The co-construction agreement of Shanghai Jiao Tong University Baotou Institute of Materials Research between Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Baotou Government was signed on 3.10.2015. The institute was officially established on 7.21.2015, located in Baotou Rare Earth High Tech Zone. The institute is based on the principle of problem oriented, fully opened, deeply integrated, innovation driven and it is posited a connector of science and technology and industry, a booster of achievement industrialization, an incubator of innovation and entrepreneurship, a develop device of applied talents. Pilot study, technical service, industrial incubation, and personnel training are the main function of this institute. It adheres to the principle of innovation, industry, open, fusion, depending on Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the Baotou government and opening to the whole society, extensively absorbing the advantages of domestic and foreign innovation, forming a mode of pluralistic, open and dynamic, promoting the adjustment of regional industrial structure and the development of new industries, playing a leading role in the regional innovation, aiming to make outstanding contributions to economic and social development in Baotou and the construction of a world-class university of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.