Baotou, the largest city of North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, is to work with Tianjin University on boosting innovation and in facilitating its industrial transformation and upgrading, according to an agreement the two parties signed on July 3, reports Baotou Daily.

Based in North China’s Tianjin, the university is one of the oldest higher education institutions in China. It is a national key university, specializing in scientific research and talent cultivation.

According to the agreement, the two parties will work together in areas including information and resource sharing, as well as talent exchange.