University president shares vision

Editor's Note: China Daily is publishing a series of reports on universities jointly established by education institutions from China and overseas. As the colleges get busy with recruitment, our reporters visited them to talk with principals, teachers and students.

The establishment of an international institution of higher education in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, plays a vital role in the local economic transition, according to a key educator.

"After years of rapid industrial expansion after China's reform and opening-up in the 1980s, Shenzhen needs an international university that will support its economic transition by offering high-end talent and research, especially in technology and the innovation sector," said Xu Yangsheng, president of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen.