Along with Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area included in the national strategy, " Greater Bay Area University " also emerged.
Recently, the preparations for the construction of universities in the Greater Bay Area have ushered in important progress. Dongguan, Guangdong, the host city of Greater Bay Area, recently issued a formal document, planning to select and recruit principals in the third quarter of 2020, launch the planning and design of the Greater Bay Area university campus in the fourth quarter, and plan to complete the first phase of the campus in 2022. The
file also shows that the Greater Bay Area University will take 6 years to build (2020-2026), with a total investment estimated to be about 10 billion yuan.
Greater Bay Area University was included in government work
Source: Dongguan Government Network
On March 11, 2020, the Dongguan Municipal Government issued a notice on issuing the "Municipal Government Document No. 1 2020 Action Plan" and the "Dongguan Municipal People's Livelihood Project List (2020-2021)".
ranks first in the list of people's livelihood projects. The project matters of the Greater Bay Area University.
Source: Dongguan Government Network
List shows that the Greater Bay Area University will take 6 years to build (2020-2026), with a total investment estimated to be about 10 billion yuan.
Such a huge investment amount, no other project can match it in the list of people's livelihood projects, and its importance is clear at a glance.
Greater Bay Area University plans this year
It is understood that this year, Dongguan will improve the "Preliminary Plan for Greater Bay Area University School Management" and submit it to the provincial government, carry out the selection and appointment of principals, start the preliminary exploration of school management, promote the first phase of campus land preparation work, and start campus planning and design.
In the first quarter, the "Preliminary Plan for University Management in Greater Bay Area" was submitted to the Provincial Department of Education, and the Provincial Department of Education took the lead in submitting it to the Provincial Government for review.
In the second quarter, we will strive to participate in the operation of universities in the Greater Bay Area, strengthen cooperation with scientific research institutions, high-tech enterprises and well-known universities, promote the selection and appointment of presidents of universities in the Greater Bay Area (the person in charge of construction) and form a professional construction team; promote the preparation of campus land for the first phase.
In the fourth quarter, the planning and design of the university campus in the Greater Bay Area was launched.
Greater Bay Area University site selection intention plot, source: Dongguan Dongdong House Finder
Greater Bay Area University Past News
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is an urban agglomeration composed of two special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao and the nine cities of Guangdong Province in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai , Foshan , Zhongshan , Dongguan, Huizhou , Jiangmen , and Zhaoqing. Regarding the establishment of the Greater Bay Area University, as early as the 2018 National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Shenzhen University Li Qingquan proposed the suggestion of "creating a United University in the Bay Area".
During the 2019 Two Sessions, National People's Congress representative and Tencent Chairman Ma Huateng proposed in an interview with reporters today that it is recommended to set up an innovative university in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to export international innovative talents.
On May 19, 2019, at the first Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Media Summit, Dongguan City leaders revealed for the first time: the country has initially agreed to establish a high-quality and high-level Greater Bay Area university in Dongguan Binhai Bay New District .
In January this year, Liang Weidong, secretary of the Dongguan Municipal Party Committee, said that Dongguan will vigorously promote the construction of innovative universities, including carrying out the preparation and construction of universities in the Greater Bay Area with high standards. At present, Greater Bay Area universities are accelerating the formulation and improvement of school management plans and simultaneously planning to carry out principal selection.
Latest news shows that the University of the Greater Bay Area has initially selected a location on Weiyuan Island, Dongguan Binhai Bay New District, and is carrying out project land preparation work. In 2019, when the Marina Bay New District solicited the design plan for Weiyuan Island Forest Park, it set out the specific scope of the Greater Bay Area University; according to the initial estimate of the map, the school covers an area of about 1,000 mu (670,000 square meters).
Guangdong is preparing to build many heavyweight universities
Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Foshan) project estimated investment of 30.7 billion
In the "Guangdong Province 2020 Key Construction Preparatory Project Plan" released in March 2020, the construction project of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Foshan) is also listed, with an estimated investment of 30.7 billion yuan, with a construction area of about 2 million square meters, and the construction of teaching, experiments, scientific research, offices, conference services and other premises.
Sun Yat-sen University of Science and Technology (raised) investment of 10 billion yuan
On December 19, 2019, Sun Yat-sen University of Science and Technology held an unveiling ceremony, intending to build a new research university in 2025, benchmarking against the world's first-class! The campus is planned to be located in , Cuiheng New District, , and is expected to invest 10 billion yuan to build a school.
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) total investment exceeds 15 billion
On September 26, 2019, after the Ministry of Education announced the approval of the establishment of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) in Nansha, Guangzhou, on September 27, the total investment in the project construction project was exposed, with a total investment of approximately 150,4846 million yuan.
Guangzhou Jiaotong University Invest 10 billion
According to the report of "Southern Daily ", on August 30, 2018, the 14th Guangzhou-Taiwan Presidents Forum was held in Guangzhou. "The reporter learned from the meeting that Guangzhou will invest 10 billion yuan to establish Guangzhou Jiaotong University. At present, the construction work has been carried out, with a planned land of 1,000 mu, and it is planned to start enrollment in 2020."
"Guangzhou Jiaotong University" with a total investment of about 10 billion yuan has started construction work in 2018.
Shenzhen University of Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen University of Science and Technology is an independent full-time university built by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Shenzhen Municipal Government in 2018, relying on the Shenzhen Advanced Institute. It aims to build a world-class, "small and exquisite" research university, and cultivate international, innovative and compound leading talents for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the comprehensive national science center.
In October 2019, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education wrote a letter to the Shenzhen Municipal Government, agreeing to include the Shenzhen Institute of Science and Technology in the "13th Five-Year Plan" for the establishment of provincial universities, marking the official entry of the Shenzhen Institute of Science and Technology in the establishment of the Chinese Institute of Science and Technology in the stage of preparation and construction.
It is reported that the Shenzhen Science and Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has selected a location for Guangming Science City, which will be jointly run, constructed and managed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shenzhen City, and explore a new system and mechanism of "co-construction of government and people, integration of science and education".
