Changzhou University is a comprehensive university established by the People's Government of Jiangsu Province and Sinopec, PetroChina and China National Offshore Oil Corporation. It has a good working foundation in the fields of preparation and application of chemical engineering, petrochemical and new energy materials.

In order to play respective advantages of Jiangsu Tonze and Changzhou University, better promote the development of chemical new materials, battery materials and components and the application of environmental protection materials in the field of new energy, as well as in order to achieve greater economic and social benefits, the two sides reached an agreement on on production and research and personnel training based on friendly consultations in March 2016, building "Jiangsu Xintai-Changzhou University lithium battery materials research institute", and commonly commiting to the new materials research, development and industrialization in the field of electric vehicles.