Located in Dalian, Liaoning Province, Dalian University (DLU for short) is a comprehensive public undergraduate university, which has been selected into the national11plan, the excellent teacher training plan of the Ministry of Education and the new engineering research and practice project of the Ministry of Education. It is a "first-class discipline" construction university in Liaoning Province, a national college student cultural quality education base, a demonstration university for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship reform in Liaoning Province, a member unit of CDIO Engineering Education Alliance, a national technology transfer demonstration institution and a national intellectual property pilot unit, and a high-value patent portfolio cultivation center in Liaoning Province. It is the first company in China to apply for patent opening license in China National Intellectual Property Administration.