Opening the annals of New China’s development of science and technology, you will see many inventions and creations closely connected with the city of Changchun. Changchun is the cradle of our country’s automobile and movie industries, 　　 photoelectronics, biotechnology, applied chemistry, etc. New China’s first homemade automobile rolled off the production line here, the first homemade feature film was produced here, the first pot of optical glass was melt here, the first laser generator was successfully developed here, the first piece of synthetic rubber was produced here and so on. Changchun, a young city, has created more ten firsts for the construction and development of New China.

The solid research and educational foundation makes Changchun one of the nation’s famous cities of science, technology and culture.

There are 27 full-time institutions of higher learning including Jilin University and Northeast Normal University and 97 independent scientific research institutions including Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics and 38 key national laboratories and open laboratories including the United Key National Laboratory for Integrated Photoelectronics and Key National Laboratory for Dynamic Automobile Simulation. CAS Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics is China’s earliest and largest optical research and production base, in which the country’s sole optical literature database is set. Since its founding, the institute has made a great number of achievements in scientific research leading in the country or even in the world, making outstanding contributions to the development of the atom bomb and hydrogen bomb and the successful launching of the man-made satellite and Shenzhou V spaceship. CAS Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry is one of the country’s most important scientific research and production bases for applied chemistry, leading in the country in the fields of high molecular polymeric materials, rare earth materials, thermal shrinkage materials and others. Changchun has 575 thousand various professionals, scientists and engineers including 28 academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, providing strong human resources at different levels which can meet the various needs of the construction and development in many respects in the country. A number of academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering such as Wang Daheng, Yu Ruihuang, Tang Aoqing, Hao Shui and Xia Xianzhu have made the scientific and technological achievements that attract worldwide attention in their research fields. They, like the bright stars, have radiated with the eternal light of wisdom, which is shining on the road for successors to go forward, leaving their eternal names in the annals of science and technology of the People’s Republic.

The solid scientific, technological and educational strength and the brilliant historical achievements not only lay a solid foundation for the development of science and technology of Changchun in the future, but also provide a broad stage for many people to make science and technology innovations and business ventures.