Chengdu Institute of Biology (CIB)

Chengdu Institute of Biology (CIB), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was founded in 1958, and was chosen in 1999 as one of the experimental institutes for implementing the Knowledge Innovation Programme of the CAS, which aims at promoting the innovative capacity of its affiliated research institutes through key input in human resources and research funds. Now, CIB has a staff of 316 people, including 1 academician and more than 100 senior researchers.

With southwestern China as its focal working area, CIB aims primarily at sustainable development and utilization, and effective conservation of biological resources. While continuously rising its institutional capacity of innovation, CIB integrates the important state needs in the fields of human health, restoration ecology and sustainable agriculture with the world frontiers of modern sciences to carry out basic and applied researches, as well as high-tech research of natural medicine, ecological restoration and rehabilitation, biodiversity conservation, pollution control, modern agriculture and food security,so as to provide knowledge bases, technical supports and policy-making sugges tions for sustainable socio-economic development of the country.

Sino/Swiss Residency Exchange 2009/2010
Artist: Alexandre Joly