Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-05-11

Entering the Rocket Force Engineering University: A Sword-Tempering Visit Across Time and Space

走进火箭军工程大学，开启一场跨越时空的砺剑寻访

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夏初，记者走进战略导弹部队军官的“摇篮”——火箭军工程大学，开启一场跨越时空的砺剑寻访。装修后重新开放的校史馆门前，一副楹联赫然入目：“当记前贤艰难谱就飞天曲，可期后辈豪迈吟成砺剑诗。”驻足凝望，字字千钧，仿佛可以听见老一辈创业者筚路蓝缕的足音。展厅一隅，一套旧桌椅引人注目。讲解员告诉记者，这里还原了该校首任校长向守志当年的办公场景。 “老校长原名向守芝，为表达献身导弹事业的决心，改名向守志，要‘守定强军志’。”1960年，周恩来总理亲自签署命令，任命陆军第15军军长向守芝出任全军第一所导弹技术学校——西安炮兵高级专科学校校长。直到命令下达，他的上级依然替他惋惜：本有希望晋升为军区参谋长，却要去院校开辟新阵地。一念抉择，一生坚守。抗美援朝战场上战友以血肉之躯对抗强敌的场景，让向守志痛彻心扉：没有尖端武器，没有高素质人才，军队难有真正的底气。任校长5年间，向守志带领全校师生搭建起我国第一套导弹人才培养体系，使学校成为战略导弹人才的“摇篮”。 “俯瞰今日之世界，强军兴军离不开科技，离不开高素质人才。我们是培养尖端武器使用人才的导弹学院，必须走在科技强军的最前面。”校史馆内，记者偶遇刚从一线部队完成某型导弹型号跟踪任务归校的教授郑建飞。征尘未洗，他先到办公室梳理一线见闻，到校史馆查阅相关资料，力争把最鲜活的素材融入教案、带进课堂。 “既是教学中心，又是科研中心，既培养高素质人才，又为部队解决学术理论和工程技术难题。”几十年来，一代代官兵用实际行动，践行着第6任校长傅备篪提出的办学理念。校史馆内那台带着岁月痕迹的模拟器仪表盘，是这句话的生动注解。上世纪80年代，基层部队训练需求与装备保障矛盾突出，该校党委果断决策，研制导弹训练模拟系统，并很快获批立项。这项工程技术复杂、规模庞大。傅备篪主动申请挂帅，黄先祥、邓方林、王明海等一批教授领衔攻坚，经过1000多个日夜埋头钻研，大型综合性战略导弹技术训练发射模拟仿真系统如期研制成功。1991年，项目获国家科技进步一等奖，10余个子系统相继获得军队科技进步奖。 “人才是推动我军高质量发展的关键因素，人才优势是具有决定性的优势。”大学一名领导谈道，革命战争年代，我军战将如云、人才济济。现在，应对日新月异的科技和战争之变，更要靠人才驱动，靠新时代奋斗者接力冲锋。站在校史馆大厅回望，“薪火长城”雕塑气势如虹，似在向每一名参观者宣告：健全高质量的人才自主培养体系，其时已至、其势已成；打造革命化专业化军事人才方阵，任重道远、使命如山。

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The Rocket Force Engineering University, described as the institutional origin of China's strategic missile officer corps, reopened its renovated history museum and hosted a PLA media visit highlighting the university's lineage from its 1960 founding under first president Xiang Shouzhi—appointed by Zhou Enlai from command of the 15th Corps—through the development of a large-scale missile training simulation system that won the 1991 National Science and Technology Progress Award First Prize. The piece is institutional hagiography rather than a capability announcement, but it signals continued PLA emphasis on the Rocket Force Engineering University as the authoritative pipeline for strategic missile personnel and reinforces the recurring theme that talent development and simulation-based training are treated as force-multiplying priorities within the Rocket Force. The explicit framing of 'talent advantage as decisive advantage' and the profile of Professor Zheng Jianfei integrating frontline missile tracking observations directly into curricula suggest the university is actively working to close the gap between operational experience and classroom instruction.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "走进火箭军工程大学，开启一场跨越时空的砺剑寻访." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-05-11. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16459852.html.

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