On February 12, 2025, the Ningbo Municipal Science and Technology Bureau announced the list of A-Class Key Laboratories for the year. Among them, the program of “Ningbo Key Laboratory of High Specific Energy”, applied by the Yuyiao Innovation Research Institute of Zhejiang Wanli University, was successfully approved.

The “Ningbo Key Laboratory of High Specific Energy” focuses on fundamental research and applied development in energy storage and power batteries, hydrogen energy, and fuel cells. It is dedicated to addressing key scientific and technological challenges in the field of new energy. The laboratory has achieved a series of technological breakthroughs in new energy materials, devices, and system integration, establishing a distinctive research framework and technological innovation platform.

This approval not only reflects our university’s innovation capabilities in the new energy sector but also highlights the strategic value of the Yuyao Innovation Research Institute as a hub for university-regional collaboration. Seizing this opportunity, the laboratory will focus on the country’s major strategic needs and local industrial development, conducting high-level fundamental and applied research while promoting the commercialization of technological advancements and industrial upgrades. In addition, it will fully leverage its role as a talent hub, attracting and cultivating high-level researchers with international vision and innovative capabilities, thus providing sustained momentum for the development of new productive forces in the region.

The Yuyao Innovation Research Institute of Zhejiang Wanli University is a new-type industrial technology research institute jointly established by the Yuyao Municipal Government and Zhejiang Wanli University. It aims to leverage the strengths of both parties to build a technological innovation and technology transfer platform for new energy and emerging technologies while fostering highly skilled and innovative talents. Moving forward, both parties will continue to strengthen their support for the institute, helping the laboratory achieve more breakthroughs in high-level fundamental and applied research. This will further advance the institute’s role in technological innovation, talent development, and research commercialization, injecting new momentum into Ningbo’s high-quality economic and social development while making greater contributions to national strategies and regional progress.