After a long period for study and preparing, the Research Institute of Development Strategy, Zhejiang University (RIDS) was officially founded. On January 18th, 2013, the party committee secretary Jin Deshui and the principal Yang Wei of Zhejiang University unveiled for the Institute on the establishment ceremony and the development forum. On behalf of Zhejiang University and the Education Development Research Center, Yang Wei and Zhang Li signed a cooperation framework agreement.
RIDS was established in meet of the need of forcing the strategy research of Zhejiang University. RIDS will focus on the university development strategy and policy research, the construction of Modern University system, the construction of first-class university, collaborative innovation and creativity of University, academic evaluation and education reform research with the help of the college of education, college of public management, school of management, library and information center. RIDS will provide advices for the reform and development of the university. RIDS will try the best to become the well-known development strategy research platform both at home or abroad in the field of higher education and the top think-tank in science and education reform and development.
Jin Deshui expressed that if colleges and universities paid no attention to strategy, they are doomed to fail. In present changeable situation, we need to strengthen strategic research in order to adapt to the times include the development and the competition. Zhejiang University has a strong strength in the field of higher education. We gathered a lot of experts and scholars and had the potential to carry out the strategy. We should further promote research as to achieve a new round of development. He asked the Institute to build an excellent research base. The first thing is to strengthen the theory research and strategy research of high level, and strive to achieve a number of important research results in keeping with the development of higher education. The second is to strengthen policy research, provide more valuable reference for scientific decision. The third is to provide more useful insight for the school in complies with international development of science and education. The establishment of RIDS is new attempt for the school. RIDS should strengthen collaborative innovation based on the subject and talent. It should explore the establishment of a new mechanism of strategic research work in an open mind so as to better play its role and influence.
"The development of university seems like the gods of Olympia. We should see far, think far. We also need the advanced strategic research and plan. In order to make the university to be the world first-class university, we should keep in strengthening strategic research.” Yang Wei suggested that RIDS have to carry out research from three aspects of international, domestic and abroad. At the international level, RIDS needs to study China's higher education philosophy, the path of development since the founding of China. At the domestic level, RIDS needs to study how to embody the characteristics of Chinese university and what the difference between Chinese university basic system and the modern university system is. At the school level, RIDS needs to study and carry forward the core value of the historical heritage of Zhejiang University, the core values of transmission, the idea of running school, governance structure the critical mode of education and so on. He hoped that scholars of RIDS can work with the national and international experts, make some influential research. He believed that RIDS would have a brilliant future under everyone's support and efforts.
Zhang Li, vice secretary of China Academy of Science and Pan Jiaofeng, chief of Strategic Planning Bureau, were employed as members of RIDS’ expert advisory committee on the forum. They made special reports on higher education strategy development and scientific strategy development.
According to the educational development cooperation framework agreement, Ministry of Education and Zhejiang University will build a macro strategic research platform, promoting the science and education strategy research ability. Both sides will focus on research, academic exchanges, personnel training and carrying out long-term close cooperation platform etc.
Zou Xiaodong,Vice President of Zhejiang University, declared the forum and the founding ceremony closed. Some important people of Zhejiang university as well as teachers and students of RIDS attended the Forum.
