Dai Xiaoyu — Research Assistant, Science and Technology Office, Shandong Regional Company (Shandong Company)

My connection with CTC began in the summer of 2023. After graduating from the University of Jinan with a major in Chemistry, I was fortunate to join this big family through formal recruitment. With sincerity, enthusiasm, and aspirations for the future, I began my work in science and technology management.

Understanding and Carrying Out the Work

When I first joined, with only a superficial understanding of science and technology management, I gradually began work such as research platform applications, science and technology project proposals, performance evaluation material organization, innovation platform operation, and science and technology award applications under the guidance of leaders and colleagues. During the advancement of this work, interdisciplinary knowledge gaps and fixed thinking patterns once brought challenges. Through unremitting personal exploration and efficient team collaboration, I successfully overcame these obstacles and achieved significant professional development.

I remember once being responsible for preparing materials related to the pre-acceptance of a key research and development project in Shandong Province, when I truly experienced the difficulty of this work. The project mainly involved professional work in the fields of food and agricultural products. As a chemistry major, preparing such materials—including technical reports and project summary reports—was somewhat difficult. How to highlight the common characteristics of the project's technological achievements without losing the unique advantages of each achievement, and better demonstrate Shandong Company's research strength and testing capabilities, was what I focused on more when writing the materials. Faced with difficulties such as cross-disciplinary knowledge barriers and fixed thinking patterns in the research process, with the help of the company's science and technology head and the strength of the team, I gradually overcame these limitations and smoothly passed the evaluation of scientific and technological achievements in Shandong Province.

Breakthroughs and Development in Research

"People are tempered through tasks, and knives are sharpened on stones." Along with the company's development, the types, categories, and models involved in science and technology management have become increasingly diverse. To be competent for this responsibility, I have continued to study testing knowledge in related fields in depth. Upholding the belief in breaking through myself, I led the team to apply for an invention patent for a device. In this process, I humbly consulted professionals and colleagues and learned from them. Not only did I smoothly complete the task, but I also deeply appreciated the hardships of research work. At the same time, with the full collaboration of department colleagues, we continuously overcame difficulties, successfully applied for one science and technology achievement award after another, and satisfactorily completed the acceptance of multiple projects.

At this moment, I have come to appreciate the responsibility and important significance of this work. In the future, I will approach every task at work with excellent professional competence, and will continue to grow and improve through tempering.