BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- The National Library of China and Huawei signed an agreement Friday to promote innovative digital applications in libraries and public cultural services.

Both sides will explore new forms of smart digital libraries and promote the integration and innovation of public digital cultural projects.

They also promised to combine their resources to jointly contribute to the inheritance and promotion of fine traditional Chinese culture.

Efforts will also be made to cultivate innovative talent with integrated ability in the culture and technology sectors, according to the agreement.