The Hefei National High-Tech Industry Development Zone and the Renmin Business School of Renmin University of China sign an agreement to jointly set up a research center in the zone, Beijing, April 10. [Photo from WeChat account hefeigaoxinfabu]

The Renmin Business School of Renmin University of China signed a cooperation agreement with the Hefei National High-Tech Industry Development Zone in Anhui province on April 10 to jointly set up an institute aimed at propeling innovation and competitiveness among enterprises in the zone.

Through the institute, the two sides will work together to develop high-end forums and large-scale academic events, as well as enhance education and training for high-level management. The end result, it is hoped, will be more successful enterprises in the zone.

The institute comes as part of the zone's recent efforts to deepen cooperation among Chinese schools, enterprises and government.

As a top business school in China, the Renmin Business School has seen strong results in producing highly skilled professionals and is striving to become a world-class business school in terms of domestic management, said Wu Xiaoqiu, vice president of Renmin University of China.

Lyu Changfu, vice director of the administrative commettee of the zone, pledged to lend his full support to joint projects launched by the institute and expressed hopes of expanding cooperation with the school.

Lyu Changfu, vice director of the administrative committee of the Hefei National High-Tech Industry Development Zone, pledges to lend his full support to the institute at the signing ceremony in Beijing on April 10. [Photo from WeChat account hefeigaoxinfabu]