At the end of the same year, Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region Institute moved to Bailing Village, Jianping County, Hebei, and merged with Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region Academy of Railway (晋察冀边区铁路学院) to form Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region College of Industry and Transportation (晋察冀工业交通学院), but remained respective identity.
Just before the established of People's Republic of China, Institute of Technology, North China University made its final move to Beijing, and confirmed its academic focus to industrial development for the newly founded People's Republic of China.