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CBI member The University of Nottingham's Ningbo campus in China recently received nine million RMB (about £1 million) in funding from the City of Ningbo for an ambitious project to produce at least 25 manufacturing research engineers and 25 patents for new technologies over the next five years.
The funding represents the highest amount ever awarded to The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC). The University's innovation team will work with at least 50 companies in Ningbo to invent low-carbon technologies. Much of the team's focus will be on the automotive industry in Ningbo.
Professor Sam Shen, Registrar at UNNC, said, "This project is vitally important for the economy of Ningbo and China in general. The government has prioritised green technologies in its latest five-year plan.
"The city of Ningbo, which is a key industrial area in China, wants to take the lead in scientific and technological innovation that helps deliver on national goals to reduce carbon emissions and at the same time generate further economic growth.
"The project's funders and leaders also have international aspirations. Our innovation team will play an important role in developing scientists in China who can create world-leading technologies and make valuable contributions to international scholarly research."
Professor Nabil Gindy, UNNC's Vice-Provost for Research and its Graduate School dean, said, "This project isn't just about research; it is about talent-building. The concept is to create a number of researchers with critical mass to work in areas that the Chinese government considers important. The emphasis will be on nurturing young scientists."
Professor Gindy also noted, "We will be working closely with businesses to look at how companies can make money, and quite possibly even more money than ever, but reduce the environmental impact of what they do.
"This project is about job creation and improved productivity as much as it is about advances in science and technology."
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