Date: April 12, 2023 

Source: Yangcheng Evening News

Author: CHEN Liang, LI Jiaxin, DU Mingcan, ZHANG Qian

Translators: LI Yingqi

（Page Number A05 of Yangcheng Evening News）

JNU's Deparment of Infrastructure Construction has reported on its official website that the second phase of construction on the Panyu campus, expected to accommodate over 26,000 students and faculty members, has started its comprehensive construction.

Upon completion, the Panyu campus will not only be more beautiful but also boast solid strengths to gather first-class discipline groups and cultivate high-quality talents to serve China's major strategic needs. It will greatly promote the future development of Jinan University by expanding the university's educational scale and infrastructure conditions, said JNU Party Secretary Lin Rupeng.

According to the overall layout, the second-phase project focuses on building five centers: for overseas talent training, science and education innovation, industry-university-research collaboration, international cooperation and Chinese culture communication. These centers will cultivate emerging and interdisciplinary disciplines, focusing on world-class disciplines including pharmacy, optoelectronic information and ecological environment, as well as high-end think-tank construction.

The construction of Panyu campus second-phase project is of top priority, which will optimize the overall layout of JNU, pushing forward the coordinated development between different campus, said President Song Xianzhong. 

Vice President Zhang Ronghua added, The Panyu campus second-phase project is composed of six parts, which are designed to be integrated with the present infrastructures of the Panyu campus, supporting the research, education, public service and daily lives of students and faculty members at Panyu campus.

The second-phase construction is progressing steadily, with buildings T8 and T9, both dormitories, scheduled to be ready for use in June 2024. With other functional groups set to commence construction in 2024, the second-phase project is expected to be substantially completed by 2026.