Nanjing University (NJU) is designated medium risk for its moderate number of defence laboratories and involvement in cyber security research.
NJU is subordinate to the MOE and has also been supervised by defence industry agency SASTIND since 2012.https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.moe.gov.cn/s78/A08/gjs_left/s7187/s7189/201403/t20140313_165432.html In 2016, the university was selected as a participant in the first batch of national dual-use demonstration bases, and a year later in 2017 was selected as a Class A world-class university. NJU is home to at least two defence laboratories and has committed to deepening its involvement in military-civilian fusion.https://web.archive.org/web/20190610000454/http://www.njude.com.cn/s_diss.asp?r_id=r_WYJZZ&id=b_NDGK&type=c&page=1 As the first university in China to establish a State Secrecy Academy, in 2009, Nanjing University is involved in cyber security research.http://archive.today/2019.11.13-064239/https://im.nju.edu.cn/1a/67/c13525a268903/page.htm
In 2018, NJU established an Institute of Artificial Intelligence and reported its research progress to the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of Military-Civilian Fusion when they visited the university. Following the visit, the provincial committee expressed interest in deepening cooperation on MCF projects in order to promote Jiangsu’s MCF work.https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.njdxpx.com/info-110101-1336.html The Institute of AI also co-built a research center with Intel, the Intel-Nanjing University Artificial Intelligence Research Center, which is Intel’s first research center focusing on AI in China.http://news.nju.edu.cn/show_article_1_50356 The university’s rapidly developing AI Institute provides an opportunity for deepening its involvement in MCF R&D. In May 2018, NJU signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Megvii 旷视科技.https://web.archive.org/web/20191113065158/https:/bkzs.nju.edu.cn/23/13/c4539a271123/page.psp Megvii has been blacklisted by the US government over human rights abuses.https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/trump-us-blacklist-megvii-sensetime-yitu-xinjiang
Major defence laboratories
- MOE Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer Materials and Technology (高性能高分子材料与技术教育部重点实验室（B类）)https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.polymer.cn/sci/kjxw9158.html
- State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Wave Characteristic Information Control Technology (国防科工局电磁波特征信息调控技术重点学科实验室)https://web.archive.org/web/20190606012635/http://bkzs.nju.edu.cn/37/13/c4545a276243/page.htm
- May also be known as the Electromagnetic Wave Characteristic Information Control and Applied Technology Defense Key Laboratory (电磁波特征信息调控与应用技术国防重点学科实验室)https://web.archive.org/web/20190815233416/https://hr.nju.edu.cn/f5/7e/c6340a193918/pagem.htm
Designated defence research areas
No officially designated defence research areas were identified at NJU. However, it is likely that SASTIND has designated several defence disciplines at the university because it has two defence laboratories and has been supervised by SASTIND since 2012. NJU’s defence laboratories carry out research on materials science and electromagnetic waves.
Defence and security links
Nanjing University has a State Secrecy Academy (南京大学国家保密学院), which was reportedly the first of its kind in the country. It is jointly established by the National Administration for State Secrets Protection and operates under Nanjing University’s Information Management Department.http://archive.ph/2019.11.13-064239/https://im.nju.edu.cn/1a/67/c13525a268903/page.htm
In 2015, Nanjing University became a member of the vice-chairman unit of the Third Generation Semiconductor Industry Alliance.https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2015-09/23/content_2937215.htm
On December 5, Nanjing University and ECCOM Network System Co., Ltd. established the Nanjing University- Huaxun Secrecy and Security Joint Laboratory (南京大学-华讯保密安全联合实验室), which is under Nanjing University’s Institute of Information Management.https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.njdxpx.com/info-110101-1330.html ECCOM is an IT integrated service provider that is based in Nanjing and actively participates in MCF projects.https://www.eccom.com.cn/en/about/Default.aspx ; https://web.archive.org/save/http://finance.ifeng.com/a/20170829/15621282_0.shtml
Noteworthy international collaborations
Nanjing University collaborates with 249 foreign universities in Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and the Americas.https://web.archive.org/web/20190822145852/https://www.nju.edu.cn/3680/list.htm Nanjing University collaborates with 46 universities in the Untied States, 30 in South Korea, 29 in Japan, 22 in France and 18 in the United Kingdom.https://web.archive.org/web/20190822145852/https://www.nju.edu.cn/3680/list.htm Nanjing’s collaborations with foreign universities can range from student or academic personnel exchanges, information sharing, and/or joint research initiatives.https://web.archive.org/web/20190822145852/https://www.nju.edu.cn/3680/list.htm
In 2018, Nanjing University and Imperial College London established the NJU-ICL Machine Learning Joint Research Hub.https://web.archive.org/web/20190610001955/http://news.nju.edu.cn/show_article_1_50210 It also established a joint research center on artificial intelligence with Intel in the same year.https://web.archive.org/web/20191117102254/https://www.nju.edu.cn/7f/1e/c3814a294686/page.psp
NJU has an undergraduate exchange program with the Harvard Smithsonian Astrophysics Center for a period of nine months.https://web.archive.org/save/http://stuex.nju.edu.cn/a/tebiexiangmu/20190416/2578.html The university has also signed a memorandum of understanding with Japan’s National Institute of Materials Research, allowing masters and doctoral students from each institution to study at the other.http://archive.ph/7wHsE
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