The Institute of Plant Protection (IPP), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), which was founded in 1957, is a non-profit national institute dedicated to both basic and applied sciences of plant protection in China. The mission of the institute is to study and seek the resolution to the main problems theoretically and economically important in plant protection of the country. IPP is committed to develop and extend the research achievements in plant protection, promote the agro-ecosystem and environmental protection, and develop the international collaboration and exchange.

　　In the institute there are three research departments of plant diseases, insect pests and pesticide, three administration sectors for scientific research management and international cooperation, general affairs, and human resources, a supporting sector of service center, an affiliated experimental station located in Langfang, Hebei Province. The national key laboratory for biology of plant diseases and pests, the key laboratory of pesticide chemistry and application technology of Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), biosafety research center (MOA), supervision and test for plant disease and pest resistance (MOA), and Chinese Society of Plant Protection are all based in the institute. IPP currently has 160 employees, including 111 scientists and technicians. IPP is one of the institutes certified by the Academic Degree Committee of the National Council to authority to grant doctoral degrees in plant pathology, agricultural entomology, pesticide science, weed science, agricultural microbiology, monitoring and forecasting of plant pests and biosafety. A working station for postdoctoral research of plant protection is set up as well in the institute. IPP has gradually developed into an important training center for advanced research of plant protection in China .

　　IPP has been undertaking lots of research projects from the national program of plant protection, serving as a nationwide coordinator for the research collaboration in plant protection nationwide. Approximately 50 national and international research projects are under implementation, including the National Basic Research and Development Program (973), the National High-Tech Research and Development Program (863), t he National Key Technological Research and Development Program, the projects of Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), the ministerial and provincial research projects and international collaboration program.

　　In IPP, more than 2500 scientific research papers and over 100 books have been published, including “Crop Diseases and Pests in China ” and “Study on Helicoverpa armigera ”. The institute has won more than 210 awards for scientific achievement, including 2 natural sciences awards, 2 national invention awards, 23 national advanced science awards, and 125 awards of the ministerial or provincial levels. Most of the researches have already been well recognized worldwide. The monographs “Epidemic systems of wheat stripe rust in China” and “Migration regularity and forecasting of armyworm moth” won second and third prizes in the National Natural Science Award respectively, and “Development of transgenic wheat resistant to barley yellow dwarf virus using genetic engineering approach” is one of the top ten achievements for science and technology in China in 1995. IPP hosts the 15 th International Plant Protection Congress in 2004.

　　The institute won the first place for the contribution to scientific achievements in the comprehensive evaluation of nationwide agricultural institutions organized by MOA in 1992 and 1996. The national key laboratory for biology of plant diseases and pests was placed the top ten national laboratories in the 1 st round evaluation of NSFC entrusted by National Planning Committee in 1996. The laboratory ranked 14 th place among 56 key laboratories in life science in the 2 nd round evaluation organized by NSFC entrusted by Ministry of Science and Technology in 2001. The ministerial key laboratory of pesticide chemistry and application technology was placed the top ten laboratories in the evaluation organized by MOA in 2002.