On the morning of April 24th, the opening ceremony of Cixi Industrial Research Institute of Zhejiang University of Science and Technology and the signing ceremony of the first batch of cooperative enterprises were held. The deputy secretary of Cixi Municipal Committee, the mayor’s charter and Chen Jianmeng, president of Zhejiang University of Science and Technology jointly unveiled the institute.
As a landmark achievement of high-level talent introduction and cooperation between schools and places, in September 2020, Cixi and Zhejiang University of Science and Technology reached a strategic cooperation to jointly build an industrial research institute. In the past three years, the university and the local government have cooperated closely, and achieved remarkable results in talent introduction, technological innovation, transfer and transformation of achievements, and made positive contributions to the high-quality construction of a modern new Cixi with common prosperity and beauty.
The articles of association express the hope that the two sides will creatively implement the strategic cooperation agreement according to local conditions, closely combine the innovative strategic advantages of Zhejiang University of Science and Technology with the industrial advantages of Cixi, strengthen key core technology research and industrial application, and jointly explore new paths for the practice of the new national system. Cixi will firmly establish the concept of value-added services, make every effort to create a first-class business environment, provide full-cycle, professional and efficient policies and services for the development of “one hospital and two centers”, and build it into a “new benchmark” for school-local cooperation, a “test field” for technological innovation and an “incubator” for new quality productivity, which will inject strong impetus into the vigorous development of education in Zhejiang University of Science and Technology and the upgrading of Cixi.
Chen Jianmeng said that Zhejiang University of Science and Technology has been adhering to the concept of demand-oriented and collaborative innovation for more than 40 years, actively connecting with local industries and promoting the transfer and transformation of scientific research results. The cooperation between the school and Cixi has a solid foundation, and the two sides have achieved fruitful results in personnel training, school-enterprise cooperation, Industry-University-Research cooperation, and party building and co-construction. The school will take the opportunity of the unveiling of the research institute to further explore the cooperation mode, expand the cooperation space, promote the formation of a new pattern of school-land cooperation and integration of production and education with Cixi City in a deeper and wider field, and create a new paradigm of two-way empowerment and integration of schools and places.
At the event site, the Robotics and Intelligent Industry Research Center and the Innovative Design Research Center of the Institute were officially unveiled. Apple (China) Co., Ltd., Bull Group Co., Ltd., Ningbo Cixing Co., Ltd., Yueli Group Co., Ltd., Ningbo Deman Compressor Co., Ltd., Ningbo Zhenguan Electric Appliance Co., Ltd., Cixi New Economic Chamber of Commerce and Cixi Environmental Protection Association became the first batch of cooperative enterprises (associations), and 10 experts in related fields, including Song Xubin, were hired as members of the first scientific and technological mission of the Institute.
In recent years, Cixi has unswervingly implemented the first strategy of “building a city through industry and strengthening the city through innovation”, made great efforts to build a high-energy innovation platform and a “friendly city for intelligent talents”, actively joined universities and colleges, expanded and strengthened the basic talent pool, and continuously created the best talent ecology. Up to now, the total number of human resources in the city has exceeded 450,000, ranking first in the city, and the scientific and technological innovation index ranks among the top 100 counties and cities in China, ranking seventh, successfully creating the first batch of innovative counties and cities in China..Won the first batch of “Made in Zhejiang Tiangong Ding”.
(Source: Ningbo Science and Technology Bureau)