Under the agreement, the Information Science and Engineering College of Fudan University and the Elementary Science Research Institute of the Bell Laboratory will do advanced application research in the field of communications and computers.

Bell has kept a close relationship with China's research institutes while Fudan University has been academically strong in the study of electronic engineering and computer science.

CAS, Bell Co-build Communications Research Lab

Bell Labs Research China and Institute of Software of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced the establishment of a joint communications research lab in Beijing November 23.

``It is a win-win deal for us to set up the joint lab,'' said Yan Yixun, Chairman of China Network Communications and former vice-president of the CAS.