AVIC Aerodynamics Research Institute (hereinafter referred to as “AVIC ARI ") is under the governance of Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). It was established by merging former Harbin Aerodynamics Research Institute (founded in 1955) with Shenyang Aerodynamics Research Institute (founded in 1958) in 2000. At present, the permanent staff of AVIC ARI totaled over 800 employees in which more than 600 of them are technicians. In 1982, it was authorized to confer the master degree of aerodynamics. In 1997, it was compliance with ISO9001 quality certification. In 2002, it was appointed as the post-doctoral scientific research station. In 2009, the new site of AVIC ARI was established under the framework of CAE in Beijing.
　　AVIC ARI is a unique aerodynamics research institute in China aviation industry. Its cutting edge technology in fundamental research and applications related to aeronautic aerodynamics includes design of aircraft aerodynamic configuration, research and application of CFD technology, wind tunnel testing technology and design and manufacture of special testing equipment etc.

　　Currently, AVIC ARI operates seven wind tunnels: subsonic, transonic and supersonic wind tunnel FL-1 and FL-2, inlet wind tunnel FL-3, 1.5m low speed wind tunnel FL-5, transonic wind tunnel FL-7, low speed wind tunnel FL-8 and pressurized low speed wind tunnel FL-9. Among these wind tunnels, FL-5, the earliest wind tunnel has been in operation at AVIC ARI since 1955. FL-1 and FL-8 have a high prestige in china aviation industry by testing a whole range of Chinese aircraft models. FL-9 is the only high Reynolds low speed wind tunnel which fulfills the demand of large aircraft testing. High speed wind tunnel FL-3 is an ideal platform for special testing. The FL-10 wind tunnel is being under construction. It is the only large scale low speed wind tunnel in China with both open and close test sections.
　　By continuous investments, the wind tunnels along with their testing techniques have been kept up-to-date. Wind tunnels are equipped with a set of computerized measurement complex that allows obtaining test data at the rate of conventional or special tests. AVIC ARI has a series of advanced and applied testing techniques such as flow visualization and measurement, dynamic testing, engine simulation and inlet performance testing. It also implements studies from CFD techniques to design of aerodynamic configurations and has advancements in relative sectors. Such researches include large scale and high accuracy CFD platform for aeronautic aircraft design, development of multi-disciplinary optimization design based on control law coupling adjoint matrix, genetic algorithm and NASH equilibrium, application of relative method in optimum design of airfoil, research on numerical simulation of aircraft icing, researches on complex flow mechanism, active and passive flow control, characteristics and measurement of boundary layer and innovative aspects in flow control. AVIC ARI also setup a set of database based on the researches on configurations of strake-wing, canard wing, delta wing, V-tail and flying wing.
　　AVIC ARI strongly believes in the philosophy of “driven by aircraft design demands, pursuing the best testing technology, serving aircraft application needs”. The wind tunnels together with its equipments have had a number of ministry and national technical awards. It promotes developments of state-of-art techniques in the realm of aerodynamics. As an endeavor to fulfill the vision of china aviation dream, AVIC ARI will seriously implements strategies of resource, market and integration with more focus on innovation of wind tunnel testing and relative technology.