On June 3, the Liangzhu Civilization Research Center of Zhejiang University City College (hereinafter referred to as the "Liangzhu Civilization Research Center") was established in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Wang Wei, a member of the Academic Divisions of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a first-class professor, and chief expert of the "Chinese Civilization Origins Project," was appointed as a chair professor to lead and guide the construction of the Liangzhu Civilization Research Center.

The appointment ceremony site.

It is reported that the establishment of the Liangzhu Civilization Research Center aims to build a "Liangzhu Civilization Global Documentation Center," hold high-level academic forums, build a "high-energy cultural think tank," and establish a "Liangzhu Civilization Digital Laboratory" and a "Liangzhu Civilization Innovation Center," with the main tasks of promoting the protection and research, inheritance, and revitalization of Liangzhu civilization.

The research center will build a full-chain closed loop from academic exploration, civilization research, and cultural heritage protection to display, dissemination, and innovative transformation, striving to become a first-class, nationally renowned, and internationally influential academic and research highland, while highlighting the unique research characteristics of Zhejiang University City College and contributing to the national and local economic, social, and cultural development.

In recent years, Zhejiang University City College has actively made arrangements in Liangzhu culture research, vigorously promoted the "Liangzhu Culture on Campus" activity, and strived to contribute to better shouldering the new cultural mission of the new era.

Previously, the university not only established the province's ** undergraduate archaeology major but also obtained ** Zhejiang provincial university team archaeological excavation qualifications, and set up related research institutions and platforms such as the Zhejiang History Research Center, the Zhejiang Grand Canal Culture Research Institute, and the Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology.

In addition, the university has actively signed strategic cooperation agreements with units such as the Publicity Department of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee, the Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism, the Liangzhu Site Management Committee, and the Xiling Seal Art Society, and has established good cooperation mechanisms with units such as the Liangzhu Museum and the Zhejiang University Museum of Art and Archaeology.

In terms of education and teaching, Zhejiang University City College has demonstrated its unique innovation. The university invited experts and scholars such as Wang Wei, Shan Jixiang, Wang Ningyuan, and Chen Shoutian to give a series of lectures on "The Liangzhu Site and Chinese Civilization" at the university, organizes freshmen to visit the Liangzhu Site every year, holds exhibitions themed on Liangzhu culture, carries out teaching reform to incorporate Liangzhu culture into courses, and conducts "real projects with real work" around Liangzhu culture in graduation design, effectively promoting the organic integration of Liangzhu civilization with talent cultivation and teaching and research.

The unveiling ceremony site of the Liangzhu Civilization Research Center.

It is understood that the establishment of the Liangzhu Civilization Research Center this time is not only an important measure by Zhejiang University City College in Liangzhu culture research, but also a powerful lever for serving the construction of Zhejiang as a strong cultural province and helping Hangzhou build itself into a famous historical and cultural city. Yang Bo, vice president of Zhejiang University City College (presiding over administrative work) and deputy secretary of the Party Committee, said that the university will use the Liangzhu Civilization Research Center as a platform to actively carry out interdisciplinary and cross-field cooperation and exchange, build the research center into a high-level gathering place for Liangzhu civilization research talent, promote broad international exchange and mutual learning on Liangzhu civilization, produce in-depth research results on Liangzhu civilization, and drive the in-depth development of Liangzhu culture research.

Liangzhu civilization is the evidence of China's 5,000-year history of civilization and a treasure of world civilization. In Wang Wei's view, establishing a Liangzhu Civilization Research Center at a university is of great significance for inheriting Liangzhu civilization and promoting the interdisciplinary integration and development of related disciplines.

Chen Shoutian, a second-level inspector of the Liangzhu Site Management Committee and an adjunct researcher at Zhejiang University City College, expressed his expectation: "We are in the city where the Liangzhu Site is located, and we should take Liangzhu civilization research as an important focal point to promote the creative transformation and innovative development of fine traditional Chinese culture."