On June 12, 2026, the signing and unveiling ceremony for the joint construction of the Yellow River Water Ecology Branch of the National Glacier, Frozen Soil and Desert Scientific Data Center was held at Henan Normal University. Academician of China Academy of Engineering and Professor Wang Jiayao of Henan University, Professor Miao Yu, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of Henan Normal University, Researcher Yu Youhua, Director of the National Glacier, Frozen Soil and Desert Scientific Data Center, and more than 30 experts and scholars from China Academy of Sciences, the Ministry of Water Resources, and many domestic universities and scientific research institutes attended the ceremony. The ceremony was presided over by Professor Li Baohua, Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Fisheries of Henan Normal University.

Vice President Miao Yu extended a warm welcome to the guests on behalf of the school, and introduced in detail the running history, subject advantages and development blueprint of Henan Normal University in the context of the creation of "double first-class". He said that the school relies on the subject accumulation and field station resources of the School of Fisheries and the School of Geography and Tourism, and cooperates with the National Glacier, Frozen Soil and Desert Scientific Data Center to jointly build the Yellow River Water Ecology Sub-center, which is a key response to major national strategies and promote the cross-integration of disciplines. measures. The school will take this cooperation as a new starting point and strive to build the sub-center into a highland for water ecological scientific research in the Yellow River Basin, a hub for data services, and a think tank for decision-making support.

Researcher Yu Youhua delivered a speech on behalf of the National Glacier, Permafrost and Desert Scientific Data Center. He pointed out that scientific data is both a national strategic resource and a new factor of production. In the new development era, data workers have moved from behind the scenes to the front desk for the first time. Scientific data centers have also become a new scientific and technological platform and an important force supporting the transformation of scientific research paradigm. Long-term planning, consensus building, and coordinated advancement are urgently needed. The establishment of the Yellow River Water Ecology Sub-center will further improve the data resource system of the National Glacier, Frozen Soil and Desert Scientific Data Center, promote the convergence of water ecological scientific data resources in the Yellow River Basin and surrounding areas, and improve the integration efficiency, sharing level and application service capabilities of water ecological scientific data in the Yellow River Basin.

Later, researcher Yan Youhua gave a special report on the development situation of scientific data, the construction process and effectiveness of the National Glacier, Frozen Soil and Desert Scientific Data Center. Professor Li Xuejun of Henan Normal University introduced the construction and operation management plan of the sub-center data platform.

In the specially invited academic report, Academician Wang Jiayao took the title of "Yellow River Brain" Serving the "Protection" and "Development" of the Watershed "to deeply analyze the core role of digital intelligence in ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin; China Academy of Sciences Zhang Yaonan, researcher of the Northwest Institute of Ecological Environment Resources, China Academy of Sciences, and researcher Gu Xiaohong, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, respectively, made special sharing on the development trend of the National Science Data Center and the protection of lake ecosystems.