Key Laboratory of Sea Battlefield Offense-defense Confrontation Simulation, Ministry of Education was a defense fundamental scientific research institute approved in 2008.

The academic committee of the laboratory consists of 13 famous domestic experts from around the country. Professor Shen Xubang and Professor He Xingui, who are both the academicians of Chinese academy of sciences, are the president and the vice president of the committee respectively. Professor Liu Shufen is the director of the laboratory.

The laboratory relies on the National Key Discipline of Computer Software and Theory and geared to the demand of national defense. The laboratory's research focuses on the sea battlefield simulation system architecture, virtual sea battlefield environment simulation, sea battle command control and cooperative decision simulation and sea battlefield tactical simulation. The laboratory has made some theoretical breakthrough and innovation and obtained several key technologies, such as MDA, Simulation Model Description and Mapping, Multi-Sensor Data Fusion, Dynamic Configuration and Rebuild, The Middleware of Electronic Sea Map, Super Real Time and Real Time Dynamic Deduction, Computer Aided Decision and Data Recording Evaluation. At the same time, given full play to the advantage of the cross-disciplinary, the laboratory has obtained the Support Architecture of Sea Battlefield Offense-defense Confrontation Simulation Technology, developed the corresponding prototype systems, built the simulation environment of Sea Battlefield Offense-defense Confrontation, and implemented the applied fundamental research and validation.

The laboratory has 4 main research directions: the Sea Battlefield Simulation System Architecture, Virtual Sea Battlefield Environment Simulation, Sea Battle Command Control and Cooperative Decision Simulation and Sea Battlefield Tactical Simulation, which constitute the whole fundamental theories and technology architecture of Sea Battlefield Offense-defense Confrontation Simulation. The lab emphasizes the cooperation with naval test base, China State Shipbuilding System Engineering Research Institute and other military defense research institute. Closely linked to the defense production and research requirements, constantly deepen the research work of each direction, the lab has undertaken a number of high-level and major defense fundamental research projects and gained a number of major defense scientific research achievements. With the virtuous circle of theoretical breakthrough, technological innovation and integrated applications, the laboratory provided theoretical and technical support for China's national defense technology industry and weaponry development.

The laboratory has undertaken 173 scientific projects funded by national or local governments, which includes 68 national projects, 24 Ministries projects, 28 provincial projects, 1 municipal level project, 49 enterprise cooperation projects and 2 international cooperation projects. The total funding was over 95.9887 million RMB, which includes about 53.072 million RMB defense funding.

The laboratory has obtained 18 research achievements, which include 2 national prizes, 8 first prizes, 4 second prizes and 1 third prize of Ministry and province level awards. It also has obtained 8 national patents, while applying for another 6 patents and obtained 39 software copyrights.

The lab has published 4 books, as well as 446 papers in mainstream journals and international conferences, in which 37 papers have been indexed by SCI, 270 by EI, 23 papers are in domestic first level journal.

The laboratory has become a high-level public research platform in military system simulation and virtual reality in defense domain. More than 500 post-doctors, doctoral students and master students have graduated. The lab also actively develops academic exchanges, and established the long-term cooperative relations with several domestic and foreign defense-related research institutes, which expand its influence in the military field further.