On December 30, 2019, the Nanxi Campus of Yinxing welcomed a soft opening. Distinguished guests from local governments, partner universities and industry, as well as Gingko and Yinxing’s representatives attended the ceremony.

The Nanxi Campus covers an area of nearly 600mu (35.3 hectare), with a building area of 139,000 square meters, including three world-class hotels, utive buildings, demonstrative area, service apartments and dormitories, canteens and restaurants, supermarkets and sports venues etc. have been completing as planned and will be put into use step by step. The new campus will become a brand-new high-end teaching and training base, cutting-edge research center for modern services industry such as hospitality and tourism.

Gingko·Stardard, the first teaching hotel has become one of the iconic buildings on the Nanxi Campus, which has obtained valuable experiences and great supports from experts of Hong Kong PolyU's SHTM+Hotel ICON consultancy team and Mr. Richard Adie, who served Cornell’s teaching hotel, Statler Hotel, as General Manager for 18 years.

In order to meet the practical teaching needs, the layout and functionality of each floor of the first teaching hotel are different, e.g. rooms and services of budget, business, boutique and luxury hotels. Gingko·Standard provides both teachers and students with a real workplace to enrich their theoretical knowledge, enhance hands-on skills and nurture their professionalism.