The National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) of China is co-founded by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Chinese Ministry of Education. It is a subsidiary non-profit organization of CAS which enjoys full financial allocations with a status of independent non-profit legal entity. Main research directions of the NCNST are basic and applied researches in nanoscience building a public technological platform and research base for nanoscience with state-of-the-art equipment and open to both domestic and international users. http://english.nanoctr.cas.cn/