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, former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology, served as 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.
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 optical engineering, mechanical engineering, electronic science and technology, computer science and technology, materials science and engineering, biomedical engineering, and also determined eight research areas including robotics and related key technology, semiconductor technology and equipment, high-end medical equipment, new display equipment, high-end remote sensing equipment, additive manufacturing, research on new materials and devices, and micro-nano manufacturing.