In accordance with the agreement of April 20 2004 signed by Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo City and Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) was officially established in March, 2006.　
In order to gear the need of the development of manufacturing and material industries, NIMTE is aiming at furnishing itself into a large comprehensive R&D institution with prospective and fundamental research, with key-technology innovation and systematic integration, with engineering and technological transfer service and with talent training and fostering