Why did Harbin Medical University reject Harbin Institute of Technology?

I think it's better to run schools independently.

According to Netease.com, Harbin Institute of Technology at that time hoped that Harbin Medical University could be merged into itself to make up for its medical shortcomings and let the affiliated hospitals of Harbin Medical University be merged into itself. However, Harbin Medical University believes that independent development is better than merging into a comprehensive university. In the end, Harbin Medical University rejected the olive branch extended by Harbin Institute of Technology.

Harbin Medical University, referred to as "Harbin Medical University", located in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, is one of the first universities in the Ministry of Education to pilot seven-year higher medical education. It is a university established by the Ministry of Education, a high-level university in Heilongjiang Province and a university with advantageous disciplines, a national "Basic Capacity Building Project for Central and Western Universities" construction university, a pilot university of the Ministry of Education's "Excellent Doctoral Education Training Plan", a national high-level university postgraduate project implementation university, a national "Key Discipline Project with Characteristics" construction university, a national basic science research and teaching talent training base, and a national university student innovation and entrepreneurship training plan implementation university. Pilot universities for the reform of postgraduate training mode of medical master's degree, Heilongjiang Higher Medical Education Research Base, and Sino-Russian Medical University Alliance.