On the evening of March 17, 2026, Prof. Fang Yu was invited to give a lecture at the Xi’an Municipal Party School to about 250 students enrolled in the spring 2026 semester (including bureau-level, division-level officials, and participants in the Young and Middle-aged Cadres Program).

The theme of this “Academicians Entering Party Schools” lecture series was “Artificial Intelligence and Technological Innovation”, and Prof. Fang Yu’s lecture was titled “Scientific Research and Talent Development: Some of My Thoughts”.