On August 5th, the Inauguration Ceremony of the First Youth Editorial Board of Electric Power was successfully held in Beijing. The meeting was hosted by the Electric Power Magazine of State Grid Energy Research Institute in a hybrid format combining online and offline participation. Shan Baoguo, Deputy General Manager (Deputy Dean) and Member of the Party Committee of State Grid Energy Research Institute, and Chief Editor of Electric Power, attended the meeting. 54 young editorial board members from more than 40 well-known universities and research institutions across the country, as well as all the employees of the Electric Power, participated in the meeting.
Shan Baoguo delivered a speech at the conference. First of all, he extended warm congratulations on the official establishment of the First Youth Editorial Board of Electric Power and expressed sincere gratitude to all the young editorial board members for their long - term care, support, efforts and dedication to the development and growth of Electric Power. Shan Baoguo pointed out that as an important part of the construction of the national scientific and technological innovation system, journal construction is an important carrier for the exchange and dissemination of scientific and technological innovation achievements. It is extremely difficult to run a journal well, which requires generations of people to concentrate, strive for excellence and make continuous efforts. In recent years, Electric Power has closely followed the situation of the green and low - carbon transformation of energy, seized the key opportunities for the development of the journal. By continuously expanding the cooperation circle and actively exploring high - quality manuscript sources, it has been continuously selected into important domestic and foreign databases such as the Peking University Chinese Core Journal Catalogue, the Chinese Science and Technology Core Journal, the Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD), Scopus, and DOAJ. The journal's influence and academic communication ability have been significantly improved. Shan Baoguo emphasized that the establishment of the Youth Editorial Board of the journal is of great significance and is an important support for improving the core competitiveness and brand influence of the journal. In the next step, Electric Power will take the initiative to benchmark and aim at the target positioning of a world - class scientific and technological journal, and strive to build a scientific and technological exchange platform for innovation and creation for the vast number of energy and power scientific and technological workers. He hoped that the young editorial board members would regard the magazine as their home, play an active role in disseminating the cutting - edge academic achievements of the energy and power industry and leading the development of disciplines, offer suggestions for the construction and development of Electric Power, and serve as the think tank and main force for the development of Electric Power.
Fang Tong, Executive Deputy President of the Electric Power, delivered a work report to the conference with the theme of "Gathering the Strength of Experts, Promoting the Development of the Journal, and Accelerating the Construction of a First-class Scientific and Technological Journal in the Energy and Power Field". He comprehensively introduced the work of Electric Power in recent years in aspects such as column planning, journal evaluation, digital transformation, and external exchange and cooperation, analyzed the current situation faced by the journal construction, and explained the future development ideas and the next work plan. Subsequently, Fang Tong read out the decision of Electric Power on appointing 54 experts as young editorial board members of the journal, and emphasized the rights and responsibilities of the young editorial board members. He pointed out that the Youth Editorial Board is an important support for journal construction and can inject new vitality into the development of the journal. The establishment of the First Youth Editorial Board of Electric Power aims to build an academic exchange platform with all the experts, promote the improvement of the journal quality, and help the growth of young scholars. Shan Baoguo presented letters of appointment to the young editorial board members who attended the meeting on site and took group photos for commemoration.
During the exchange and speech session, the young editorial board members shared their experiences of getting involved with Electric Power, introduced their own research directions and the situations of their teams, and had in-depth discussions on aspects such as the journal's positioning, article planning, journal promotion, and exchange and cooperation. In particular, they had a lively discussion on what the young editorial board members need to do, what they can do, and how to do it. The young editorial board members pooled their wisdom and actively spoke up, putting forward many constructive suggestions from aspects such as implementing the responsibilities of editorial board members and assisting in journal construction. They also stated that they would earnestly perform their duties as young editorial board members, make their own efforts for the scientific and technological development, dissemination, and exchange in the energy and power industry, and grow and develop together with the journal as its masters.
Finally, Shan Baoguo summarized the meeting. He pointed out that Electric Power is a well-known journal with a long history. The achievements made in the past are inseparable from the support and concern of all the experts, and the future development depends even more on the collaborative cooperation of all parties. Electric Power will work hand in hand with all the young editorial board members, pay close attention to the latest research trends and achievements in the energy and power field, focus on the academic frontiers and major engineering progress in the energy and power field. Driven by the goals of shaping the journal's academic brand and striving to become a world-class journal, it will make new and greater contributions to the development of China's energy and power cause and the construction of the national scientific and technological innovation system!
