Recently, the Department of Education of Zhejiang Province released the list of ‘Internationalized Characteristic University in Zhejiang Province’, and Zhejiang Gongshang University was successfully included, ranking the Fifth. It was reported that a total of 7 undergraduate institutions and 6 higher vocational institutions in the province were awarded this honor.

The award as a university with internationalized characteristics affirms ZJSU's outstanding achievements in high-education internationalization among its peers, which is of far-reaching significance in accelerating its on-going international process.ZJSU will continue to carry forward the philosophy of internationalization in talents cultivation, scientific research, social services, as well as cultural inheritance and innovation. Moreover, ZJSU will be continually committed to its connotation construction and improvement on the quality of schooling in this process, with a view to offering talents output, intellectual support and sci-tech backup for Zhejiang to build itself as "the Important Window" of China.