Zhang Li Represents Tencent in Cooperation with Chongqing University Advancing University-Enterprise Collaboration, Innovation, and Talent Development

Recently, Zhang Li, representing Tencent, engaged in cooperation and exchange with Chongqing University. The two sides conducted in-depth discussions on industry-academia-research collaboration, digital talent cultivation, research commercialization, and the development of long-term university-enterprise cooperation mechanisms. This engagement further strengthened the connection between Tencent and Chongqing University and laid a solid foundation for future collaboration in digital education, technological innovation, and industrial empowerment.

As a leading technology company in China, Tencent has long attached great importance to collaboration with universities in talent development, scientific research, and industrial innovation. It has continuously promoted the integration of technologies, resources, and educational scenarios. Chongqing University, as a national “Double First-Class” university, possesses strong disciplinary foundations and notable strengths in engineering, information science, and management innovation. Cooperation between the two parties will help achieve complementary advantages, resource sharing, and coordinated development.

Zhang Li stated that Tencent has always been committed to empowering education through technology and fostering innovation through its ecosystem. Through cooperation with Chongqing University, Tencent hopes to further integrate digital technologies into university teaching, scientific research, and social services, while jointly exploring a more open, efficient, and sustainable model of university-enterprise collaboration. Tencent will also leverage its strengths in cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, and the industrial internet to support academic development, student practical training, and innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives.

Representatives from Chongqing University noted that deep cooperation between universities and enterprises is an important pathway to promoting high-quality higher education, improving talent cultivation, and enhancing social service capacity. This cooperation with Tencent is expected to further expand the university’s development opportunities in digital transformation, innovative talent training models, and the application of research achievements. The university looks forward to establishing a closer, more pragmatic, and long-term partnership with Tencent to serve national innovation-driven development strategies and regional economic and social needs.

Moving forward, both sides will take this cooperation as an opportunity to expand areas of collaboration and enrich forms of engagement, making sustained efforts in talent development, research collaboration, platform building, practical education, and innovation and entrepreneurship, and jointly setting a new benchmark for university-enterprise cooperation.