Ji Hua Laboratory (Advanced Manufacturing Science and Technology GuangDong Laboratory) is one of the first four provincial laboratories initiated by the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government. Cao Jianlin, Vice Minister of the CPPCC Committee on Education, Science, Health and Sports, and former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology, served as the first chairman and director of Ji Hua Laboratory.

 Ji Hua Laboratory is located at the center of Sanlong Bay Hi-Tech Innovation Cluster in Foshan, at the junction of Guangzhou and Foshan, 13 kilometers away from GuangDong provincial government and 12 kilometers away from Foshan municipal government. The Lab covers 1000 mu (0.67 km2), 240 mu (about 0.16 km2) for scientific research, which construction area is 300 thousand square meters, and 760 mu (about 0.51 km2) for a long-term plan to build an industrial base. The total investment for the first five-year construction period amount to 5.5 billion CNY.

 Ji Hua Laboratory is at the frontier of global science and technology and the forefront of China’s national economy. It gathers and integrates foreign and domestic innovations and resources to build first-class, modern technology and a high-end, international, strategic innovation platform, all focused around Guangdong and China’s major needs. Standing tall and firm in both applied technology and basic research, being fully open, being people-oriented and focusing on practical effect. Ji Hua Laboratory firstly focused on six studying directions including mechanical engineering, optical engineering, materials science and engineering, electronic science and technology, biomedical engineering, computer science and technology, and also determined six research areas including semiconductor technology and equipment, robotics and related key technology, high-end equipment manufacturing, additive manufacturing, micro-nano manufacturing, research on new materials and devices.

 Ji Hua Laboratory will build a powerful scientific research team composed of top experts and talents. This team will achieve numerous scientific breakthroughs and establish a globally influential scientific institution; and we will strive to become a leading national laboratory in our field.