On March 16, Prof. Ren Shaobo led a delegation from Zhejiang University to investigate the construction and management of the National Facility for Translational Medicine (Shanghai) at SJTU.

On behalf of the university, Wu Dan, SJTU Vice President and Deputy Director of the National Facility for Translational Medicine, extended a warm welcome to the ZJU delegation. Prof. Wu spoke highly of the frequent exchanges and deep friendship between the two universities, and introduced the construction of the Translational Medicine Facility, which features the working mode of “leaders taking the lead in overcoming difficulties, and building an efficient connection between internal departments”, the guiding concept of “concerted development of infrastructure and technology”, and the management initiative of “hardware construction and software research”. The two sides then had an in-depth discussion on the construction preparation, management, and operation of the National Cas Large Research Infrastructure.

It is known that Zhejiang University took the lead in building CHIEF, which was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission in early 2018, with a total investment of more than 2 billion yuan. The facility will serve as strong support for scientific research after it is fully completed.