Shanghai Institute of Process Automation & Instrumentation (hereinafter referred to "SIPAI"), founded in Oct. 1956, subordinate to the former Ministry of National Machinery Industry.SIPAI was reformed to a Hight-tech enterprise in 1999, governed by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Admini stration Commission of Shanghai. SIPAI is a comprehensive scientific research institute professional in research, development, manufacture, testing and application of process instrumentation and control, with a high reputation in domestic and international automation instrument field.

Over the past 50 years, SIPAI set up various technical research and experimental bases and successfully completed many national key research projects of automation ins trument product, aerospace industry, thermal power and urban environmental protection. Especially, the first generation of electronic (pneumatic) combination instrument and industrial controller product (DJK series) in China made by SIPAI fi lled the blank of domestic products at that time.

Under the background of a new round of state-owned enterprise reforms in Shanghai, SIPAI, as a scientific research section under the SASAC of the city, insists on combination of state-owned enterprise reform and technological innovation, market competition and functional service, and reform and development combined with employee benefits. SIPAI actively explores innovations in institutional mechanisms, unleashes the vitality of scientific and technological innovation, and establishes the overall strategic objectives of reform and development: interconnect with national strategic emerging industries, based on the abilities of independent scientific and technological innovation, major common key technology research and development, standard formulation and verification, transformation of scientific and technological achievements and business incubation, cultivation of high-end professionals, actively creates a national innovation center, dedicates to building SIPAI into a new type of scientific research institute with leading technology, well-known brands, and promoted industrial upgrading.