The USTC Institute of Advanced Technology is a subsidiary institution of the USTC that focuses on high-tech research and development and applications, as well as cultivating high-end applications-oriented talent. It is a key component of USTC's vision to become a world-class research university and an extension of USTC's main teaching and research system. The institute aims to establish a specialized technology transfer and transformation system that is based in Hefei, covers Anhui province, serves the Yangtze River Delta region and reaches out to the whole country. It is striving to become a base for pilot and engineering R&D, innovation achievement transformation and incubation, as well as application-oriented scientific and technological innovation talent training.