On June 18, 2015, Ye Shiping, Vice Principal of Zhejiang Shuren University, met with four people, including Hisaki TAKABAYASHI, Shizuoka Prefecture Japan-China Friendship Association, Japan.

The two sides reached a preliminary cooperation intention on such matters as internship of industrial design students majoring in industrial design from ZJSRU in Japan, design outsourcing, and design cooperation with Japanese enterprises.