On May 22, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine and the "the Belt and Road" International Medical School of Zhejiang University held a strategic cooperation signing ceremony with Zhejiang Normal University.

Qiu Limin, Vice President (in charge of administrative work) and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhejiang Normal University, Gong Shujuan, Deputy Mayor of Yiwu City, and Wang Kai, Secretary of the Party Committees of Zhejiang University Fourth Hospital and International Medical College, attended the signing ceremony and delivered speeches.

Li Zhengquan, Director of the Science and Technology Department (Campus Cooperation Department) of Zhejiang Normal University, Wu Liming, Dean of the Fourth College of Zhejiang University, and Yang Wei, Executive Vice Dean of the International School of Medicine of Zhejiang University, signed a strategic cooperation agreement.

Gong Shujuan, on behalf of the Yiwu Municipal Party Committee and Government, expresses sincere gratitude to Zhejiang University and Zhejiang Normal University for their outstanding contributions to the development of Yiwu over the years.

We look forward to both parties fully leveraging their respective strengths to create a medical education brand with international influence; Promote the transformation and industrialization of scientific research achievements, and cultivate new quality productivity; Strengthen the construction of the teaching staff, introduce and cultivate high-level talents. She also stated that Yiwu will provide the best environment, services, and policies, coordinate and solve possible difficulties in a timely manner, and fully support the practical implementation of the results of this cooperation.

Wang Kai stated in his speech that the "three in one" collaborative development model constructed by the Fourth Hospital of Zhejiang University, the International School of Medicine, and the International Institute of Health Medicine is an innovative measure for Zhejiang University to create a Chinese model for the integration of medical research and teaching. Zhejiang Normal University, along with Zhejiang University Fourth College and Zhejiang University International Medical College, is located in the Jinyi metropolitan area, which has a natural geographical advantage for communication and cooperation, and a wide range of cooperation space.

This signing means that the cooperation between the two sides has entered a new stage of substantial implementation, which will not only inject new momentum into their respective development, but also jointly boost the new development of science, education and health in the region, the province and even the whole country, accelerate the cultivation and optimization of regional new quality productivity, and make greater contributions to the construction of Chinese path to modernization.