A meeting on the development of key collaborative programmes with Suzhou Municipal Government and Suzhou Industrial Park Administrative Committee was held at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.
The meeting was organized by Suzhou Dushu Lake Science and Education Innovation District Administrative Committee (SEIDAC) and Suzhou Industrial Park Science & Technology and Information Bureau (STIB).
Ten experts from different fields attended the meeting to offer their assessment of the programmes in an effort to further the cooperation agreement between XJTLU, STIB and SEIDAC and to jointly build a 'science and technology innovation platform'.
XJTLU key programme development planning includes four 'platform development projects' and seven innovative, interdisciplinary and international research projects.
At the meeting, experts discussed and advised development plans for the four platforms, including XJTLU Think Tank, XJTLU International Innovation Hub, XJTLU International Technological Transfer Centre and XJTLU Artificial Intelligence Industry Research Institute, and reviewed the seven research projects that are focused on the applications of innovative technologies.
Weiming Jiang, director of SEIDAC, commented that as one of the earliest Sino-foreign universities in China XJTLU has in just over a decade become influential both in China and abroad thanks to its high levels of teaching quality.
Long Qian, professional of Suzhou Industrial Park Enterprise Development Service Centre, was invited as the team leader of the panel of experts for reviewing the industrial application research projects.
He stated that a lot of well-developed science and technology parks in the world have cooperative agreements with famous universities, which has provided talent and intellectual support for the development of these science and technology parks.
"XJTLU can make full use of its status as a Sino-foreign joint venture university to attract international technology and intellectual resources, and communicate and cooperate with enterprises in Suzhou Industrial Park and throughout Jiangsu Province. I'm optimistic about the development prospects of XJTLU," he added.