Zhejiang University was founded in 1897, formerly known as an academy, and is one of the earliest new institutions of higher learning founded by the people of China. It is one of the first key universities to enter the national "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Project". In the long-term process of running a school, Zhejiang University has cultivated a large number of outstanding talents with rigorous and realistic style and created fruitful results with persistent innovative spirit.