OREANDA-NEWS. May 27, 2011. The 2011 Baosteel Science and Technology Festival opened in Baosteel Research Institute. This year, the Festival's theme is "building an innovative nation together - technology in creating a better life". CAST deputy chairman , Chinese Academy of Science academian Yang Fujia, SAST deputy chairman Wang Zhiyong, Baosteel leaders He Wenbo, Fu Zhongzhe, Li Haiping, Zhu Junsheng, Zhou Jianfeng, people in charge of relevant departments, technicians and representatives (300 persons) attended the opening ceremony, reported the press-centre of Baosteel .

In the opening ceremony, advanced collectives and individuals in 2010 Baosteel "ideals and contributions" contest, authors of Baosteel excellent papers, excellent workers, volunteers and translators in the Fourth Baosteel Annual Forum, the third Baosteel English contest winning teams and individuals were commended. Baosteel technicians also performed prose recitation, poetry recitation in English accompanied by music and English talent show.

This year's science and technology festival was colorful and had many highlights. In addition to the Third Baosteel English competition, during the science festival period, Baosteel Science Association and Baosteel Talent Insititute will jointly hold the "Innovation Forum", ask experts and chief engineers to carry out science popularization in the production teams, hold Baosteel expert science forum on TV, international advanced concepts and technology lecture series, hold health and international etiquette seminars and open up "everyone learns English" column on Baosteel website. In addition, it will organize technicians to participate in series of activities in the Shanghai Science and Technology Festival. Meanwhile, the subsidiaries will also carry out popular science activities of various forms and features.

Baosteel Group Corporation deputy Party secretary Fu Zhongzhe made the opening speech. He pointed out that Baosteel Technology Festival was an effective carrier to  enhance the overall technical ability and to improve integrated technological quality of staff. "It also has a positive role in promoting the implementation of 12th Five-Year plan and Baosteel's new round of development strategy. He hoped that Baosteel science and technology workers and staff would take an active part in Baosteel's technological innovation and second venture, give traditional iron and steel industry vitality, and enable the innovated steel industry make new and greater contributions in creating a better life for mankind.

In his speech, Wang Zhiyong hoped that Baosteel would give full play of the science association's organization role in staff innovation, carry out extensive technical innovation, and vigorously promote the transition of scientific and technological achievements into practical productive forces, and make Shanghai into a truly innovative modern international metropolis.

After the opening ceremony, academian Yang Fujia made a presentation entitled  "Nuclear Energy and Security - what happened in Fukushima". With detailed data, a large number of vivid examples and in layman's language he revealed the nuclear energy and nuclear safety issues, which benefited audience.