Shandong Province signs cooperation agreement with Peking University
Apr 12, 2019
Peking University, April 12, 2019: Liu Jiayi, secretary of Shandong Provincial Committee, and Yu Jieyi, vice governor of Shandong Province, led a delegation to visit Peking University on April 8. PKU Council Chair Qiu Shuiping, PKU President Hao Ping and other university leaders attended the symposium, and signed a strategic cooperation agreement between PKU and Shandong Province.
At the symposium
Liu and his delegation visited the National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Nano/Micro Fabrication Technology. Then they visited the exhibition of PKU’s achievements of scientific research and civil-military integration at Yingjie Exchange Center. Liu fully acknowledged the university’s innovation in science & technology and the progress in technology transfer.
At the symposium, Qiu said that Shandong is an economically and culturally developed province with unique geographical advantages. Given the all-time healthy cooperation between PKU and Shandong Province, both sides therefore are expecting further cooperation, with PKU pulling its weight in Shandong’s economic and social advancement.
Hao introduced the university’s reform and development in terms of teaching and scientific research, and offered suggestions on province-university cooperation. He noted that Shandong Province has long been supporting the development of PKU. Therefore, he hoped to see the cooperative tradition continue to last. At the same time, Shandong Province is able to tap into the medical strength of PKU to accelerate healthcare cooperation. Also, the two sides can expect more intellectual exchanges by encouraging more PKU graduates, teachers and researchers to work in Shandong Province.
Liu appreciated PKU’s active involvement in bettering Shandong’s economy. Education and talents are urgently crucial to the province’s development. Therefore, Liu hopes that Peking University can give full play to the advantages of the university’s educational, scientific and technological talents. This will support more cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements and major scientific research platforms to settle in Shandong, strengthen cooperation between the two sides in the fields of health care, marine strategy, civil-military integration and cultural tourism, promote the development of PKU as a “Double First-Rate” university, and increase the exchanges between researchers of both sides. Meanwhile, Shandong will also facilitate this process by offering policy support and customized services.
After the symposium, the two sides signed “The Strategic Cooperation Agreement between the People's Government of Shandong Province and Peking University”.
Written by: Kan Ping
Edited by: Ma Yaoli
Source: PKU News (Chinese)
