Students attend a job fair on the campus of Anhui University in Hefei in May. [XIE CHEN/FOR CHINA DAILY]

China will push for 1,000 universities to support 10,000 companies with their technological advancement and industrial development in the next five years, a new notice said on Monday.

Issued by the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the China National Intellectual Property Administration, the notice called for in-depth integration between universities and enterprises.

Partnership and cooperation should focus on achieving breakthroughs in key bottlenecks and on transferring the scientific and technological achievements of universities to companies.