On September 10, the groundbreaking ceremony of CUNJC was held in Jiangbei New Area. Stephen Toope, Vice-chancellor of Cambridge University, Ma Qiulin, Vice Governor of Jiangsu Province, Alice Phelan, Vice President of Cambridge University, Xu Ningsheng, President of Fudan University, Lv Jian, President of Nanjing University, Zhang Guangjun, President of Southeast University, You Zheng, Vice President of Tsinghua University, Beijing Tian Gang, Vice President of the University, He Lianzhen, Vice President of Zhejiang University, attended the event.

After the groundbreaking ceremony, the Cambridge University China Partnership Building Forum was held, and the guests held specific discussions on topics such as the cooperation between the University of Cambridge and China.