The Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) was established in July 2017. Currently, AIR has nearly 4, 000 employees as of March 2023, including five CAS academicians, over 300 full professors and professorate senior engineers, over 700 associate researchers and senior engineers, and more than 50 high-level talents supported by national or CAS talent programs. It also hosts UCAS School of Electronics, Electrical and Communication Engineering, and UCAS School of Opto-electronics, training over 1800 postgraduate and doctoral students.