A delegation from Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, East China will be visiting the UK in the middle of September 2015 and wishes to meet with UK schools and higher education providers to explore opportunities for Sino-UK collaboration.

About Ningbo:
• Ningbo is the second largest economy in Zhejiang Province, after its provincial capital Hangzhou.
• It is a major deep-sea container port in eastern China, whose main industries, which closely relate to the function of the port, include: Shipping, ship building, petrochemicals, oil refining as well as offshore wind and tidal power.
• It has a highly active private sector economy that contributed 70 per cent of GDP in 2014
• The University of Nottingham Ningbo China was the first Sino-foreign university to open its doors in China. It was established by the University of Nottingham and Zhejiang Wanli Education Group in 2004.

About the Conference:
Date: 21st September 2015
Time: 10.00 – 12.00
Address: Learning and Conference Centre, University of Nottingham, Jubilee Campus,
Triumph Road, Nottingham NG8 1DH
Agenda:
• Opening speech
• Introduction of education in Ningbo by Ningbo Education Bureau
• Introduction of schools and institutions in Ningbo
• Free discussion and partnership interest mapping
• Lunch

Members of Chinese delegation will inlcude:
• Vice Mayor of Ningbo Municipal Government (http://english.ningbo.gov.cn/)
• Leaders from Ningbo Education Bureau and district bureaus (http://www.nbedu.gov.cn/newenglish/e1.asp)
• Zhejiang Fashion Technology Institute (http://wsb.zjff.edu.cn/)
• Ningbo Economics & Trade School
• Ningbo Foreign Affairs School
• Ningbo Polytechnic Institute
• Ningbo University of Technology
• Ningbo Yong River Vocation Senior High School
• Ningbo Vocational Education Centre School
• Ningbo High School (http://www.nbzx.org/english.aspx)
• Ningbo Lihuili High School
• Ningbo High-tech Zone Foreign Language School

Guests from UK education providers will be invited for lunch to extend the discussion with delegates from Ningbo, China and clarify any potential collaboration interests.