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Published: Tuesday, 30 April 2013 13:40
According to a meeting held on April 15 on the work of higher educational institutions, in 2013, Ningbo will implement the cooperative innovation strategy for higher education, taking it a important work for the higher education in the year and the years to come.
In order to upgrade the higher educational institutions, and promote the cooperation of education and enterprises, Ningbo will start the construction of a national-level experimental zone for the cooperative innovation of education and industries, a core demonstrative zone in Ningbo Hangzhou Bay New Area, and a park in Higher Education of Ningbo for cooperative innovation of education and science.
At the meeting, it was pointed out that in the time to come, the higher educational institutions should make breakthroughs in system and mechanism innovation, and that the city should steadily improve the system and mechanism for the integrated development of higher education and regional economic and social development. It was emphasized that the city should improve the mechanism for the cooperation of enterprises, universities and research institutes, and that policies should be established to eliminate the system and mechanic barriers and barriers between departments.
Meanwhile, to meet the economic and industrial demand, the city will build about 10 cooperative innovative centers of Ningbo higher educational institutions, to make research of key technologies for industries and enterprises. With these centers, Ningbo aims to promote the emerging industries, and the reform of higher education.
In the five years from 2013, Ningbo will allocate special funds for education as subsidies for the construction of the innovative centers, and for the construction of the experimental areas.
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Published: Thursday, 25 April 2013 08:22
Ningbo could soon be benefitting from increased use of smart technology, designed to make residents’ everyday lives easier, thanks to a recently-launched partnership.
The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) and Ningbo Academy of Smart City Development have joined forces to establish the Ningbo International Smart City Research Centre, which will investigate how the city can use information and communication technology (ICT) more effectively.
The centre, which will be based in UNNC’s Faculty of Science and Engineering, will advise the government on the best use of technology as well as research potential applications. It will be co-ordinated by the digital economy research strand of the International Doctoral Innovation Centre(IDIC) at UNNC and the Ningbo Academy of Smart City Development.
It is the latest phase in the Ningbo municipal government’s 40.7 billion RMB smart city project, which looks at how technology can be better used in a range of projects from video analysis of traffic to energy and waste management.
Smart cities use ICT effectively in order to use resources more efficiently, resulting in cost and energy savings, improved service delivery and quality of life for residents.
Professor Guoping Qiu, Head of Computer Science at UNNC, said: “This multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary research centre will research and develop novel smart technologies and technological solutions, as well as new economic policies and business models for accelerating Ningbo’s smart city development.”
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Posted on 22nd April 2013
