23 April, Zhu Zhisong, member of the Standing Committee of CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Lin’gang New Area, conducted a survey at ECNU, accompanied by ECNU President Qian Xuhong. They had in-depth communications regarding the promotion of university-local government cooperation, such as founding an ECNU affiliated school, the international school of No. 2 High School of ECNU Lingang Campus which will cover all stages of basic education, a CTO platform, and an AI-specific higher vocational college. They also discussed the building of a staff training platform, the upgrading of cooperation between ECNU and local enterprises and research institutes, and the establishment of ECNU Lingang Research Institute.
A team led by Zhu Zhisong conducted a survey at ECNU.
At the symposium, Qian Xuhong introduced the latest achievements made by ECNU in its reform and development, saying that, focusing on the “Flower of Happiness” strategy, ECNU will give full play to its advantages in humanities and social sciences to serve the development needs of Lingang, such as education, geography, ecology, software, information, physics, finance, and law.
Qian also proposed deeper cooperation with Lingang New Area in education, urban planning, eco-development, and institutional innovation, in an effort to build Lingang into a world-class New Area.
ECNU President Qian Xuhong delivered his speech.
Zhu Zhisong noted that the Lin’gang New Area Administrative Committee and ECNU had already signed a strategic cooperation agreement at the beginning of this year to build the “ECNU Lin’gang Research Institute” and “ECNU Lin’gang Education Ecosystem.”
He said that, up to now, all work has been progressing smoothly. This survey has further strengthened his confidence in cooperation with ECNU. He expected that the two sides will accelerate cooperation in constructing a national demonstration zone for the integration of industry and education, and in promoting the comprehensive and in-depth integration of the education chain, the talent chain, the industrial chain, and the innovation chain, so as to transform Lin’gang New Area into a modern new city that is open and innovative, smart and ecological and that integrates industries with urban functions and is fit for entrepreneurship and inhabitation.
Zhu Zhisong, member of the Standing Committee of CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Lin’gang New Area, delivered his speech.
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