Shantou Institute for light industrial equipment  research was formed in 2006 by the people's Government of the Shantou University and the Jinping District of Shantou, and the Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Shantou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau as the supporting construction units, with independent legal representative qualifications.

Research on the key and common technologies of light industrial equipment, such as mechanical innovation adaptable design, robustness design technology, automatic detection and analysis, high speed and high precision intelligent control and embedded intelligent integration technology and its applications.