - 1" 10,000 - meter continental scientific drilling rig is an important landmark achievement of the school - enterprise cooperation and the integration of industry - university - research - application of Jilin University. Since May 2019, the "Earth's Core - 1" 10,000 - meter drilling rig has been carrying out ultra - deep - formation oil and gas drilling engineering tasks in the Tarim Basin of Xinjiang. So far, it has completed 6 oil and gas drilling projects with a well depth of over 8,000 meters and 1 project with a well depth of over 9,000 meters. It has set many deep - oil - and - gas - drilling records. It took only 92.96 days to complete a footage of 8,745 meters, and the maximum daily drilling depth reached 1 mile. It is currently carrying out the 8th deep - oil - and - gas - drilling project.