Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced that it has set up an innovation center in Bangkok named CAS Innovation Cooperation Center (Bangkok) in order to promote scientific and technological cooperation between China, Thailand and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on December 8, 2017.

SHANGHAI'S ambition to be a global innovation and science hub took a giant stride on September 26 with the unveiling of Zhangjiang Lab.Several national-level major science facilities in Zhangjiang including Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility ( SSRF ) and National Center for Protein Science ( NCPSS ) will be integrated into SARI to make the lab better serve the science community.

“Gaoke Cup” Student Innovation and Practice Project- International Summer Camp, which was co-organized by Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SARI) and ShanghaiTech University (ShanghaiTech) was successfully held from July 22nd to July 29th, 2017.

On July 20th 2017, Launch Ceremony of CAS-NEDO Energy Efficiency Demonstration Project was held in Shanghai.

The 15th International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization(ICCDU XV） was held from July 18th to July 21st 2017 at conference hall of ShanghaiTech University.

Professor Wang Xi, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was named President of Shanghai Advanced Research Institute on May 2, 2017.

April 24-25, the African Railway Economy Belt Seminar was successfully held in Shanghai, jointly hosted by Shanghai Advanced Research Institute(SARI) and the Sino-Africa Joint Research Center.

On April 18th 2017, the review meeting and awarding ceremony of 2017 Shell Award for Excellence in Energy Research and Innovation were held in Shanghai.

A delegation led by John Loughhead, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, paid a visit to Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, and was warmly welcomed by President Feng Songlin, Vice President Sun Yuhan and Assistant President Wei Wei.

From October 24th to 29th, the 2016 European Space Agency (ESA)-MOST China Dragon Cooperation Advanced Training Course in Atmospheric Remote Sensing was held in Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SARI-CAS) and ShanghaiTech University.

Sino-German Forum on Green Feedstock and Functionalized Materials was held at SARI from October 10th to 12th 2016.

Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) and Shell Global Solutions International B.V. (Shell) signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement on April 6, 2016 in Shanghai to continue the frontier science collaboration. The two parties will continue the work on providing solutions for future energy security by combining research, education and industry.