at Jinan, the famous Spring City in China and the capital city of Shandong province, whose latitude is 37 North and the longitude is 117 East.
The institute was set up in 1979. It began the studies on breeding, cultivation and physiology since 1946. National Maize Improvement Sub-center (Jinan) was set up in 1997. It was estimated as one of the top 100-institute of agricultural sciences by MOA of China in 1996 and the top-rank institute by the Department of Science and Technology of Shandong Pr