Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (CASHIPS) is located on a beautiful peninsula near Shushan Lake in the western suburbs of Hefei, capital of Anhui Province, China. CASHIPS was founded in 2001 and is a large-scale integrative research base within the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).CASHIPS has 10 scientific research units, including the Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, the Institute of Plasma Physics, the Institute of Solid State Physics, the Hefei Institute of Intelligent Machines, the High Magnetic Field Laboratory, the Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, the Center of Medical Physics and Technology, the Institute of Technical Biology and Agricultural Engineering, the Institute of Nuclear Energy Safety Technology and Institute of Applied Technology.Till now, CASHIPS has over 2,500 employees of which there are more than 2,000 scientific researchers and technicians, including over 300 high-level talents and over 1,600 master or doctoral students.The research at CASHIPS covers the fields of energy, environment, biology, material, information, national defense, which mainly focuses on research and technology of magnetic confinement fusion, advanced nuclear energy and nuclear safety, atmospheric environmental monitoring and detecting technology, the science and technology of magnetic fields, advanced materials in extreme environment, robot and intelligent device, modern agricultural technology, medical physics and technology and high-technology. In 2015, CASHIPS headed 169 research projects funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China, which ranked the first among China's scientific research institutions.