Harbin Institute of Technology (哈爾濱工業(yè)大學(xué))
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Situated in the ice city of Harbin in Heilongjiang Province, the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) was formally founded in 1920 as the Harbin Sino-Russian School for Industry. With its cutting-edge high-tech research, HIT has always been a leader in large-scale and highly sophisticated national projects. It has made great contributions to China's space and defense industries, including the internationally-renowned "Shenzhou Series Spaceship Project". It also has created many scientific inventions, such as China's first simulation computer, the first arc-welding robots, and the world's first advanced-level system radar.