On the morning of October 18, the 2019 World Industrial Design Conference was grandly opened in Yantai, Shandong. The theme of the conference is “Design and Momentum Light”, co-sponsored by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Shandong Provincial People’s Government. The United Nations Industrial Development Organization is the support unit of the conference, Shandong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, Yantai Municipal People’s Government, and China Industry. Designed by the Design Association. More than 2,000 design organizations, institutions, companies and institutions from more than 40 countries and regions around the world attended the conference. Wang Jiangping, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Wang Shujian, Standing Committee Member of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee, and Deputy Chief of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, Long Yongtu, Chairman of the Sino-German Design Expert Committee, Heidi Kr·emker, and other guests attended the meeting. Opening ceremony.

During the conference, Jiangsu University Art College became the initiator and co-construction unit of “China Industrial Design Joint Innovation University”. The design works of the college should be invited to participate in three thematic exhibitions respectively. Zhang Kai, vice president, won the “TIA Top Ten Design Education Workers”. "The title, some teachers of the Industrial Design Department of the School of Art participated in the exhibition and a number of forum activities.

In the opening ceremony of the conference, the “China Industrial Design Joint Innovation University” was officially launched at the Yantai International Convention and Exhibition Center. School of Art, Jiangsu University and Peking University, Zhejiang University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Tongji University, Jiangnan University, Southeast University, Beijing Institute of Technology, Imperial College, National University of Singapore, Queensland University of Technology, University of Nottingham, UK, Eindho, The Netherlands Finnish University of Technology, Milan Polytechnic University, Italy, Ilmenau University of Technology, and Beijing Collaborative Innovation Research Institute, China CRRC Group, China Commercial Aircraft, Haier Group, Tencent Group, American Autodesk, German Raul Color Company, etc. 50 Many well-known universities and enterprises have become the initiators and co-constructors. "China Industrial Design Joint Innovation University" will break the gap between universities and industry with a new education and training mechanism and model, and integrate the R&D and design capabilities of global innovative universities with the practical innovation projects of enterprises and R&D institutions. Establish an online and offline data organization running carrier.

The School of Art was invited to participate in the National Design University Exhibition, the Chinese Traditional Creation Wisdom Enlightenment Modern Industrial Product Innovation Design Research Exhibition and the exhibition of works in the three exhibition areas of the Sino-German Design Center. Through the exhibition, it not only shows the teaching achievements of the art academy, but also provides a rare learning opportunity for the teaching work of the art academy, further enhancing the interaction between the art academy and the brothers colleges and well-known enterprises.

In the ceremony of the awards ceremony, Vice President Zhang Kai of the Art College won the title of “Top Ten Design Education Workers of TIA (Top Innovation Award)” by the China Industrial Design Association and the TIA Design Awards Organizing Committee.

The World Industrial Design Conference is currently the world's largest and highest-profile international design industry development summit. During the conference, the School of Art actively participated in the highest level conferences and exhibitions in the world, demonstrating the teaching achievements of the college and shaping the influence of the college in the industry. To promote the innovation and practice teaching reform for the art academy, realize the inter-school joint, the combination of study and research, the integration of production and education, and cultivate the composite, applied and innovative talents, and provide a new high-level, international joint innovation practice platform.