C9 Alliance (C9 Alliance for short) was launched in June 2009, which is the first university alliance among top universities in China. Members include Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Nanjing University, Zhejiang University, China University of Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology and Xi Jiaotong University. 2014165438+17 October, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (hereinafter referred to as National Science and Technology University) officially participated in the C9 Alliance activities.