2009.04	Third meeting of the Second Advisory Committee of the SYNL.
2008.04	Materials Process Modeling Division and Catalysis and Materials Division were established
2007.05	Second meeting of the Second Advisory Committee of the SYNL.
2006.06	First meeting of the Second Advisory Committee of the SYNL.
2005.05	Forth meeting of Advisory Committee of SYNL
2004.04	Engineering Alloys Division was established;
2003.11	Third meeting of Advisory Committee of SYNL;
2002.05	Second meeting of Advisory Committee of SYNL;
2001.06	Opening ceremony of the laboratory;
2001.03	First meeting of Advisory Committee of SYNL;
2000.10	The proposal was approved by the Ministry of science and technology (MOST);
1999.03	Proposed to establish the SYNL based on the three laboratories;
1997.	The three laboratory were top-listed in national evaluation of State key labs in the field of materials and information;
1995.	State key Laboratory for Rapidly solidified Non-equibrium alloys was established;
1988.	State Key Laboratory for Fatigue and Fracture of materials was established;
1985.	Open Laboratory for Atomic Imaging of Solids State, Chinese Academy of Sciences, was established, at IMR;