Auckland UniServices, the commercial arm of the University of Auckland, has set up an innovation institute in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province, to further develop commercial opportunities for its research.
UniServices was offered a large building in the Hangzhou Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone, the self-described Silicon Valley of China where major companies such as Motorola, Nokia and Siemens have set up research and development centres. The Chinese car company Geely and e-commerce giant the Alibaba Group were also founded there.
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