Beijing universities in Xiong'an New Area, Hebei Province, will coordinate their efforts to more effectively support the high-quality growth and high-level management of the economic zone. Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing University of Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, and China University of Geosciences are the schools in question.
As the first four universities from the capital to have set up campuses in Xiong'an, they jointly founded a collaborative innovation alliance, that will explore a comprehensive mechanism for teaching and research and will serve as an innovative model for talent development.
Their campuses from Beijing to Xiong'an opened last year. The alliance also includes 12 affiliated businesses, nine scientific research institutions, nine provincially administered universities in Hebei, the Hebei University of Technology, the HBIS Group, one of the largest steel producers in the world, and the 13th Research Institute of China Electronic Technology Group in addition to the four schools. The number of members should increase soon.
"The alliance's major task is to carry out the coordinated development of innovation among universities transferred from Beijing to help promote the development of Xiong'an New Area", Yu Zujun, president of Beijing Jiaotong University and the first chairman of the alliance, was quoted as saying by Hebei Daily.
Members have agreed to work together, jointly develop the area, share experiences, and develop talent. Yang Renshu, the university's president, said that the University of Science and Technology Beijing will investigate education innovation, talent nurturing, and development prompted by scientific and technological innovation along with the other participants.
Beijing Forestry University will give full play to its characteristic advantages in the fields of forestry, landscape architecture, soil and water conservation, and desertification prevention and control, said An Lizhe, its president. Meanwhile, "Through the cooperation, the China University of Geosciences (Beijing) will strive to cultivate innovative talent in Xiong'an, and help create conditions for them to settle down and develop well in the new area", said Lei Yalin, Party chief of the university.
