Liangjiang-based ZBJ.com, a crowd-sourcing service provider, will open merchant accounts for 100 academicians and professors, local media reported on Oct 30.

Experts in agriculture, industry, tourism and the environment, the professors will open personal ZBJ.com accounts following an agreement between Zhongling Environmental Protection Industrial Technology Research Institute and ZBJ.com.

Zhongling Institute is an important branch under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). It aims to explore new models for the sustainable development and green transformation of traditional industries, especially in the areas of organic agriculture, eco-friendly construction and pollution disposal.

"We will use ZBJ.com as a spring board to provide more targeted services for enterprises in need," said Ren Yiwei, chairman of Zhongling Institute, "We also want to make more technology breakthroughs and connect more industry experts with the real economy."

Via online match-makers such as ZBJ.com, people with certain expertise can put their wisdom and creativity to good use.

ZBJ.com is a giant crowd-sourcing platform for sharing talents, knowledge and services, said Wang Nan, CEO of ZBJ.com.

By opening accounts on ZBJ.com, experts can take a closer look at what is going on in their research fields. In return, they can also learn from clients' reviews and improve their service quality.

The cooperation with Zhongling Institute is but a start and ZBJ.com will invite more industry experts from home and abroad to expand its talent pool and provide better services for its users.