On March 24, Shunshan Yan, President of Hubei E-Commerce Industry Association, Yixing Zhang, Director of Information Center of Hubei E-Commerce Industry Association, Tingdong Ming, General Manager of Wuhan Badou Network Technology Co., Ltd., council member of Hubei E-Commerce Industry Association, visited our school. Professor Liyi Zhang, President of Hubei E-Commerce University Association, Professor Jiang Wu, Secretary General of Hubei E-Commerce University Association and Associate Dean of our school, Mr. Senlin Ju, Director of Advanced Training Center of SIM, Wuhan University, Professor Min Zhang, Director of Information System and E-commerce Department, Associate Professor Yiwei Gong, Deputy Director of Information System and E-commerce Department, Associate Professor Zhongyi Hu, Deputy Director of E-commerce Research and Development Center of Wuhan University attended the meeting.

Liyi Zhang introduced general information of Hubei E-Commerce University Association from the establishment process, development status and future planning. Jiang Wu introduced the development of E-commerce discipline and the support from the school. Shunshan Yan introduced the establishment and development of Hubei E-Commerce Industry Association, and expressed his expectation to carry out in-depth cooperation with Hubei E-Commerce University Association. Jiang Wu pointed out that the advantages of the Industry Association and the University Association complement each other, and there was great potential for cooperation between scientific research institutes and enterprises. We can strengthen the cooperation between industry, university and research institutes by holding regular seminars, carrying out training activities, and providing think tank services, so as to jointly contribute to economic development and social progress.

The participants of the meeting reached an agreement on the establishment of normalization mechanism, practice and training, holding industry seminars and serving rural revitalization, which would be implemented one by one.