China Academy of Engineering Physics

China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP) (Chinese: 中国工程物理研究院, nicknamed 九院) was founded in October 1958.

The CAEP is China's main organization conducting the research, development, and testing of nuclear weapons and related science.

It has multiple outlets located in Beijing, Jiangyou, Mianyang, Chengdu, and Shanghai.

Its research areas include theoretical physics, plasma physics, engineering and material sciences, electronics and photo-electronics, materials chemistry and chemical engineering, computer science, and computational mathematics.

[5] CAEP and some of its related institutes and companies has been on the United States Department of Commerce's Entity List since 1997.