General Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals (GRINM),  established in

November 1952, is the largest R&D institution in the field of nonferrous metals industry in China.  Prof. Dianzuo Wang, vice president of Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), member of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and also foreign associate of National Academy of Engineering (NAE) of USA, is the honorary president of GRINM. Dr. Hailing Tu, a well known expert of semiconductor materials in China, is the president.

Since the establishment, more than 5,000 projects have been carried out in GRINM, out of which over 4,000 scientific achievements have been obtained, more than 800 of them have been awarded national or ministerial prize and 300 national invention patents have been granted. After 50 years’ development, the research areas have expanded to microelectronic and photoelectronic materials, rare and precious metals materials, rare earth materials, energy technology and materials, special alloy powder and powder metallurgy materials, superconductor materials, nano technology and materials, infrared optical materials, nonferrous metals processing technology, advanced mineral processing and metallurgy, nonferrous metal composites, materials analysis and testing. GRINM has been built into a comprehensive research institute covering a wide range of fields, capable of assuming key and important projects and solving sophisticated technological and engineering difficulties.

GRINM has also established broad technical exchange, cooperation and trading partnership with counterparts in more than 30 countries and regions. Oriented toward the future, GRINM is always ready to carry out all round cooperation with partners around the world for mutual growth and development.