IDI is the social service platform of innovation design in Zhejiang University. It is the key Laboratory of Design Intelligence & Digital Creativity of Zhejiang Province, the construction unit of ZJU-Beidou Aerospace Joint Innovation Design Engineering Center, as well as the Engineering Research Center of Computer Aided Product Innovation Design, Ministry of Education. IDI is also supporting the construction of China Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology (Innovation Design Sub Centre). Besides, IDI participates in the planning of and offers support to the construction of Mengqi Town, an industrial design town jointly built by local government Yuhang and China Industrial Design Association.

IDI is the open interdisciplinary platform of innovation design in Zhejiang University. Professors and researchers who gather here to educate talented people and do academic research are with professional backgrounds in multiple fields, such as computer science, architecture design, garden design, biomedical
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IDI provides consulting service for national decision-making authorities. IDI has participated in the Consulting Research of Development Strategies in Innovation Design, and its achievements are now part of the national strategic plan, “Made in China 2015”. IDI was involved in the Consulting Research of Design Competitiveness, and it supported the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on formulating the Three-Year Action for Service-oriented Manufacturing (2016-2018). IDI was a part of the leading group and drafting group of the MIIT Consulting Research of the Innovation Design Action Plan in Manufacturing Industry. IDI has also taken an active part in Strategic Research of the New Generation Artificial Intelligence of China, where its achievements were included in the “National Strategy of the New Generation Artificial Intelligence of China”.

IDI is the international cooperation platform of innovation design in Zhejiang University. Profound and deep collaborations are built between us and other institutes, such as Singapore University of Technology and Design, Chiba University (Japan), Yonsei University (Korea), Carnegie Mellon University (USA), Eindhoven University of Technology (the Netherlands), and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. IDI is the key unit in the partnership between Zhejiang University and Singapore University of Technology and Design, responsible for course development, the Asian Leaders Program (student exchange), joint research, etc. Supported by the Ng Teng Fong Foundation, IDI established the “Innovation, Design, Enterprise Association (IDEA),” which cast light on the innovation design education and research experience of China and Singapore in design and manufacturing, urbanization, sustainable development, so on and so forth. IDI is also a member of the “Collective Action of Mobility Program of University Students in Asia (CAMPUS Asia)”, where IDI works with Tsinghua University, Chiba University, and Yonsei University on the development of various projects, including the design workshop in “Plants and Environmental Innovation”, student exchange programs, course exchange programs, and double degree programs.