The Institute of Optics and Electronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences () is a Chinese science research institute located in the town of Wenxing, Shuangliu District of Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province. It is the largest institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in southwest China, founded in 1970. It is a diversified organization with operations in photoelectric tracking measurement, beam control, adaptive optics, astronomical target photoelectric observation and recognition, advanced optical manufacturing, aerospace photoelectric equipment, micro nano optics, microelectronics optics, and biomedical optics. It has more than 1,200 staff, including 2 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), 1 winner of National Science Fund for Outstanding Young Scholars, 1 recruitment program of global experts, 1 chief scientist of National 973 Program, 8 state-level experts in the field of opto-electronics, 13 academic and technological research leaders in Sichuan, and 350 senior S&T personnel.
History The Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences was founded in 1970.
Laboratories Nine Chinese state key laboratories are now under the Institute of Optics and Electronics, such as State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies for Micro fabrication, CAS Key labs on Beam Control, Adaptive Optics, and Chengdu Measurement and Testing laboratory for Geometrical Parameter and CAS Photoelectric Precision Mechanics.
Leaders Directors No. English name Chinese name Took office Left office Notes 1 Gao Fuhui July 1980 February 1984 2 Zhang Litang July 1983 September 1995 3 Ma Jiaguang September 1995 December 1999 4 Yao Hanmin December 1999 December 2003 5 Zhang Yudong December 2003 November 2015 6 Luo Xiangang November 2018
Communist Party Secretaries No. English name Chinese name Took office Left office Notes 1 Liu Yunzhong February 1974 December 1980 2 Hou Huiren March 1981 February 1984 3 Xu Lianshan February 1984 June 1987 4 Tian Yu June 1987 December 1996 5 Chen Shengli November 2000 September 2011 6 Yang Hu September 2011
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