<h1>Former senior official urges manufacturing, urbanization, agricultural productivity and education-driven innovation to achieve ambitious GDP and per-capita goals by 2047</h1> A former senior government official addressed a university anniversary event, advocating policy priorities-boosting manufacturing, urbanization, agricultural productivity, innovation, and human development-to achieve ambitious GDP and per-capita growth by 2047; urged a dynamic, reform-oriented bureaucracy and supportive political ecosystem, expansion of large firms and export-led manufacturing, and stronger higher-education-led innovation. The speaker also commented on geopolitics, energy security, and the need for principled foreign-policy stances. The article is a university press release reporting the event, speaker remarks, institutional growth milestones, and the release of campus research reports and an anthem.