Ningbo, Zhejiang University sign a cooperative agreement

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Category: On The Campus

Published: Tuesday, 26 November 2013 09:38

Ningbo Municipal government signed a strategic medical cooperative agreement with Zhejiang University in Hangzhou on Monday, stepping on a new stage in city-university cooperation. Jin Deshui, Party secretary of Zhejiang University, and Lu Ziyue, deputy Party Secretary of Ningbo, attended the inauguration ceremony of Ningbo Hospital of Zhejiang University.

The Partnership between Ningbo and Zhejiang University dates from over 10 years ago and both sides have achieved fruitful results through cooperation in the field of education, training, R&D of science and technology and application. The current project focuses on medical cooperation between the No.1 Hospital of Ningbo and School of Medicine in Zhejiang University. In recent years, School of Medicine of Zhejiang University has been working with relevant health departments in Ningbo in clinical, research, teaching, prevention, etc. and has supplied a large number of medical personnel to Ningbo. The two sides also signed a memorandum of cooperation and 12 cooperation agreements on 12 matching subjects this Monday.

Under the agreement, the No.1 Hospital of Ningbo is officially named as "Ningbo hospital of Zhejiang University". The move also enables the No.1 Hospital of Ningbo to establish links with other hospitals afflicted to Zhejiang University. To support the construction of key disciplines and promote personnel training, clinical management and development as well as the introduction and promotion of new medical technologies in Ningbo, Zhejiang University will establish an academicians (experts) workstation in the No.1 Hospital of Ningbo. The two sides also plan to carry out all-round cooperation on talent training, new technologies and new projects, research platform and a series of interdisciplinary research cooperation projects. The effort aims to substantially improve the medical service as well as medical teaching and research of Ningbo and enable local citizens to enjoy better medical service.