A Brief Introduction of the Cooperation between Ningbo City and Zhejiang
University
The cooperation between
Ningbo City and Zhejiang University has a long history. As early as
in the early 1980s, Ningbo City began the comprehensive cooperation
with Zhejiang University. In 1996, the Ningbo Municipal Government
signed the S&T cooperation agreement with Zhejing University for
the sake of enhancing the cooperation between cities and universities.
In 1998, the new Zhejiang University came into being by incorporating
four universities, namely, the original Zhejiang University, Hangzhou
University, Zhejiang Agriculture University and Zhejiang Medical University.
In order to further enhance the friendly, long-term, and close cooperation
between Ningbo city and Zhejiang University, promote the development
of the high and new technology industry, realize the transfer of S&T
achievements of Zhejiang University, a comprehensive S&T cooperation
agreement between Ningno City and Zhejiang University was signed in
1999. Since the signing of the "Cooperation Agreement",
the leaderships of Ningbo and the University have attached great importance
to the advancement of cooperation between Ningbo and Zhejiang University
and paid frequent visits to each other. A number of significant cooperation
agreements have been signed, such as "The Agreement of Co-Constructing
the Ningbo Sun-Park of the State University High-tech Park of Zhejiang
University," and "The Agreement of Establishing the Ningbo
Sub-School of the School of Network and Software of Zhejiang University";
A series of activities have been held, such as "The Coordinating
Meeting of S&T Cooperation Between Ningbo and Zhejiang University",
"The Ceremony of the Founding of Ningbo Sub-School of the School
of Network and Software of Zhejiang University," and "The
Negotiation Talks of S&T Cooperation Between One-Hundred Institutes
and One-Hundred Enterprises of Ningbo". A number of centers of
engineering studies have been introduced and co-constructed, such
as "The Ningbo Sub-Center of the State Center of Engineering
Studies of Industrial Automation," and "The Ningbo Sub-Center
of the State Center of Engineering Technology Studies of Electro-hydraulic
Control". These cooperation achievements have been highly valued
by the leaderships of the two parties. It is a common understanding
that the comprehensive cooperation between Ningbo and Zhejiang University
has entered a new historic stage.