University Science and Technology Park Set Up in Xi'anA science and technology park for returned students has been set up in the Northwestern China University of Agricultural and Forestry Science and Technology.The park will focus on solving western China's ecological and environmental problems, and arid and semi-arid problems. It will try to develop agricultural high-techniques and achieve industrialization. To date, twelve enterprises have applied to enter the park, with a total capital of 400 million yuan (about US$48 million). The 20-hectare park has an industrial building and an office building with a combined floor space of 6,500 square meters. Eventually the park will be built into an agriculture high-tech research and development center, a professional training center, information distribution center and fund-raising center in northwest China. With 4,000 researchers and teachers, the Northwestern China University of Agricultural and Forestry Science and Technology has scored 5,000 agricultural research findings. |
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