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The Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE; Chinese: 上海财经大学), founded in 1917, is a finance- and economics-oriented research university located in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China. The university is under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and is among the national  Double First Class University Planand former Project 211. As the oldest financial university in China, SUFE has developed its own spirit over the years.

SUFE has enjoyed a reputation of being one of the best finance and economics universities in China for many years. As of 2021, it ranked the best in China among universities specialized on finance, business, and economics in the recent edition of the recognized Best Chinese Universities Ranking. The U.S. News & World Report ranks SUFE at 14th in Asia in Business and Economics. It is a Double First Class University included in the Chinese state Double First Class University Plan.

For more information about SUFE, we invite you to visit their website : https://english.sufe.edu.cn

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China was established on 1 January 1984. On 28 October 2005, the Bank was wholly restructured to a joint-stock limited company. On 27 October 2006, the Bank was successfully listed on both Shanghai Stock Exchange and Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Through continuous endeavor and stable development, the Bank has developed into one of the top large listed banks in the world, possessing an excellent customer base, a diversified business structure, strong innovation capabilities and market competitiveness and providing comprehensive financial products and services to 5,784 thousand corporate customers and 530 million personal customers.

With serving the real economy as the foothold of operation and management, the Bank has adhered to new ideas, new finance and new services to support the supply-side structural reform and economic transformation and upgrading and to achieve its own healthy and sustainable development. The Bank has further promoted reform and innovation as well as business transformation and developed retail finance, asset management, financial market and other businesses into important engines of profit growth. The pattern of internationalized and diversified operation was further improved, covering 42 countries and territories, and contributed more to the Bank’s profit-making. For the fourth consecutive year in 2016, the Bank ranked 1st place in the three authoritative lists of The Banker’s Top 1000 World Banks, the Forbes Global 2000 and the Fortune Global 500 Sub-list of Commercial Banks.

For more information about ICBC, we invite you to visit their website : http://www.icbc.com.cn/ICBC/EN/default.htm

In the south part of China, Zhejiang university has world class research departments and large high-profile alumni networks, with ownership representing more than 30% of market cap in China.

Zhejiang University Innovation Institute International (ZIII) is an international innovation platform founded by Zhejiang University and Cybernaut Investment Group in 2007. ZIII consists of four centers: International Exchange Center, Investment & Incubation Center, Technology & Innovation Service Center and Industrial Planning Center. The mission of ZIII is to promote the cooperation among industry, universities and research institutes, to boost regional economic development, and to serve the faculty, students and alumni. It is committed to integrating academic, industry and venture capital resources at home and abroad and cultivating leading enterprises with social responsibility and entrepreneurship.

For more information about Zhejiang University, we invite you to visit their websites: https://www.zju.edu.cn/english/ and http://www.zii-china.org/