Jiang Kaitai nodded, although the mainland has been reforming and opening up for 20 years, and has always attached great importance to the role of overseas Chinese, but the mainland is not completely in line with international standards in many aspects, in the circle of overseas Chinese, the appeal of the mainland is of course huge, but Xingang, Taihu, and even Xincheng These countries and regions are actually more closely connected with the circle of overseas Chinese.

In fact, Xingang can become a financial center, and the influx of a large number of Chinese capital will make Xingang not lack funds.

It is of special significance for HKUST to set up a branch campus in the mainland, so the state, local governments, and the Xingang Special Economic Zone will support it, and it can also be supported by overseas Chinese and wealthy people.

Of course, it will not be difficult to get some support at first, but the intensity will not be very large, and whether it can continue to receive support in the future depends on the level of the Pujiang College of HKUST, if the level of Pujiang College is guaranteed, then it will be relatively easy to get funding.

The particularity of HKUST is not envied by Tongqi University, and Jiang Kaitai is also very skeptical that without the support of the majority of alumni, HKUST will be able to solve the problem of funding gap by donations. He believes that as long as HKUST really works the construction of Pujiang College, perhaps it is not impossible for the Ministry of Education to include HKUST Pujiang College in the scope of the college entrance examination and give support to similar public universities.

With the strength of HKUST, it will definitely compete with other universities in the same university town, but Jiang Kaitai is not worried about this competition. On the one hand, HKUST's relatively strong engineering fields are electronics, communications, environment, logistics, etc., although the civil engineering department of HKUST is also very strong, but in this area Tongqi University is not afraid of any competition, they are the strongest in China, and they are not afraid of anyone else. Moreover, the civil and architectural disciplines of HKUST are more international, and the direction of expertise is also different from that of Tongqi University, which is good at construction technology, and HKUST is good at design, environment, and engineering management.

On the other hand, HKUST is a cooperative education project after all, and their operation will be more market-oriented. In other words, the competition between HKUST and Tongqi University is at the market level, the advantage of HKUST is internationalization, and the advantage of Tongqi University is localization. The reason why Jiang Kaitai is worried about Aurora University and Pujiang Jiaotong University is because for these universities, it is very important to be able to obtain government resources, and government resources are limited, and the tendency is greater, as long as Aurora and Pujiang Jiaotong University are there, the government's resources will be given priority to these two universities, even if Qi University does the same good, it is useless, but this worry should not appear in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Therefore, Jiang Kaitai is actually more optimistic about the cooperation between Tongqi University and HKUST to a certain extent, and this cooperation is likely to become Tongqi University's advantage in the competition with Aurora University and Pujiang Jiaotong University.

"Mayor Bao, listen to what you mean, HKUST will be established independently? Don't they have a cooperative university in the mainland?" Jiang Kaitai asked.

As soon as Bao Feiyang heard this, he knew that Jiang Kaitai was very interested in cooperating with HKUST to run a school. He smiled and said: "In order to run Pujiang College well, HKUST requires a relatively high degree of autonomy in running the school, and we also hope that HKUST will be more bold in the way of running the school, so Pujiang University has not considered cooperating with other universities." However, in terms of specific disciplines and teaching projects, HKUST also hopes to co-build with mainland universities, which may also introduce more international famous universities. For example, a laboratory, data center, scientific research base, etc., can be co-built between schools. ”

Bao Feiyang said: "There are some situations that President Jiang should also know, and the construction of Huixun University Town will be planned and managed in a unified manner, such as gymnasiums, libraries, academic centers, art centers, etc...... Specifically, we will rely on HKUST to build an international academic exchange center and promote the international teaching and exchange atmosphere of the university town...... We also hope that all major schools can join in the internationalization construction. ”

Jiang Kaitai nodded: "If it is really promoted according to the plan you said by District Mayor Bao, the funds required should be very large, how to solve this problem?"

Jiang Kaitai's questions are getting more and more detailed, and his performance like this also makes Bao Feiyang understand that the possibility of the other party settling in Huixun University Town is already very high. At the moment, he patiently explained: "The finances of Huixun District are indeed a little insignificant now, but as long as the university town is built according to this plan, then future funding will definitely not be a problem." ”

Bao Feiyang smiled and said: "I know that after the scale of higher education has expanded, the state has supported the construction of major universities very strongly. With the improvement of the economic situation, the most difficult stage of the reform of state-owned enterprises will soon pass, throw away the big burden of state-owned enterprises, the country's financial situation will get better and better, and there will be more and more means of financing, and colleges and universities will not be short of money in the future. ”

"Huixun University Town can become a benchmark, the support of the state and the city will not be less, we do a good job, and the scale of financing can also be bigger and bigger. Of course, in the final analysis, it depends on our hematopoietic ability and the industrial development of Chundong and Huixun, and we have no reason to do badly!"

Bao Feiyang said: "Specifically, we will set up a Huixun University Town Construction Committee to manage the construction and operation of the university town in a unified manner, and some public facilities in the university town, such as sports centers, academic centers, art centers, etc., will solve the problem of construction funds through donations, and solve the problem of operating funds through commercial operations." For example, we have reached an agreement with Fangxia Group to donate to build the University Town Academic Center, and we are also discussing with Xingang New World Group to donate the construction of the University Town Art Center, and the donor company will obtain the naming rights of the building......"

Almost all afternoon, Bao Feiyang was discussing the construction and operation of the university town with Jiang Kaitai. Although neither side mentioned the issue of Tongqi University stationed in the university town, Jiang Kaitai's posture has undoubtedly shown his attitude, but Tongqi University is a public university, and such a major decision is obviously not something that Jiang Kaitai can make alone, and the final decision will only be finalized after the discussion and decision of the party committee of the university and the approval of the competent department.

In Huixun District, the plan for Huixun University Town has been submitted to the city, but it has not yet been finally approved. Since the plan of Huixun University Town was submitted to the city, and the news came out, almost every district and county has put forward its own plan for the university town, and the city is also weighing and making choices.

Although Pujiang City is rich in higher education resources, it is impossible for every district to build a university town, so it will not be a university town, but can only be called a new campus.

The construction of the university town involves not only the individual schools, but also the city's development plan, so the city is not so quick to finalize the specific plan, and whoever can get the city's approval first will undoubtedly take the lead.

Of course, the foundation of the construction of the university town is still on the side of the university, even if the city has planned the location of the university town, but except for some municipal colleges and universities will implement the plan in accordance with the city, there is no room for expression. For those subordinate universities, they can completely ignore the city's planning and put forward their own demands. The best universities in Pujiang are all subordinate universities, and these subordinate universities have more independent decision-making power, although they also need the cooperation of the city to build a new campus, otherwise even if they want a certain place, but the city does not grant land, they have no choice.

Under normal circumstances, the city will respect the wishes of these subordinate universities, and the subordinate universities will also consider the city's planning, and the two sides can only choose the final plan if they reach a consensus. Generally speaking, the city will collect the intentions of the major universities, finalize the plan of several university towns and the scope of the new campus, and then the city and the districts and counties to communicate and negotiate with the major universities, at this time, it depends on whether the districts and counties can strive for colleges and universities to enter, and then the negotiation is almost over, and the city will launch the final plan.

At present, it is the process of the game between the major districts and counties and universities, Huixun District is striving for these universities, and other districts and counties are also fighting for these universities, the city will not agree that the university town is blooming everywhere, nor does it want to have a monopoly situation, according to the city's planning, it is also hoped to build two to three comprehensive university towns, with two to three university towns with one or two universities as the core, the latter is mainly for Aurora, Pujiang Jiaotong University and other powerful famous universities.

In order to coordinate the work of the districts, counties and universities, the city also held several seminars, at which officials and experts representing the interests and opinions of various parties spoke to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of various options. In this process, the plans of each district and county have also been gradually exposed, and a rough pattern distribution has been formed.

In general, there are three more mature comprehensive university towns, one is the Binjiang University Town in Jianghang District, which has been settled in Pujiang Jiaotong University and Pujiang Normal University plans to settle in, and the first-mover advantage of Jianghang University Town is very obvious. However, because of this, the construction plan of Jianghang University Town is centered on Pujiang Jiaotong University and Pujiang Normal University, leaving relatively little room for the development of other schools, and this plan is not attractive to universities of the same level such as Aurora University, Tongqi University, and Pujiang University of Technology, and it can be said that they have been excluded from the first choice.