NATO: Big Brother: Peking University.
Members: Peking University, Fudan University, Hong Kong University, Nankai University, Wuhan University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Xiamen University, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing Normal University, Sichuan University, Shandong University and Lanzhou University.
Alliance: Beijing Institute of Technology, Chongqing University, Dalian University of Technology, Southeast University, Harbin Institute of Technology, South China University of Technology, Tianjin University, Tongji University and Northwestern Polytechnical University are almost all science and engineering universities, occupying a place in the domestic high-end science and engineering field.