The Institute was established in December 2019 The Institute was established in December 2019, and is jointly organized by Xiamen University and the Administrative Committee of Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone using state-owned assets. The Institute strictly implements the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping on the opening up and development of Pingtan, in accordance with the "Five-in-One" In accordance with the overall layout of "five-in-one" and the strategic layout of "four comprehensive", the institute accelerates the construction of "one island, two windows and three districts".
In accordance with the principle of "district-university cooperation, district-university construction and enterprise collaboration", the Pingtan Research Institute of Xiamen University takes the establishment of scientific and technological innovation and market-oriented mechanism as the driving force, "government funding guidance, government-industry-academia-research cooperation, global resources gathering, innovation base building and open platform building" as the main means, aims at gathering innovative talents, incubating high-tech enterprises and serving industrial development, and relies on the faculty, teaching resources, scientific research strength and external cooperation advantages of Xiamen University. The main focus is on high-end talent training, in-depth cooperation between Fujian and Taiwan, high-end financial training, industrial technology research and development, transformation of scientific and technological achievements, digital culture and creativity, dovetailing with the seven major areas of Pingtan's development positioning and industrial needs.
The Pingtan Research Institute of Xiamen University has formed the major functions of education and teaching consultation service, talent cultivation and introduction, scientific and technological research and development, big data computing platform, digital cultural and tourism product design service, industrial development think tank, cultivation and transformation of achievements, international cooperation and exchange, etc. By creating "four bases and four centers", the institute will strive to become a national and even By creating "four bases and four centers", the institute will strive to become a national and even international leading innovative research institute integrating teaching, talent cultivation and R&D. Promote the construction of cultural and tourism economy of Pingtan International Tourism Island, and create a new high level of international tourism island of Pingtan "Charming Lan, Pingtan Blue "The new highland of international tourism island.