The signing ceremony of an agreement for comprehensively deepening strategic cooperation between Tsinghua University and the Guangdong Provincial People’s Government was recently held in Guangzhou.

The agreement says that the two sides should give full play to the advantages of Tsinghua University in science and technology, talents and education, and Guangdong in policies, resources and market, and continue to deepen cooperation in basic research, construction of production, education and research platforms as well as transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and advance education and exchanges between cadres and talents.

They will further enlarge and strengthen the development of the Research Institute of Tsinghua in the Pearl River Delta, the Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen and the Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School and promote the construction of high-end think tank platforms, thus speeding up the development of Tsinghua’s “Double First-Class” (First-Class University & First-Class Discipline) development plan and construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Tsinghua University President Qiu Yong, Guangdong Party Secretary Li Xi and Governor Ma Xingrui, as well as Guangdong leaders Zhang Fuhai and Wang Xi and Tsinghua Vice Presidents Yang Bin and You Zheng, attended the event.