Ningbo University is a newly-built local comprehensive university in the process of reform and opening up, which is jointly managed by the Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Province and Ningbo City. 1986, Ningbo University was founded by Bao Yugang, the world shipping king, and Deng Xiaoping personally wrote the name of the university. 1996 The former Ningbo University, Ningbo Normal University and Ningbo Branch of Zhejiang Fisheries College merged to form a new Ningbo University. After 2000, Ningbo Ocean School, Ningbo Forestry School and Ningbo Normal School merged one after another. Ningbo University 1992 was listed as the first batch of universities in China, 1995 passed the first batch of undergraduate teaching evaluation by the former State Education Commission, was listed as a provincial-level key construction university by the People's Government of Zhejiang Province in 2000, and passed the evaluation by the Ministry of Education in 2003 with excellent results. In 2005, the number of master programs exceeded 50, and the research funding exceeded 1 100 million yuan. Cheng Gang, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, is the party secretary and Professor Nie Qiuhua is the principal.