Southwestern Institute of Physics(SWIP)
Established in the mid-1960s, the Southwest Institute of Physics of China Nation Nuclear Corporation（SWIP） stands as China’s pioneering research institute engaged in the development of nuclear fusion energy in China. As the core institution of fusion reactor R&D in China's three-step nuclear energy development strategy of ‘hot reactor, fast reactor and fusion reactor’, it has been undertaking national research initiatives in the field of nuclear fusion energy development for a long time. As an vital technical support institution for China's participation in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) program, it has been handling the tasks of the nuclear components in China's ITER procurement package. As China’s largest research institution controlled nuclear fusion, the SWIP has successively developed two medium-sized Tokamak reactors, i.e. HL-1 and HL-1M successfully, and built HL-2A, the first Tokamak reactor with a diverter configuration in China, and China's new series of ‘Artificial Sun’, HL-2M.
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences(ASIPP)
The prospective cooperator, Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences（ASIPP）, established in September 1978, is an essential institution for researching on thermonuclear fusion in China. ASIPP has successively constructed conventional magnet Tokamak HT-6B and HT-6M. It also has constructed China's first circular section superconducting Tokamak fusion experimental reactor, HT-7, and the world’s first non-circular section full-superconducting Tokamak nuclear fusion experimental reactor, EAST. Moreover, ASIPP has achieved a number of internationally significant honors, two national awards of scientific and technological advancement, and a series of internationally exceptional or unique achievements in physical investigations. Furthermore, ASIPP has actively contributed to the construction of Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, and it is constructing comprehensive research facilities for main systems of fusion reactor for the national ‘13th Five-Year Plan’ scientific project, and it is initiate the design and preliminary research of China's fusion engineering test reactor.
University of Science and Technology of China(USTC)
The prospective cooperator, the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), is the earliest cultivating institution with plasma physics professionals among universities in China. Its plasma physics branch was established in 1974. Initially developing a comprehensive system for cultivating plasma physics talent in China, USTC offers undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and postdoctoral programs. Since 1992, the discipline of plasma physics has served as the national science basic research and talent cultivating institution. During the ‘Ninth Five-Year Plan’ period, the Ministry of Education rated the plasma physics discipline as ‘Excellent’ in the acceptance assessment. In 1993, USTC ranked No. 2 in China (No. 1 in universities) in the academic degree and graduate education evaluation organized by the Academic Degree Committee of the State Council. Ranked No. 1 in the quality evaluation of PhD students organized by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1998. In 1999, it became a discipline of Chang Jiang Scholar. In 2001, it was rated as a national key discipline and ranked No. 1 among plasma physics disciplines. So far, USTC has been the only cultivating institution that has graduates of bachelor's and master's degrees in plasma physics in China's universities.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)
The prospective cooperator , the Institute of Fusion and Plasma Research established by the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, HUST, in response to China's largest international cooperation fusion project - ITER and significant demand for future R&D of nuclear fusion energy. The establishment of HUST and Institute of Fusion and Plasma Researchis to conduct basic research related to nuclear fusion energy and cultivate composite talents needed for R&D in fusion energy.
The Institute has achieved the intersection and development of disciplines such as electrical, physics, materials, energy, machinery, control, and computer science through its participation in the ITER program, which promoted the cultivation of new composite talents. Meanwhile, it established J-TEXT Tokamak and HFRC field reversal configuration.