According to the goal of 13th Five Year Plan for the key lab, 3 across discipline innovative groups were formed in March 2017 by 18 young (under 40) workers after voluntary association, application, peer evaluation and defense, aiming to make breakthrough in scientific difficulties, train backbone young workers and strengthen across disciplinary cooperation. One and 0.2 millions RMB were founded from the lab to the groups. The group members often got together to have discussions, created dense academic atmosphere and cooperative spirit.

Annual Summary (2017) for the National Key R & D Project: Principals and Ways for Fertile Soil Cultivation in Central and East China.

On 24-35 January 2018, the annual meeting to summarize the 7th subproject of the National Key R&D Project Principals and Ways for Fertile Soil Cultivation in Southeast

On 26 January 2018, invited by the director of center for Bio-resources and Bio-technology, Research Grroup leader of Microbial Resources and Technology in IAE, Prof ZHAN G Huiwen, Prof visited IAE and reported his research on the use of probiotics in aquaculture in a seminar.

On 24 January 2018, invited by Research Center of Bio-Resources and Bio-Technology,

On 17 January 2018, the seminar was held in IAE. Managing Director ZHANG Wei, Deputy Director General LIU Bing, Section Chief XIE Shumin and GAO Sen from Three-North Shelterbelts Construction Bureau of State Forestry Administration, vice director(executive) ZHU Jiaojun, vice director FANG Yunting and Section chief ZHUO Junchen and back-borne member of the research group presented.

In first issue 2018, CAS Bulletin introduced CAS Qingyuan Forest Ecosystem Research Station (Qingyuan Station).

In 2012, Associate Professor HUANG Bin in research group of Agricultural Ecological Engineering, IAE wrote a patent Modified Activated Sludge-based Two-Compartment Treatment Method for Nitrate-Contaminated Drinking Water and the Device thereof.

On 12-13 January 2018, the state office for the management of the special water research project organized the check and acceptance meeting specialists.

On December 29, 2017, the National Standard for Stabilized Fertilizer was approved by General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and National Standardization Management Committee and issued in National Standard Announcement 2017-32.