On January 9, 2017, Hubei University and Synopsys Software Information (Wuhan) Co., Ltd. held a signing ceremony. Vice President Gu Haoshuang signed a school-enterprise cooperation agreement with Ge Qun, the president of Synopsys Technology Corporation, China. This cooperation agreement marks a substantial step between the two sides and kicks off the prelude of school-enterprise cooperation.

Synopsys Technology Corporation, which is one of the world's largest suppliers of electronic design automation (EDA) tools and IP products, entered the Chinese market in 1995. Synopsys Software Information (Wuhan) Co., Ltd. is another large-scale global R&D center established in mainland China after Beijing and Shanghai. Like other Synopsys R&D Centers around the world, Wuhan Center develops leading IP technologies and products for the global semiconductor industry and the electronic information industry with its advanced and consummate platforms, management systems and talents nurturing system.
 Gu Haoshuang congratulated on this agreement, and said that Hubei University attaches great importance to the research and application of the electronic information industry, and has established a number of high-quality scientific research and teaching platforms, which have made positive contributions to the development of the electronic information industry in Hubei Province. The School of Physics and Electronics Science of Hubei University shares the similar researching fields with Synopsys. While both parties have their own strengths and different needs, they have strong willingness to cooperate. This cooperation agreement legalizes the cooperating willingness and clarifies the contents, which can help the two sides promote cooperation in talents nurturing, scientific and technological achievements transformation, innovation and entrepreneurship. This cooperation agreement is also of great significance for the two sides to achieve common development and mutual benefit.
 Gu Haoshuang emphasized that Hubei University will optimize the academic advantages and scientific research strength of electronic information, and support The School of Physics and Electronics Science and Synopsys Software Information (Wuhan) Co., Ltd. to carry out in-depth exchanges, collaborative research with the hope of making new contributions to the economic and social development of Hubei Province even of the whole nation.