Chinese foundation donates $130 million to Israel’s Technion

Kineska fondacija je donirala 130 milijuna dolara Izraelskom Techniconu

The Li Ka Shing Foundation on Sunday announced the donation to the Technion Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa.Along with benefiting Technion students and researchers, the funds will be used to establish the Technion Guangdong Institute of Technology in China, according to the Technion. Guangdong Province and Shantou Municipal Government also will contribute $147 million to fund construction and initial operations of the Technion Guangdong Institute, as well as provide land for the campus.

Fondacija Li Ka Shing je najavila donaciju Technicon Institutu  tehnologije u Haifi. Uz korist koju će  imati studenti i istraživači u Techniconu, fond će se upotrebiti za osnivanje Technion Guangdong Institute of Technology u Kini.  Guangdong provincija i lokalna vlada u Shantou će  dodati 147 milijuna dolara kako bi financirala izgradnju i početak rada Technicon Guangdong Instituta, i osigurala zemlju za Campus. Memorandum o suradnji među univerziztetima je potpisan u Tel-Avivu u prisustvu predsjednika Li Ka Shing fondacije. Taj će novi institut  ponuditi edukacijeske programe za ekološki inženjering i kompjuterske "zanosti" u akademoskoj 2014 godini.

“The establishment of an innovation center, connecting industries in Guangdong with Israel’s technological creativity, will bridge Israeli technology into China and promote joint research and innovation,” the institute and the foundation said in a joint statement, according to the Israeli business daily Globes.