The ceremony was hosted by Jin Deshui. Zhou Haimeng and Chen Derong delivered speeches respectively, and Gu Binglin and Zhao Hongzhu spoke successively. Zhao Hongzhu, Lu Zushan, Gu Binglin, Hu Heping and others all cut the ribbon for the completion of the building. Subsequently, a signing ceremony was held for 15 cooperation projects between Tsinghua University, Zhejiang Tsinghua Yangtze River Delta Research Institute and Zhejiang Xinhui New Materials Co., Ltd., with a total contract amount of 1.28 billion yuan and a total investment of 5.41 billion yuan.
On December 31, 2003, the Zhejiang Provincial People’s Government and Tsinghua University *** jointly established the Zhejiang-Tsinghua Yangtze River Delta Research Institute. Relying on the technology and talents of Tsinghua University, the institute gives full play to and utilizes the advantages of both the province and the university, facing international competition and the economic and social development needs of Zhejiang and the Yangtze River Delta, in advanced manufacturing, information technology, biomedicine, ecological and environmental protection, In the fields of marine resource development and other fields, we will set up key laboratories, engineering research centers and postdoctoral workstations, establish international technology transfer centers and continuing education bases, and strive to become a domestic first-class scientific and technological innovation, talent training and high-tech industrialization base. The institute is headquartered in Jiaxing Science and Technology City in Nanhu New District, Jiaxing City, and has two campuses in Jiashan and Pinghu. The institute's headquarters building is 99 meters high, with 21 floors above ground and 3 floors underground, with a construction area of ??55,000 square meters.
From its establishment in 2003 to 2008, with the care and support of leaders at all levels of provincial schools and relevant localities and departments, the institute has achieved rapid development. Today, the institute has 159 employees (including subsidiaries) and has organized a considerable innovation team. The institute has so far jointly established 4 research institutes and 12 technology R&D centers and technology intermediaries with Tsinghua University, private enterprises inside and outside the province, and local governments in the fields of advanced manufacturing, biomedicine, ecological environment protection, and information technology; a total of Undertaken 80 vertical scientific research projects, including 15 national scientific research projects and 36 provincial scientific research projects; carried out 68 horizontal scientific and technological cooperation projects with enterprises, with a total project investment of more than 800 million yuan; published a total of 95 academic articles of various types articles, applied for 23 patents, and won 5 various science and technology awards including the First Prize of Natural Science from the Ministry of Education. The institute has currently obtained 34 research projects including intelligent plant sugar-free tissue culture seedling production equipment, heat-resistant superoxide dismutase, online water quality analyzer, colorimeter, miniature semiconductor pumped green light laser, and optical chip PDA software. Results. At present, the institute is focusing on transforming and promoting more than 40 scientific and technological achievements of our institute and Tsinghua University inside and outside Zhejiang Province. Among them, the ones that have been successfully promoted and achieved good economic and social benefits include large-scale public building energy-saving testing technology and wireless technology. 20 items including sugar tissue culture technology, off-season peony flowering promotion, sewage treatment, and microcystin immunoassay technology. Relying on the educational resources of Tsinghua University and based on the needs of local economic and social development, the institute has so far organized 84 training courses of various types such as modern business management and corporate management, with a total of 7,360 graduates. The institute also strives to play the role of bridge and link, and has promoted a total of 21 scientific and technological cooperation projects between Tsinghua University and Zhejiang Province, with a total investment of 5.6 billion yuan. The institute has so far introduced and incubated 35 technology-based enterprises in Jiaxing, with a cumulative registered capital of nearly 500 million yuan.
In his speech, Zhao Hongzhu fully affirmed the achievements of the institute in scientific and technological innovation, talent training and high-tech industrialization since its establishment, and congratulated the institute on behalf of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government. He hopes that the institute will continue to focus on the development needs of Zhejiang Province and the Yangtze River Delta region, constantly innovate mechanisms, strengthen construction in all aspects, play a good role as a bridge for cooperation between provinces and schools, and strive to build the institute into a gathering of innovative elements such as talents and information. The platform is a technological platform for scientific research and development and achievement transformation, and a service platform for regional economic and technological improvement, making new contributions to Zhejiang Province’s implementation of the strategy of strengthening the province through innovation and enriching the people through entrepreneurship. All relevant departments in Zhejiang Province should continue to care about and support the development of the institute and provide necessary services and assistance; the Jiaxing Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government should regard supporting and supporting the construction and development of the institute as a major matter, strengthen contact, and care and help solve the difficulties and problems encountered during the construction and development of the institute.
Gu Binglin said in his speech that the establishment of the institute is a major breakthrough and development in provincial-school cooperation. With the care and support of party committees and governments at all levels in Zhejiang Province, the institute has achieved rapid development and made remarkable achievements. On behalf of Tsinghua University, he expressed his sincere gratitude to the party committees and governments at all levels of the province and city. Currently, facing the new situation of profound changes in the macro-development environment at home and abroad, the whole country is deeply implementing the Scientific Outlook on Development, which is both an opportunity and a challenge for the institute. He hoped that the institute would firmly seize opportunities, actively respond to challenges, rely on Tsinghua University, and closely focus on Zhejiang's economic, social and scientific and technological development needs, further do a good job in talent introduction, enrich and strengthen the construction of the innovation team; further strengthen the construction of scientific and technological innovation platforms, Improve the ability and level of independent innovation; further strengthen research on applied technologies and strive to solve technical problems in local economic and social development; further improve the training of various types of talents that are urgently needed by local governments and cultivate more innovative talents for Zhejiang; further play a role as a bridge It serves as a link to promote win-win cooperation between provinces and schools. All colleges, departments, and relevant departments and units of Tsinghua University must fully care for and support the development of the institute, provide the institute with strong support in talent, information, technology, and results, and use all resources of the school to provide the institute with Development services.
The institute has completed its four-year initial goals and tasks. Now, the completion and occupancy of the headquarters building marks that the institute will enter a stage of rapid development, and has since unveiled a new chapter in the history of the institute's construction and development. of one page.