On January 13, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee held a cooperation meeting in Nanjing Chilin S&T Town. Ding Zhongli, deputy president of CAS and president of UCAS, and Zhang Jinghua, secretary of the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee, attended the meeting. Both sides focused on the co-construction of Nanjing Chilin S&T Town and reached consensus on deepening cooperation in order to further promote the establishment of Nanjing College, UCAS in Chilin.

Zhang Jinghua firstly thanked the Chinese Academy of Sciences for its long-term support for the economic and social development, as well as scientific and technological progress in Nanjing. He said that Nanjing has deepened its cooperation with CAS and has made positive progress in various fields such as construction of major national science and technology infrastructure projects, establishment  of new R&D agencies, production-education-research cooperation, etc. Nanjing hopes to deepen the cooperation with CAS, especially in the construction of the new campus of Nanjing Branch, CAS as well as Nanjing College, UCAS in Chilin, so as to make greater contributions to its social development.

Ding Zhongli expressed his gratitude to Nanjing for its long-term support given to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in various fields. He pointed out that the institutes of the Nanjing Branch of CAS has developed rapidly and made important breakthroughs in the exploration of dark matter, the soil remediation, the application of nanotechnology and the development of advanced medical equipments, etc. Besides, nearly 200 innovative carriers of all kinds have been built and over 1500 projects have been carried out. The construction of the new campus of Nanjing Branch, CAS as well as Nanjing College, UCAS in Chilin is very important to the development of Nanjing Chilin S&T Town. It is also of great significant to both CAS and Nanjing, and will promote more scientific and technological achievements in future.

After the meeting, both sides investigated the construction sites of the new campus of Nanjing Branch, CAS and Nanjing College, UCAS.