Recently, the "China Fuel Cell Vehicle Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance" and the "Advanced Ground Transportation Innovation Alliance" were unveiled at Tongji University. The two major leagues are initiated by the initiative of Tongji University. A group of universities, research institutes, and backbone enterprises with advantages in new energy vehicles, ground transportation, and information, etc. are jointly established. Wang Zhigang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Group and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology attended the unveiling ceremony.

The first members of the strategic alliance for fuel cell vehicle technology innovation consist of four universities: Tongji University, Tsinghua University, Wuhan University of Technology, Chongqing University, Dalian Research Institute of Physical Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and China First Automobile Group Corporation. The automobile auto parts and components companies form a concentrating force on the research and development and production of fuel cell vehicles in China, and strive to overcome relevant core and bottleneck technologies as soon as possible to accelerate the industrialization of fuel cell vehicles in China. The Advanced Ground Transportation Innovation Alliance has amassed many advantageous resources in the field of domestic land transportation. It will make full use of the advantageous disciplines of the Jiading Campus of Tongji University and establish a deep cooperative innovation alliance with multidisciplinary integration, multi-team collaboration, and multi-technology integration.