Liberation Daily reported that Shanghai Jiaotong University signed a new strategic cooperation agreement with Baosteel Group, expanding the collaborative scale from with Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Limited listed unit of the group.

According to the report, the teamwork between the university and the enterprise is moving toward a higher level. The newly signed pact says Baosteel's advanced technician and managerial talents will continue to play the role of part time tutors of the post graduate of Jiaotong University, while Baosteel Group will for the first time appoint professor of the university a pluralistic post in the enterprise. Meanwhile, the two sides would deepen cooperation mode and expand the teamwork to more technical yields, borrowing ideas from the existent collaboration in auto steel between the university and Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd.