On January 13, the university held a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement in education-industry-university-research signing ceremony with the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism. Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism Party Secretary and Director Chu Ziyu, President Zhong Xiaomin, and Vice President Xu Xiaodong attended the signing ceremony.
Zhong Xiaomin not only expressed his gratitude to the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism for its long-term support to the construction and development of the school, but also introduced the basic information of the school. He said that the university is committed to giving full play to its talent and intellectual advantages, and to actively exploring new paths and platforms for external cooperation and serving the local economy as well as integrated development of cultural tourism. The department and the university will focus on cultural and tourism research deepening, think-tank construction, talent training, international exchange, the National Student Rural Revitalization Creative Competition, and other key areas to carry out extensive and intensive cooperation. They will effectively serve the general situation of culture and tourism development in Zhejiang Province, and further help the construction of “cultural Zhejiang” and “poetic Zhejiang” in the new era.
Chu Ziyu pointed out that the culture and tourism industry was an engine driving China's economic growth, so the provincial Party committee and provincial government attach great importance to the work of culture and tourism. The strategic cooperation agreement signed by the department and the school not only continues to promote the all-round, high-level, and deep-level cooperation between the two sides in the comprehensive collaborative innovation, but also focuses on “high quality, competitiveness and modernization,” and carries out cooperation in the culture and tourism industry by combining the disciplinary advantages and characteristic resources of the school. It is hoped that both sides can improve and establish a sound mechanism for normalized cooperation, continue to promote in-depth exchanges between the two sides, and actively create a model for cooperation between the department and the school.
Zhong Xiaomin and Chu Ziyu respectively signed the strategic cooperation agreement on behalf of both sides. According to the agreement, the two sides will strengthen the complementary advantages and innovate integrative development to add intelligence and empowerment for the high-quality development of culture and tourism in Zhejiang.
The persons in charge of Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Cultural Relics Bureau of the Province, the relevant functional departments of the school, and the College participated in the signing ceremony.
