A signing ceremony between Heilongjiang Transportation Investment Group and high-tech giant Huawei is held in Harbin New Zone in Harbin, in Heilongjiang province, on June 29. [Photo/hljsjtjt.com]

China's first integrated transportation joint innovation center – co-established by Heilongjiang Transportation Investment Group and high-tech giant Huawei – started operating on June 29 in the Harbin New Zone in Harbin, capital city of China’s northernmost Heilongjiang province, according to local officials.

They said the center is committed to conducting forward-looking research and R&D on technology in the field of smart transportation – such as intelligent expressways, vehicle-road collaboration and digital logistics – in the extreme cold region.

It aims to incubate and create a full solution for intelligent transportation and promote the development of the intelligent transportation industry.

Moving forwards, officials said the center will efficiently produce intelligent transportation solutions, technical products and patents adapted to extreme cold regions.

Additionally, it will become the country's leading platform for replicable and advanced technological achievements that will effectively modernize and improve the region and the country’s capacity of managing the extreme cold regions.
  It’s all smiles all round at the opening ceremony for China's first integrated transportation joint innovation center, held on June 29. [Photo/hljsjtjt.com]