NUS and Chongqing Liangjiang New Area Administrative Committee (“LJNAAC”) signed a strategic framework agreement to jointly establish a research institute in Chongqing on September 20, 2018.

NUS and LJNAAC signed a detailed implementation agreement on the joint establishment of NUSRI-CQ on September 11, 2019.

NUSRI-CQ was registered as a non-profit organization with an independent legal entity under the auspices of LJNAAC on April 7, 2020.

NUSRI-CQ relocated to the Chongqing LJNA Internet Industrial Park (7,100㎡) on September 2021.

The Phase II project of the NUSRI-CQ was officially launched in Chongqing Liangjiang Coordinative Zone (15,000㎡) on July 2025.