Recently, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the People's Government of Hebei Province jointly issued a document (No.64〔2020〕) which officially approved that HEBAU will be the unit to undertake the construction of the State Key Laboratory of Crop Improvement and Regulation in North China, marking that HEBAU has entered the ranks of state key laboratory construction system.

The construction of the key lab will base on Hebei, serve North China, and open to the whole country. According to the characteristics of agricultural resources in North China, the key lab will focus on solving the production problems of high consumption of main crop resources; weak resistance to adversity; low utilization efficiency of light, temperature, water and fertilizer, and urgent improvement of quality in North China. 3 research directions are summarized to build an innovation platform with excellent equipment and comprehensive facilities, and innovate the management system and operation mechanism. At the same time, HEBAU will cultivate high-level leading talents and teams, enhance the innovation strength of basic research, produce landmark scientific research achievements, strengthen academic exchanges and open cooperation, and build an original innovation highland with first-class research conditions, talent team, scientific research ability, output achievements, and social contribution.