In order to implement the strategy of innovation-driven development, Department of Education of Guangdong will join hands with some municipal governments to co-construct undergraduate universities since this year. UESTC Zhongshan institute and GDUP Zhongshan campus are to apply for the project. Zhongshan Municipal Party Committee and People’s Government will give full support to the application and strive for constructing some characteristic disciplines in these universities in 2020 and making them stand out as distinctive and application-oriented universities with prominent advantages in 2025.