When the Virtual University Park was conceived, the earliest name was "university cooperation base"

The Shenzhen Research Institute of Renmin University of China is officially listed in the Shenzhen Virtual University Park, becoming the mainland colleges and universities in the Virtual University Park after the famous universities such as Tsinghua University, Peking University and Harbin University of Technology. Today, the Virtual University Park has ushered in more than 50 well-known universities at home and abroad, more than 80 key laboratories and projects into the University Park innovation platform. The Virtual University Park has become an important impetus for the construction of the national innovative city in Shenzhen.

The origin of Virtual university

12 years ago, Shenzhen, technology-oriented innovation enterprises dotted, ZTE, Huawei has already emerged. However, compared with the booming development of High-tech industry, there is a lack of large and stable high-tech talents in Shenzhen, and the lack of strong research and development strength, a large number of High-tech enterprises lack of talent and research potential. At that time, the Shenzhen Science and Technology Bureau did a special survey found that 2000 by the Shenzhen identified 89 High-tech enterprises need to increase the talent 7527 people, than 1996 growth of 57%, an average increase of 14. 3%.

Shenzhen University Scientific Research Foundation is relatively weak, rely on only strong existing resources, it is difficult to quickly achieve benefits. Cooperation with well-known universities at home and abroad, you can play the advantages of Shenzhen market economy and foreign universities strong scientific research strength of the complementary advantages.

December 1996, Tsinghua University cooperated with Shenzhen to set up Shenzhen Tsinghua Institute in Shenzhen Hi-Tech Industrial park. Subsequently, a group of domestic famous university with strength, have come to seek cooperation and development, their common characteristics are, in Shenzhen to seek the product of scientific research, from the market access to corporate and financial support.

In the light of these circumstances, at that time, we suggested that the municipal government should establish a new kind of cooperative relationship with the famous universities in China (including Hong Kong) in the hi-tech zone, and create a first-class university cooperation base with high technology development as the center, which can realize the combination of production, science and research. Establish a relatively strong economic and technological base.

The name of the virtual university

When the Virtual University Park was conceived, the earliest name was "university cooperation base". At home and abroad, the well-known institutions of higher learning have been stationed in Shenzhen, radiation Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and southern China. We set a high threshold for the university cooperation base, requiring the settled institutions to be famous universities and key subjects, focusing on science and technology and modern economic management. Base for the Shenzhen Economic and High-tech industrial development services, but also to promote the mainland's scientific research to market, create benefits.

University cooperation base this name was not long, we put forward the "Joint Innovation Technology City and Virtual University" name. At that time the global scope ushered in the network of science and technology, remote technology, the complete, universal distance teaching. At that time, the Western States also conceived the establishment of virtual universities, the integration of the State's education resources, improve the efficiency of education. Therefore, we also put forward in the study report and suggestions to build a joint innovation and Technology city and Shenzhen Virtual University of the argument. October 1998, the Virtual University Park as a separate name, officially unveiled the Australian International Science and Technology Park Association annual meeting. In a paper submitted to the annual meeting, Shenzhen for the first time in the international scientific and technological community formally proposed the construction of Shenzhen Virtual University.

Lack of social funding early in the project

The construction of Virtual University Park at first quite some "shave tiaozi Ituge" feeling. After the establishment of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, a group of domestic and Hong Kong famous institutions have come to seek cooperation and development. City high-tech office to Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and other place, to promote the concept of Virtual University Park, has been universally recognized.

However, how to solve the fund of the construction project? Does the market resonate? In the name of building the joint innovation and Technology City and Virtual University Park (provisional name), we prepared a project proposal to attract social funds.

At that time, the community and investment community reacted flat to the idea of building a virtual University park. Many of the big companies surveyed said they had declined the invitation to invest in university parks and High-tech zones without seeing a return on investment. However, only after 5 years, to enter the high-tech zone, has been to the land of tile must contend. Later, some entrepreneurs regret to tell us that they blame their own lack of vision, no investment so promising projects.

Government dials 60 million to build funds

The Virtual University Park in Shenzhen is different from other virtual universities in the world from the brewing planning. At that time, the city government made it clear that Shenzhen should be built into China, even the world's famous High-tech industrial base, and become China's "Silicon Valley". The Virtual University Park is actually China's Stanford or MIT.

The social financing of the Virtual University Park project has been neglected. The key moment, the city leader work, Virtual University Park on this "broken cocoon and out."

One day in December 1998, a number of city leaders in the high-tech zone work. The Virtual University Park project was not formally included in the report, but was submitted to the planning authority for filing beforehand. After the main issue of the report, discussed how to play the role of High-tech zones, when the planning of the city leaders asked the project, the Virtual University Park project under the Deputy Secretary-General said "We have a virtual University Park project, has been reported to the planning bureau." "When the deputy mayor Li Decheng heard the report of the brief report on the direct question:" How much do you want this project? "The first construction plan has already been accounted for," replied the Deputy secretary, "as long as 60 million." ”

Li Decheng asked the deputy mayor responsible for planning, technology and land construction: What do you say? Everyone declared that they had no opinion. Virtual University Park project director said, comprehensive service building decoration paragraph, first used to decorate two floors, start Virtual University Park. The city leaders echoed the chorus.

60 million dollars in funding, so launched the Chinese "Silicon Valley" plan.

June 1999, the Virtual University Park began to accept members. September 10 official opening of teachers ' Day. The Shenzhen municipal Government has approved the establishment of the Virtual University Park Management Center, and clearly stipulates the annual special 10 million yuan for the virtual University Park units of subsidies.

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From 1999 to the end of 2009, Shenzhen Virtual University Park accumulated training talents 10. More than 80,000, including 1269 doctoral students, Master 2. More than 70,000, at the same time set up a National Key Laboratory (Engineering Center) Shenzhen Research and Development Institutions 88, transformation of scientific and technological achievements 959, incubation technology enterprises 625, to undertake national projects 74, access to 241 patents.

The first batch of 22 universities, such as China Engineering Academy, China University of Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Peking University, Harbin Polytechnic Institute, Hong Kong Universities and Nankai University, promoted the Virtual University Park to become the innovative platform for the academic exchange, technical cooperation and the promotion of the seamless connection between the Government and the universities.

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Over the past ten years, more than 50 famous universities at home and abroad have settled in, and the Virtual University Park has made outstanding achievements in education and training, which strongly supports the strategy of building a national innovative city in Shenzhen.

From the Virtual University Park project began, the concept of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology corridor continues to deepen its efforts to build innovation circle. May 2007, HKSAR and Shenzhen signed a co-operation agreement to build a "Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation Circle". Chia, a former principal of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, pioneered the concept of the "Shenzhen Technology Corridor". Since then, Hong Kong and Shenzhen have been taking technological cooperation as the core and integrating innovative elements to comprehensively promote and strengthen the extensive cooperation in the areas of science, technology, economy, human resources training and trade in the two places. An innovative resource concentration, innovative activities active in the East Coast Bay area of the Pearl River increasingly formed.