Friday, October 17, 2008

Anzhong Science and Technology Promotion Fund

The Anzhong Science and Technology Promotion Fund , is a fund of Zhejiang University mainly for promoting scientific research and technological innovation.

Introduction



The fund is based on the donation from the famous Hong Kong-based Zhao Anzhong , who was a Zhejiang native .

Mr. Zhao donated 14 million to Zhejiang University in 2005. The Zhejiang University General Secretary Zhang Xi and the President Pan Yunhe received the endowment on behalf of the university, and a ceremony was also held.

One part of the fund was to build a new building for the Zhejiang University College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science. The building was finished in 2007, and is named after Mr. Zhao. The rest of the fund is for promoting the scientific research and technological innovation at Zhejiang University.

A recently finished teaching building is also named after Mr.Zhao, the building currently belongs to the Zhejiang University College of Civil Engineering and Architecture.

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