Brief History
The institution was established in 1911 as Hangzhou Vocational Business School (The Earliest Chinese Business School). In 1980, the school became a public university Approved by National Ministry of Education, Hangzhou Institute of Commerce. In 2004, it was renamed as Zhejiang Gongshang University, which is its current name.
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