Name: National Center for Rice Improvement (Nanjing)

Director: Professor Wang Cai-lin

Authorizing organization: Ministry of Agriculture

Executive organization: Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS)

Headquarter: Institute of Food Crops in JAAS, Nanjing

Branches:

1. Experimental Station of Nanjng Agricultural University, Nanjing

2. Experimental Station of Lixiahe Regional Agricultural Institute of Jiangsu, Yangzhou

Research orientation:

1. Rice genetics and breeding

2. Germplasm improvement & innovation

3. Breeding of new quality variety

4. Rice molecular breeding

5. Mapping and cloning of functional genes in rice

6. Exploration and utilization of genes Concerning vital characters, and related areas