​Taking its bases from the State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems (Lanzhou University), and through the joint disciplinary cooperation with University of California, Berkeley, University of Oklahoma, Stanford University and other well-known foreign universities, the center is committed to build a multidisciplinary research team by attracting and introducing high-level talents on gra...

The core research directions of the center include: grassland soil microbes, plant microbes, animal microbes and systemic microbiology theories and technologies

In February 2019, Center for Grassland Microbiome was established at Lanzhou University as an entity research institute. It is the first grassland microbial research center in China and with the aim to promote cutting-edge research and technology in grassland microbiology. Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering &Professor Nan Zhibiao, now serves as the first Director of the center.