50 billion to build a double first-class university, absolutely generous, this is Shenzhen, a great city, for education, actually directly invested 50 billion to introduce a 985 double first-class university, such courage, really not the average city can do.
Shenzhen is a very young city, it was officially established in 1980, and it has only been more than 40 years now, because of its youth, Shenzhen's cultural accumulation has always been relatively lacking compared with other first-tier cities.
Since the day of the establishment of the Special Economic Zone, Shenzhen has never stopped the introduction of talents, and is eager to have its own double first-class university, because Shenzhen University has not been rated as a double first-class university, Shenzhen has quickly introduced Harbin Institute of Technology, and Harbin Institute of Technology has also become the first 985 and 211 double first-class universities in Shenzhen.
Of course, having a double first-class university is not the ultimate goal pursued by Shenzhen, the number of universities comparable to the north, Shanghai and Guangzhou is Shenzhen's ideal, so Shenzhen introduced the top ten Sun Yat-sen University in the country in 2015, so that Shenzhen now has two 985, 211 double first-class universities, with the existence of these two universities, Shenzhen is no longer a double first-class university desert.
Shenzhen's emphasis on education is well known, we should be very clear, Shenzhen itself is not large, the total area is less than 2000 square kilometers, in order to welcome the arrival of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen directly took out 5000 acres of land, equivalent to 3.2 square kilometers, in Shenzhen, a city where every inch of land is gold, such a large area of land investment, it is conceivable that Shenzhen has really invested a lot of money for education.
For the introduction of a university, an investment of 50 billion yuan, which is also the largest single investment since the establishment of Shenzhen, and a large amount of 5,000 acres of land, which is really rare.
Sun Yat-sen University Shenzhen Campus started construction in June 2018, and has been basically completed, the new Shenzhen campus is very domineering, many people are amazed, this is to build a new city, Shenzhen is indeed proud enough, and the emphasis on education is also commendable.
At present, Shenzhen Sun Yat-sen University has more than 14,000 students, more than 1,300 faculty members, and a campus construction area of 1.3 million square meters.