NUSRI-CQ, jointly established by NUS and LJNAAC, is a non-profit organization with an independent legal identity under the auspices of LJNAAC.

Leveraging on NUS' excellent research expertise and global resources in a broad spectrum of areas, NUSRI-CQ, the only physical presence of NUS in the western region of China, established R&D platforms in advanced manufacturing and materials, intelligent sensing and AI, modern logistics, as well as finance and financial risk management. NUSRI-CQ also built a deep-tech enterprise platform for technology transfer and commercialization; and an education centre for talents’ cultivation and academic exchanges. The development of NUSRI-CQ will be aligned with the theme and directions set for China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity by the Singapore and China governments as well as the focuses of Chongqing Liangjiang New Area.

Liangjiang New Area was formally established on June 18, 2010. It was the third national development and opening zone in China - and the first in the inland - approved by the State Council, after Shanghai Pudong New Area and Tianjin Binhai New Area. It is located in the main urban area of Chongqing, near the north of the Yangtze River, and borders Jialing River in the east. Liangjiang New Area includes three administrative districts - Jiangbei district, Beibei district and Yubei district - as well as the northward new district and the free trade port area - and covers an area of 1200 square kilometers, including 550 square kilometers of potential development area, and a permanent population of 2.24 million.Liangjiang New Area - one of the new focus zones for global industry transmission, a transportation hub of Eurasia international logistics, the area of strategic shift of China's development and the core area of the newly-established market in the inland.