On December 6, the Ministry of Education announced the first batch of provincial and ministerial co-construction of collaborative innovation centers. This year, the Ministry of Education identified 59 centers. Six centers were not announced because they belonged to the category of civil-military integration. Among them, the first batch of published lists, South China University of Science and Technology human tissue function reconstruction provincial and ministerial co-construction Collaborative Innovation Center ranked on the list.

The remaining 53 centers are based on 53 universities, involving 34 universities selected for the first batch of double-top construction universities, including:

Tianjin University, Dalian University of Technology, Jilin University, Harbin University of Technology, Fudan University, Zhejiang University, Zhengzhou University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, South China University of Science and Technology, Sichuan University, University of Electronic Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Lanzhou University and other 14 first-class universities; Beijing University of Technology, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hebei University of Technology, Lanzhou University, etc. Dalian Maritime University, Northeast Normal University, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hehai University, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing University of Information Engineering, Ningbo University, Hefei University of Technology, Fuzhou University, Nanchang University, Henan University, Hunan Normal University, Guangxi University, Hainan University, Guizhou University, Northwest University and Ningxia University are 20 first-class discipline construction universities.

Implementation background of provincial and ministerial co-construction of Collaborative Innovation Center

In 2018, in order to continuously promote collaborative innovation in Colleges and universities, the Ministry of Education launched the joint construction of collaborative innovation centers (hereinafter referred to as centers) by provinces and ministries. The centre is run in batches and has a four-year cycle. In principle, it is organized once a year to identify the first batch of centres, with the contribution of solving major needs as the criterion.

In April this year, the General Office of the Ministry of Education issued a circular requiring local governments to select the best recommendation from provincial collaborative innovation centers that have been recognized and have been in operation for more than two years, in light of the overall planning and future support capacity of local provincial collaborative innovation centers and the effectiveness of provincial collaborative innovation centers. No more than one recommendation can be made from above. Around December 6, the General Office of the Ministry of Education issued a circular announcing the list of the first batch of centers.

According to the recommendation situation, on the basis of coordinating industry demand, regional layout and double first-class construction, expert consultation and demonstration were organized, and 59 provinces and ministries were identified to build collaborative innovation centers. The construction period of these centers is from 2019 to 2022, supported by provinces and ministries. The Ministry of Education requests that all localities should increase the amount of financial support for the final identified centers within the construction cycle of the centers, and grant special financial support for four consecutive years. The Ministry of Education will give priority and overall support to the center in the aspects of prosperity plan, scientific research project organization, scientific research base construction and enrollment plan. (School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, National Center for Human Tissue Function Reconstruction Engineering)