On December 21, 2016, the 718 Institute of CSSC and Beijing Institute of Technology formally signed a cooperation agreement to jointly establish a vapor deposition special materials research and development center. Du Gang, deputy general manager of CSSC, Luo Jiyan, director of the Ministry of Science and Technology and Information Technology, Zhao Changlu, secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing Institute of Technology, and Yang Bin, executive vice president attended the signing ceremony.