1. About Hangzhou and ZJU

The capital city of Zhejiang province and its economic, cultural, scientific and educational center, Hangzhou is one of the central cities in the Yangtze River Delta. A popular City of Scenic Tourism, it also ranks among the first batch of National Historical and Cultural Towns. Hangzhou features a perfect blending of hill and water, and lake and town, with rich water resources and a ubiquitous yet harmonious presence of rivers, canals, lakes, sea, and creeks. Such a picturesque natural view has earned the fame of "Paradise on Earth" for millenniums. Hangzhou boasts the world's longest artificial canal, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Traversing the city is Qiantang River, widely known for its spectacular tidal waves.

The capital city of Zhejiang province and its economic, cultural, scientific and educational center, Hangzhou is one of the central cities in the Yangtze River Delta. A popular City of Scenic Tourism, it also ranks among the first batch of National Historical and Cultural Towns. Hangzhou features a perfect blending of hill and water, and lake and town, with rich water resources and a ubiquitous yet harmonious presence of rivers, canals, lakes, sea, and creeks. Such a picturesque natural view has earned the fame of “Paradise on Earth” for millenniums. Hangzhou boasts the world's longest artificial canal, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Traversing the city is Qiantang River, widely known for its spectacular tidal waves.
Photo shows the Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province. (Photo from Qianjiang Evening News) Hangzhou is rapidly emerging as a global hub for cutting-edge technologies, driven by the growth of industrial clusters in smart IoT, AI, and cloud computing. At the forefront of this transformation are "Hangzhou's Six Tech Dragons", whose innovations are gaining international traction through technological exports and global partnerships. This surge in tech-driven enterprises is reshaping the city's identity, propelling it from China's famed "e-commerce capital" into a "hard-tech powerhouse" renowned for breakthroughs in AI, robotics, and next-gen manufacturing, solidifying its role as a leader in the global innovation landscape.
For more information, please visit https://www.ehangzhou.gov.cn/index.html

Zhejiang University (ZJU) is one of China’s top higher education institutions, as well as one of its oldest; its roots can be traced back to 1897 and the founding of the Qiushi Academy.
Located in Hangzhou – one of China’s most picturesque cities – the University is organized across seven faculties and 36 schools. It is home to 3,611 full-time faculty members, including 41 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering. ZJU has 53,673 students, over 53% of whom are postgraduate students.
Laying claim to several areas of research strength, ZJU currently ranks among the top three on Chinese mainland and within the top 100 in the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings and QS World University Rankings. Eighteen disciplines of ZJU have been selected for China’s “Double First-class” Initiative (3rd in China), and 39 disciplines graded A in the recent national assessment (1st in China).
For more information, please visit http://www.zju.edu.cn/english/.