Relying on Sichuan University, the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering was built in Sichuan University (Chengdu University of Technology merged into New Sichuan University) (199 1). It is one of the 75 national key laboratories built by the World Bank's "Key Discipline Development Project" and is recognized as one of the seven pilot laboratories. 1995 passed the national acceptance in April, and 1996 was officially approved for opening to the outside world in February. The founder and academic leader of the laboratory is Professor Xu Xuan, an academician of China Academy of Sciences. It has a master's program, a doctoral program and a postdoctoral mobile station.