杭州城市国际化研究院 | INSTITUTE FOR HANGZHOU INTERNATIONALIZATION
Established in February 2017, Institute for Hangzhou Internationalization (IHI) is a new style think tank supported by Hangzhou municipal government. On the basis of Institute for Urban Studies in Hangzhou Normal University, it is an interdisciplinary, open and cooperated organization studying on urban internationalization between local governments and universities. IHI is subordinate to Hangzhou Normal University and receives the business guidance from Hangzhou Internationalization Promotion Committee. The Secretariat of Chinese Urban Internationalization Forum Alliance is also established in IHI.
At present, IHI has over 20 researchers including one expert from United Nations Habitat and 5 researchers from overseas institutes. Research areas for core staff involve the history, economics, sociology, geography, urban planning and public management, undertaking a significant EU cooperation project, over 10 National Social Science Fund Projects, provincial and municipal fund projects. Current research products include over 10 related books, dozens of papers in academic journals and over 10 policy consultation reports have been adopted by provincial and municipal leaders.
Holding the Motto of Hangzhou Normal University –‘Diligence, Caution, Integrity and Empathy; Broadness, Refinement, Thoroughness and Enterprise’, IHI intends to forge ahead for success focusing on strategic research on urban internationalization, comparative research on world renowned cities and research on index measurement of urban internationalization. IHI will be a firm foothold in Hangzhou, and hold a global perspective, cooperating with domestic and overseas institutes with the aim of promoting the development of modern cities in China and resources integration and sharing. Overall, IHI will be a think tank providing academic support and intelligence service for sustainable development of cities in China through high level forums on China's urban internationalization, reports on Hangzhou urban internationalization development and works on urban internationalization.
杭州城市国际化研究院是在杭州市政府支持下建立的一家新型智库，于2017年2月正式成立。研究院以原杭州师范大学城市学研究所为基础，是一个跨学科的、开放式的、以城市国际化为研究对象的政校合作机构。研究院直属杭州师范大学，同时接受杭州市城市国际化推进工作委员会的业务指导。研究院设有中国城市国际化论坛联盟秘书处。