NingboTech officials attended the 2024 China (Zhejiang)-Hungary Economic & Trade Cooperation Exchange Conference held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, on May 16th. The grand gathering came against the backdrop of the 75th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between China and the Eastern European countries and the joint announcement by the two countries to establish an all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership for the new era during President Xi Jinping's state visit to Hungary.

Sponsored by the People's Government of Zhejiang Province and organized by the People's Government of Ningbo Municipality and the Department of Commerce of Zhejiang Province with the support of the HEPA Hungarian Export Promotion Agency, the conference gathered together dignitaries including GONG Tao, Chinese ambassador to Hungary, YI Lianhong, secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, and TANG Feifan, Mayor of Ningbo.

During the conference, XU Fang, Party Secretary of NingboTech, reached a joint education program in the field of new materials with the University of Szeged, a top university in Hungary which has produced two Nobel Prize winners. After the event, the NingboTech delegation visited the university's research centers and labs, where the two sides had in-depth discussions about cooperation on research and talent cultivation in the fields of new energy, advanced analytical technology, robotics, and new materials.

NingboTech officials also visited the Maritime University of Szczecin, a top maritime university with cutting-edge equipment, and the Bialystok University of Technology, which enjoys cooperation with NingboTech University for more than ten years and signed a joing Confucius Classrooom agreement with NingboTech.

This overseas official visit is an important step for NingboTech to actively integrate into the globalization strategy and promote educational internationalization. Through "going out and bringing in", NingboTech is actively promoting the integration of the industrial chain, talent chain, innovation chain, and discipline chain, seeking more international exchange partners, and expanding cooperation areas, which has in turn injected new momentum to the construction of a nationally leading innovative and application-oriented university.