The Institute is founded in 1958 and integrates basic medical research with development and production of biological products. It is mainly involved in basic and applied research in these fields: medical virology, immunology, molecular biological technology, medical genetics, molecular epidemiology, experimental zoology and animal experimental technology with primate, large-scale production of vaccines, immunological and genetic engineering products. It is “WHO Collaborative and Research Center on Enteroviruses”, as well as master’s and doctor’s degree conferring unit of the Peking Union Medical College (Medical School of Tsinghua University).