Memorandum between University of Nottingham and Ningbo New Material Research Institute signed
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- Category: On The Campus
- Published: Monday, 18 May 2015 15:33
On the afternoon of May 6th, memorandum of Ningbo New Material Research Institute was signed at the University of Nottingham in Ningbo. Before the signing ceremony, Liu Qi, Provincial Party Committee and Party Secretary, David Greenaway, president of the University of Nottingham joined a discussion of cooperation on development. City leaders Wang Jianbo, Chan Chungchao and Yang Fujia, president of the University of Nottingham attended the ceremony.
Ningbo New Material Research Institute of the University of Nottingham was set up by the University of Nottingham and sponsored by Ningbo National Hi-tech Zone (New Material Technology Town Board), the Municipal Science and Technology Bureau. The institute, with new materials technology and engineering research as the core, engages in the fields of composite materials and engineering, soil mechanics and particle materials and technologies, sustainable materials and advanced manufacturing technology, new energy materials and technology, advanced materials and engineering analysis technology to make technology innovation internationally competitive. It is expected to introduce five international high-end R & D teams, build international schools in China's scientific and technological achievements into bases, as well as an important platform for international science and technology cooperation in Ningbo in about five years.
Liu Qi has expressed thanks for the support to the development of Ningbo from the University of Nottingham and welcomed David • Greenaway and his team’s visits. He said that the University of Nottingham built by Nottingham and Ningbo had already flourished. The contract is an upgraded version of the Nottingham and Ningbo cooperation in hope of driving the institute to give full play to the advantages of international
platform and mechanism advantages, make good use of the advantages of the new materials science and international resources at the University of Nottingham and Ningbo Construction of new materials industrial base and policy advantages of science and technology city. In doing so, they hope to introduce international high-end R & D team, cultivate a large number of enterprises focusing on new materials, and promote the rapid development of new materials industry in Ningbo. Ningbo will strive to create favorable environment for the development.
David• Greenaway said in recent years, Ningbo new materials industry has continued to expand, and industrial development environment is becoming increasingly favorable. The University of Nottingham has a wealth of international resources and conversion experience, and is willing to work together to expand and broaden the research and innovation Ningbo platforms and domestic external cooperation networks. It hopes to introduce advanced new materials technology from UK and Europe to Ningbo to materialize internationally renowned high-end innovations from other universities to Ningbo, giving new momentum to Ningbo new materials industry.
