In January 2021, the China Association for the Promotion of Industry-University-Research Cooperation awarded Cao Yanlong, professor of the School of Mechanical Engineering of Zhejiang University and Dean of the Shandong Institute of Technology of Zhejiang University, Wu Jianwei, Associate Researcher of the School of Mechanical Engineering of Zhejiang University and Deputy Dean of the Taizhou Research Institute of Zhejiang University 2020 China Industry-University-Research Cooperation Innovation Award, aims to commend the two outstanding contributions in the collaborative innovation work of industry, university and research.
Short Bio of Prof.Yanlong Cao:
Professor, PhD tutor, Dean of the Shandong Institute of Technology of Zhejiang University, research field: product precision design and analysis, machine vision and optical measurement, intelligent equipment research and development.
Industry-University-Research Cooperation:
As the head of Shandong Institute of Technology, Zhejiang University, Cao Yanlong has continuously deepened the exchanges and cooperation between industry, university and research, and promoted double recruitment and double citation. He introduces a team of high-level professors, creates a new ecological model that combines technological innovation and industrial bases, combines the overall strategic deployment of new and old kinetic energy in Shandong Province and the industrial development needs of Zaozhuang, introduced more than 10 research centers to settle in, inject strong new kinetic energy into the development of regional emerging industries . Create a new public science and technology innovation service platform that integrates technological innovation, industry incubation, and high-end talent gathering places. Establish a scientific and technological collaborative innovation alliance to realize the precise connection between universities and government and enterprises; jointly build Zhejiang University Science and Technology Park and Medical Intelligence Valley Health Industrial Park with relevant departments of Zaozhuang Municipal Government; establish Shandong’s first entrepreneurial incubation and industrialization in the field of medical devices Platform to build a cluster of medical industry in southern Shandong.