The 2025 International Campus Strategic Retreat was held in February to jointly explore directions and pathways for the next phase of the high-quality development of the International Campus and to explore the pooling of resources and efforts to focus on advancing the development of the Campus’s international collaborative education model.
Professor HE Lianzhen, Vice Chairman of the Development Committee of Zhejiang University, delivered a speech in which she emphasized that the International Campus should continuously strengthen its core advantages in Sino-foreign cooperative education. She highlighted the need to broaden perspectives, actively attract and cultivate students, construct interdisciplinary platforms, and open up clear career pathways for young faculty. She also stressed the importance of providing targeted support for the professional growth of international faculty to ensure that they have ample development opportunities within the Campus. Further, she emphasized that the campus must focus on enhancing educational quality by proactively planning new institutions and programs and injecting fresh momentum into its future development.
Professor LI Min, Chief of the International Campus, emphasized that 2025 will be a pivotal year. The Campus faces many challenges, such as the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence, which is driving demands for educational transformation and reform. The International Campus must align with global trends, national strategies, university goals, and regional needs to formulate its strategic plans, clarify its positioning, and define its development direction. She stressed the need to focus on a goal-oriented and problem-solving approach, actively exploring innovations and building and optimizing an open, cross-disciplinary, harmonious, and integrity-driven academic ecosystem to foster an inclusive cultural environment.
Professor LI Hanying, Dean of the International Campus, delivered a report titled "Current Priorities and Driving Forces." Grounded in the University’s vision and mission, he addressed the core challenges confronting the institution, pinpointing its strategic positioning and clarifying the key priorities and drivers for the International Campus. He emphasized that the Campus should embrace innovative thinking and lead by example, using new models to drive reform of existing systems to build a student-centered, excellence-oriented education system that will accelerate the development of the international collaborative education model.
Professor WU Jian, Vice Dean of the International Campus, presented a report on the theme of scientific research. He highlighted that, in recent years, the Campus has achieved sustained growth in research funding and project volume, producing a series of representative high-impact publications with distinctive international features. By drawing on the best international practices, the Campus will establish policy frameworks and support mechanisms to foster globally oriented research, cultivate landmark achievements, and enhance research capacity.
CHEN Liang, Vice Dean of the International Campus, delivered a report themed on faculty development, conducting an in-depth analysis of current progress and challenges in depth while proposing targeted strategies for the future. He emphasized that the scale and composition of the faculty require further optimization. The Campus will actively forge a faculty team that deeply integrates a global vision with local-focused practices and demonstrates strong research innovation capabilities. The aim of this initiative is to cultivate globally competitive talents and drive high-quality educational development in the local area by establishing an academic workforce that synergizes international benchmarking with regional service excellence.
After each presentation, discussion sessions were held where all the participants actively contributed their insights through collaborative brainstorming. The Dean of ZJE, Professor KE Yuehai; the Dean of ZJUI, Professor LEE Der-Horng; the Dean of ZIBS, Professor BEN Shenglin; and the Vice Dean of International Campus, QU Haidong, shared their thoughts on student education, scientific research, the academic innovation ecosystem, and the development of the new stage of the international collaborative education model.
Faculty representatives brought their own experiences to bear by actively contributing their ideas about enhancing support for interdisciplinary research initiatives, consolidating resources to develop collaborative research platforms, and refining support for faculty recruitment and development.
Article: LI Yinan
Photography: LIU Shuaiyin
Editing: LI Yinan, LIU Shuaiyin
Editing in charge: ZHANG Yi
Reviewer: YANG Yi
Final Review: QU Haidong