From April 17 to 19, 2015, invited by Governor Liu Lin of Daiyue District of Taian City, Shandong Province, 12 experts of the Branch School of Industry and Business Management went to the Development Zone for an investigation of enterprises and discussion of cooperation, including Prof. and President of Branch School Zhang Wensong, Prof. and Party Secretary-General of Branch School Xiao Xiang, Prof. and Vice President of Branch School Tang Fangcheng, Prof. and Dean of Department of Tourism Yu Qing, and teachers of Department of Accounting and Department of Enterprise Administration.

Taishan Youth Entrepreneurship Development Zone (Taishan Youth Entrepreneurship Park) was founded in April 2000, and was named with Shandong Daiyue Industrial Park after it was verified by the National Development and Reform Commission and approved by provincial government as a provincial development zone in 2006. The entrepreneurship park has a total controlled area of 41.3 km2, a planned area of 24.1 km2, a completed area of 15 km2, 564 registered enterprises, 1 State 863 Programme project, 3 State Torch Programme projects, 2 national high-tech enterprises, 12 provincial high-tech enterprises, 10 municipal high-tech enterprises, and 6 products granted with Shandong Famous Products like Yineng loader machine. Five industrial systems of equipment manufacturing, clean energy, high-tech, energy-saving materials and new service have been formed, and the park has been one of the districts surrounding Taian with the largest development potential, the most active economy and the fastest growth.

During this activity, experts of Branch School of Industry and Business Administration investigated two typical enterprises: Shandong Mingjia Technology Co.,Ltd and Shandong Hongkang Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. The experts also had deep exchanges with senior managers of the enterprises.

First, Prof. Zhang Wensong introduced the School of Economics and Management of Beijing Jiaotong University, especially current development status, disciplinary research teams and relative research achievements of the Branch School of Industry and Business Management. His introduction focused on the purpose and objective of serial activities of professors and expertso tour to enterprises