The 2024 Suzhou Education and Teaching Achievement Awards has announced its shortlist, with the joint project Exploration and Practice of Converged Development Models in Biomedical Engineering, submitted by the Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, University of Science and Technology of China (SIAR, USTC), USTC School of Biomedical Engineering and Suzhou BioBay Industrial Park, winning second prize.

Established in August 2022 and headquartered at SIAR, USTC, the School of Biomedical Engineering has pioneered an interdisciplinary development paradigm within the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP). Anchored in the city's thriving biopharmaceutical ecosystem, the school operationalizes its mandate of 'interdisciplinary integration and convergent development' through synergistic resource alignment with industrial partners. This industry-academia framework has cultivated an innovative talent development model, as evidenced by the inclusion of the Biomedical Engineering Industry-Academia-Research-Application Integrated Innovation Consortium in Suzhou's elite innovation network during the city's global technology hub development conference in September 2023. Strategic partnerships with BioBAY are now accelerating translational outcomes in medical technology and healthcare industry upgrades.

By recognising exemplary pedagogical innovations, the Suzhou Education and Teaching Achievement Awards spotlight initiatives that drive systemic educational reform. Building on this accolade, the Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research and School of Biomedical Engineering will intensify ethics-based talent cultivation through optimised curricular architectures and pedagogical methodologies, driving institutional excellence in China's biomedical engineering landscape.