To deepen the long-term mechanism for industry-education integration, advance strategic deployments for university-enterprise collaboration, and precisely align with industry and corporate needs, from 22 to 23 November 2025, Professor Chen from the Modern Logistics Management programme at our university's School of Economics and Management led a team of specialist faculty members to Hangzhou Xiangyun Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. (hereafter referred to as Hangzhou Xiangyun Logistics) to conduct in-depth exchanges on university-enterprise collaboration. The project, titled ‘Lean Freight and Supply Chain Technical Consultancy Services for the Xiangyun Platform,’ is a corporate-sponsored initiative overseen by Professor Chen. The visiting delegation received a warm welcome from the leadership of Hangzhou Xiangyun Logistics.
Hangzhou Xiangyun Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. (Hangzhou Zhexiang Technology Co., Ltd.), established in 2010, is a national high-tech enterprise and Zhejiang provincial science and technology enterprise specialising in digital transformation within the logistics and supply chain sector. The company brings together industry elites from renowned enterprises such as Alibaba, Baidu, and NetEase, focusing on cloud platform software development for vertical logistics supply chain domains including TMS, WMS, OMS, SCM, and LPMS. It precisely empowers domestic road freight enterprises and holds 19 software copyrights in the logistics supply chain field
During the exchange between the university and the company, General Manager Zhang Shuanghe extended a warm welcome to the faculty members from our Modern Logistics Management programme. He provided a detailed overview of the company's operational status and its development plans for digital transformation within the logistics and supply chain sector. Mr Zhang emphasised that, guided by the mission to ‘make logistics more efficient, intelligent and sustainable’ and the vision to ‘become the trusted digital partner for the logistics supply chain industry’, the company will continue exploring and implementing next-generation technologies—including big data, cloud computing, blockchain, AI and digital twins—within road freight logistics enterprises. This approach aims to co-create a new ecosystem of intelligent logistics with clients.
During the exchange session, Professor Chen shared insights on the significance and practical experiences of university-enterprise collaboration in logistics management education and practice. Professor Chen emphasised that the development of our university's vocational undergraduate programme in modern logistics management relies on joint efforts between academia and industry. This includes active participation from corporate experts in designing talent cultivation schemes, reviewing syllabi, compiling specialised textbooks, establishing course standards, anddelivering practical training modules. Conversely, enterprises require our faculty to engage beyond campus boundaries, providing cutting-edge logistics technology consultancy services. The Modern Logistics Management programme at the School of Economics and Management, Zhongqiao University, aims to leverage this collaboration as an opportunity to engage in pragmatic cooperation with Hangzhou Xiangyun Logistics across multiple dimensions. This will facilitate resource sharing, complementary strengths, and drive deeper, more substantive integration between industry and education.
Dr Gu and Professor Chen, members of the team, delivered a presentation titled ‘AI + Logistics: Intelligent Technology Driving Transformation and Innovation in the Logistics Sector’. They focused on sharing the role and future development trends of AI in smart warehousing, intelligent transportation, logistics cost reduction and efficiency enhancement, and the cultivation of AI-integrated talent. Their insights were met with praise and positive affirmation from enterprise staff, with attendees finding the session highly beneficial.
This visit to enterprises and the exchange and cooperation activities undertaken represent a microcosm of the Modern Logistics Management programme's proactiveefforts to broaden university-industry collaboration channels and establish a sustainable educational mechanism. Moving forward, the School of Economics and Management will continue to deepen partnerships with businesses, continually refine collaborative models, and provide robust support for cultivating high-calibre, interdisciplinary talent in the field of ‘AI+Logistics’.
