Shenzhen is set to have an institute that will provide top notch intellectual support for the city to realize the vision as the pilot demonstration area of socialism with Chinese characteristics and as an exemplary city of human civilization.
Zhang Ling, director of the Publicity Department of the CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee and Li Fengliang, Party chief of Southern University of Science and Technology, jointly inaugurated the Global Institute for Exemplary Cities of Human Civilization of Southern University of Science and Technology in a meeting held Aug. 3.
A joint effort by the Publicity Department of the CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee and the Southern University of Science and Technology, the institute will be an effective voice from Shenzhen’s local viewpoint, while at the same time reflecting the position of the country at large, and keeping in mind a global vision and a reviving spirit. As an apex for strategy and consultation, and a platform for exchange and communication, it is to become a model for the development of think tanks with Chinese characteristics in this new era, and a significant medium for academic innovation and exploration in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
The Publicity Department of the CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee also signed a framework agreement with 15 colleges and universities in the city, including the Southern University of Science and Technology, to promote in-depth collaboration, initiate a series of specific projects concerning launching promotion campaign, teacher recruitment, social practices and more, so as to take cooperation between the department and the university to the next level.