Founded in March 2000, the National Engineering Research Center for Light Alloy Precision Forming is a state-level engineering research center under the approval of the State Development and Reform Commission (formerly State Development Planning Commission) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The current director of the center is Professor Ding Wenjiang.

Center main research directions include:

(1) High-performance Mg alloy, Al alloy design;

(2) Mg alloy, Al alloy precision forming technology;

(3) Mg alloy, Al alloy melt processing technology;

(4) Mg alloy, Al alloy corrosion and protection technology

(5) Mg-based biomaterials;

(6) Mg-based energy materials

After more than a decade of development, the center has now become an important research and development base for Magnesium alloy, Aluminum alloy materials and products in China. It is also one of the most influential light alloy research teams in the world.