Hangzhou City University (HZCU) is a full-time public university approved by China's Ministry of Education and Hangzhou Municipal People's Government. Since its establishment in 1999, HZCU has been dedicated to providing high-quality higher education that caters to the evolving needs of our students and contributes to the advancement of the economy and society. In June 2020, Hangzhou Municipal People’s Government and Zhejiang University signed a cooperation agreement to exceptionally support its leap-forward development so that HZCU would make it to be China’s top application-oriented university.