The Sino-Europe electric materials innovation center will be built in the Hefei National High-tech Industry Development Zone in Hefei, capital of East China's Anhui province.

The zone and the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences signed a cooperation agreement to build the center at the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) New Materials Forum on Sept 24.

The two sides will cooperate in talent cultivation, scientific research, and the incubation, application and industrialization of sci-tech results to bolster the development of electric materials.

The center will help facilitate the industrialization of research results from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science and overseas universities and institutes including the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Linkoping University in Switzerland, Technical University of Denmark and South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in the United States.

This cooperation is expected to help tackle technical bottlenecks and boost the development of the new materials industry in Hefei.

Hefei will also explore more growth opportunities for the new materials industry though the integrated development of the YRD region, according to local officials.