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President Zhu Attended Cornerstone-Laying Ceremony in Suzhou |
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2005-08-14 |
| President Zhu Attended Cornerstone-Laying Ceremony in Suzhou |
????President Zhu Qingshi attended the cornerstone-laying ceremony of Graduate Town in Shuzhou on August 29. The ceremony was presided over by Wang Jinhua, Vice Mayor of Suzhou Municipality. Wang Min, Party Secretary of Suzhou Municipality and USTC President Zhu Qingshi addressed the ceremony and jointly unveiled the Graduate Town.
????In his speech, President Zhu called the establishment of Graduate Town jointly initiated by Suzhou municipality and well-known universities home and abroad as a significant move to meet the demands of social and economic development and to ensure the sustainable development. While improving itself in Hefei, USTC, as a first-class university in the world, should seek further expansion in developed areas with a good academic environment, like Suzhou, to attract high-quality personnel and develop several key subjects. Zhu said, the establishment of Suzhou Graduate Town provides a good opportunity for the development of USTC's Graduate School there and the university will take effective measures to enhance its development.
????Located to the east of Dushu Lake in the Suzhou Technology Park, the Graduate Town covers 9.8 square kilometers. With a development mode of "uniformed planning, staged development, unified logistic service and resource sharing", the town is expected to attract well-known home and abroad universities to establish graduate training institutes there. At present, the Southeast University and Suzhou University have officially launched their teaching programs there. And negotiations are also underway with many well-known universities including the National University of Singapore and Nanjing University. | |
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