Founded in September 2009, Shanghai Magnesium Materials and Applied Engineering Technology Research Center (SMA) is a research and development center of advanced Mg alloy materials officially approved by the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission. Its main research area includes high-performance Mg alloy and forming, Mg-based energy materials, and Mg-based biomaterials. SMA has advanced material preparation, testing and characterization equipment such as high vacuum die-casting system, plasma metal nanopowder preparation system, simultaneous thermal analyzer, gas-solid phase reactors, electrochemical workstations, etc. SMA has developed high thermal-conductive Mg alloys, Mg-based hydrogen-storage material, Magnesium hydride fuel cell, rechargeable Mg battery, biodegradable medical Mg alloy, high vacuum die-casting, and squeeze casting technology in order to meet application demand for Mg alloys in the automotive, communications and medical industries.