Recently, Chen Ze, Deputy Chairman and President of Huachangda, led a delegation to visit Harbin Institute of Technology (hereinafter referred to as "HIT") and its affiliated Harbin Institute of Technology Asset Management Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "HIT Asset Company"). During the meeting with Sun Yin, Chairman of HIT Asset Company, the two parties further consolidated their cooperation consensus based on the framework agreement reached during a November 26 meeting between Shao Gang, Chairman of Shenzhen High-Tech Investment Group, and Han Jiecai, President of HIT and CAS Member, along with Sun Xue, Executive Vice President of HIT. Adhering to the principles of "resource sharing, complementary advantages, mutual benefit, and common development," the parties deepened their long-term and stable partnership by focusing on key areas such as the transformation of scientific research, technology transfer, collaborative incubation of high-tech enterprises, industrialization applications, commercial market promotion, innovation and entrepreneurship investment, industrial empowerment of listed companies, and capital operations. The collaboration centered on two core directions: embodied intelligence and the commercial application of robotics. Both parties expressed clear cooperation intentions and signed an agreement, formally establishing a long-term, stable, and comprehensive strategic partnership.

HIT Asset Company is a wholly state-owned limited liability company established with capital from the Harbin Institute of Technology. It is fully responsible for managing HIT´s intellectual property, intangible assets, technology transfer, transformation of scientific and technological achievements, incubation of high-tech enterprises, external investment, and capital operations. As the sole holding platform for HIT´s external investments, the company oversees more than 60 participating, controlling, or affiliated enterprises and schools. HIT Asset Company is committed to promoting entrepreneurship among faculty and students, facilitating the practical application of scientific and technological achievements, incubating high-tech enterprises, connecting high-quality industrial resources, and driving industrial innovation through technological advancement. It aims to empower enterprises for high-quality development, build an industrial cluster with distinctive HIT characteristics, and advance the industrial application, commercial marketization, and capital operation of scientific and technological achievements.

HuaChangda (Stock Code: 300278 SZ), as a global leader in providing comprehensive Industrial 4.0 automation technology solutions, possesses profound technological expertise and a complete industrial layout across robotics automation, logistics and warehousing automation, embodied intelligence, humanoid robots, digital twins, industrial AI, and other related fields. The two parties have clarified that their collaboration will focus on the transformation of civilian and commercialized scientific and technological achievements, as well as the integration of industry, academia, and research. They are committed to establishing a new model for university-enterprise cooperation, accelerating the transition of embodied intelligence and robotics innovation technologies from the laboratory to industrialization and commercialization.

The two parties have identified four key directions for future collaboration: First, in aligning research achievements with industrial resources, they will promote the deep integration of HIT´s strengths in research, talent, and scientific achievements with Huachangda´s industrial resources and market channels, accelerating the transformation of innovative outcomes into tangible productive forces. Huachangda will provide HIT with diverse industrial application scenarios, such as embodied intelligence and robotics applications, while actively facilitating access to R&D bases, pilot platforms, experimental production facilities, data resources, and other hardware support. Together, they will drive the efficient transformation and industrialization of scientific and technological achievements, contributing to the realization of the national visions of “Manufacturing Power""and “Digital China”. Second, in advancing in-depth cooperation on key projects, the two parties will jointly develop exemplary university-enterprise transformation projects that integrate "industry, academia, research, and application" through patent promotion, project collaboration, investment, and financing. Third, in conducting joint strategic research on industries and sectors, leveraging HIT´s think-tank resources to provide intellectual support for Huachangda´s medium- to long-term development, the two parties will engage in technical communication, project research, and forward-looking discussions on major R&D challenges and technical solutions within the industry. Fourth, in supporting innovation, entrepreneurship, and talent cultivation, the two parties will establish joint internship and training bases. Huachangda will empower HIT faculty and students in entrepreneurship, competition outcome transformation, industrial guidance, and by providing opportunities for investment, financing, and collaborative implementation.

HIT Asset Company and Huachangda will establish regular coordination, communication, and joint consultation mechanisms to ensure practical and efficient implementation of the collaboration. This partnership will fully leverage HIT´s comprehensive strengths in scientific research innovation, achievement transformation, and talent cultivation, combined with Huachangda´s industrial capabilities in high-end equipment manufacturing, robotics automation applications, and global market presence. The focus will be on breakthroughs in the commercial application of cutting-edge technologies, such as embodied intelligence and humanoid robots, in civilian industrial settings. Together, they aim to drive the innovation-led development strategy, cultivate Huachangda´s new quality productive forces, and contribute to the high-quality development of the global manufacturing industry.

The two parties will be guided by industrial demands and leverage the financial empowerment advantages of the major shareholder, Shenzhen High-tech Investment Group, to establish an innovation consortium comprising “Venture Capital Institutions + Listed Companies + and Leading Universities”. They will explore replicable and scalable models for commercializing civilian scientific and technological achievements, injecting new momentum into the global development of intelligent manufacturing and automation technologies. This collaboration aims to become a model for win-win cooperation among “industry, academia, research, and application”as well as”university-enterprise partnerships”.

The signing ceremony was attended by Wang Yunan, Deputy Secretary of HIT Asset Company; Tong Chunying, Deputy General Manager of HIT Asset Company; Lv Jinlong, Director of the Enterprise Management Service Department of HIT Asset Company; Bai Junfeng, General Manager of the Investment Banking Department of Shenzhen High-tech Investment Group and Director on the board of Huachangda; and Zhao Jingfu, Director of the President’s Office of Huachangda, among others.