The Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Lanzhou was established in 1996 through the merger of the original College of Chinese Veterinary Medicine (established in 1958) and the Lanzhou Institute of Animal Husbandry (established in 1979). It is a central-level public welfare agricultural research institution that covers four major disciplines: animal husbandry, veterinary medicine, veterinary drugs, and forage science. It is a key innovation unit of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences specializing in scientific and technological innovation activities in the fields of animal husbandry and veterinary medicine. The institute's headquarters are located in Qilihe District, Lanzhou City, covering an area of 103 acres. There are two comprehensive experimental stations: the Dawa Mountain Base in Qilihe District covers 2,370 acres, and the Zhangye Base in Zhangye City covers 2,920 acres. The institute has 13 departments, including 4 research labs, 4 management departments, and 5 support service departments. It has established 30 scientific and educational platforms, such as the Key Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Creation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Key Laboratory of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Livestock Genetic Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. The institute publishes two national key scientific journals: Chinese Journal of Chinese Veterinary Medicine and Chinese Journal of Forage Animals Science, which was included in the core Chinese journals by Peking University in 2023. Under the framework of the cluster-discipline-key direction disciplinary system of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the institute has formed two primary disciplines (animal husbandry and veterinary medicine) and five discipline areas (animal resources and genetic breeding, forage science, animal nutrition and feeding, veterinary drugs, and clinical veterinary medicine) with 14 research directions. It has established seven innovation teams at the institute level: Yak Resources and Breeding, Cashmere Goat Resources and Breeding, General Animal Disease Prevention and Control, Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine and Clinical Practice, Innovation of Veterinary Drugs and Antibiotic Resistance, Natural Veterinary Drugs and Antibiotic Substitutes, and Chemical Veterinary Drugs. Additionally, it has one cultivation team at the institute level for Resilient Forage Breeding and Utilization. Since its establishment, the institute has undertaken over 2,130 scientific research projects, achieving 232 scientific and technological achievements, including 12 national awards and 183 provincial and ministerial awards. It has bred six new varieties of cattle, sheep, and pigs and eighteen new varieties of forage. Four Class I new veterinary drugs have been developed, with 81 certificates for new veterinary drugs and feed additives obtained. Fifty-seven national and industrial standards have been formulated. The institute has published 6,950 scientific papers, including 605 SCI-indexed papers, and authored or edited 345 books. It holds 1,314 authorized patents, including 394 invention patents; 60 software copyrights have also been granted. The institute is the host organization for the Professional Committee of Veterinary Toxicology of the Chinese Society of Toxicology, the Northwest Pathology Branch of the Chinese Society of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, the Northwest Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine Branch, and the National Yak Breeding Collaborative Group. The institute has established scientific and technological cooperation and exchange relationships with universities and research institutions in Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia, Canada, etc. The institute currently employs 152 staff members (including 27 senior researchers) and has 177 retired employees. Among the current staff members, there are 64 doctoral degree holders, 53 master's degree holders; 9 doctoral supervisors, 35 master's supervisors, and 3 postdoctoral researchers. The institute boasts two national outstanding young and middle-aged experts, one outstanding agricultural researcher, twenty experts enjoying special government allowances, one recipient of the China Youth Science and Technology Award, nine Gansu Province leading talents, one Gansu Longyuan Young Talent, two Gansu Province Youth Science and Technology Awards winners. Two recipients of the Qinghai Province Excellent Experts Award are also part of the institute. Furthermore, two individuals have been recognized as innovative leading talents in agriculture by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; two as outstanding youth talents; two as excellent youth talents; one as a model figure in agriculture over the past sixty years since the founding of New China; and three have received the Sixty Years of Livestock and Veterinary Medicine Science and Technology Contribution Award. Four experts serve on the Expert Committee for Veterinary Drug Review under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; one is a member of the National Committee on Animal Genetic Resources; five are position scientists in the National Modern Agriculture Industrial Technology System; and one is the deputy chief expert in beef cattle industry of Gansu Province's Modern Agriculture Industrial Technology System. The institute has won a series of honorary titles such as National Civilized Unit, National Advanced Unit for Spiritual Civilization Work, Gansu Province Civilized Unit, Civilized Unit of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Gansu Province Green Model Unit, etc. It serves as a base for popular science education at three levels: Gansu Province, Lanzhou City, and Qilihe District; additionally, it is a base for new era civilized practice activities in Qilihe District.