October 13-21, 2012, under the invitation of Professor Leonid Gokhberg of the Moscow State Higher School of Economics, Associate Dean Professor Zhu Donghua along with five colleagues took a trip to Moscow to participate in the Conference "Foresight for Innovative Responses to the Grand Challenges”. The team held discussions with the British, Russian and American experts on the launch of the project "Emerging technologies, Trajectories, and Implications of Next Generation innovation Systems Development in China and Russia”, as well as the Sino-Russian cooperation opportunities.
Project Description:
"Emerging Technologies, and Implications of Next Generation Innovation Systems Development in China and Russia" is a British Economic and Social Research Committee Great Powers Series project, jointly applied by the University of Manchester, United Kingdom Manchester Innovation Institute and Manchester University School of Social Sciences of political and economic Institute (IPEG), Beijing Institute of Technology, and Moscow National Higher Economic Institute. The Project will last three years

HSE Description:
Moscow State Higher School of Economics (HSE) , a research-oriented state university, has been in a leading position in sociology and economics in Russia. It was ranked among the world's 500 best universities in the latest QS ranking.