On January 3, 2016, Tang Yijun, Acting Mayor of Ningbo Municipal Government and, Jin Deshui, Secretary of Party Committee of Zhejiang University met at NIT to hold a discussion about establishing the Ningbo campus of Zhejiang University, which would include the transformation of Ningbo Institute of Technology Zhejiang University, the construction of Ningbo Research Institute and Ningbo Institute of Engineers, the relocation of College of Software Technology and the preparation of Ningbo International College. There was an agreement that it was high time to further promote education in the city of Ningbo and that this program should be on the agenda as soon as possible.