On December 22, 2025, Chen Xinbing, vice president of Shaanxi Normal University, and Xue Dong, director of SNNU Science and Technology Division, as representatives of the co-construction units, and Ding Liping and Ma Jiani from SNNU Institute of New Concept Sensors and Molecular Materials, as representatives of the council member units, attended the Construction Promotion Meeting and the First Council Meeting of Shaanxi Provincial Photonics Technology Laboratory held in Xi’an.

Shaanxi Provincial Photonics Technology Laboratory was jointly established by the Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences as the chair unit and Shaanxi Optoelectronics Pioneer Institute Technology Co., Ltd. as the supporting unit. Operated around the advanced attosecond laser facility as a major scientific instrument, it aims to build an integrated high-level innovation consortium featuring “major scientific instruments + large-scale innovation platforms + large-scale funding systems + comprehensive innovation ecosystems.” It prioritizes advancing fundamental research in photonics, applied basic research, breakthroughs in core technologies, and the transfer and commercialization of research outcomes, cultivating strategic scientific capabilities in the photonics field and accelerating the integration of scientific innovation with industrial innovation.