An aerial drone photo taken on July 19, 2026 shows a view of the site of the High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) in Huizhou, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
The High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF), a major national science and technology infrastructure project in China, passed its technological acceptance review and entered trial operations on Tuesday in south China's Guangdong Province.
Located in Guangdong's Huizhou City, the HIAF is a major national sci-tech infrastructure project led by the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Construction began in December 2018, with over 6,000 large-scale equipment units, nearly 5 million component parts, and a total pipeline length exceeding 1 million meters.
Once fully operational, the HIAF will provide heavy ion beams with the world's highest pulse intensity and the most precise multi-functional nuclear mass spectrometer. It will serve as a leading global research platform for exploring atomic nuclei limits, unraveling nuclear astrophysical processes, advancing nuclear energy development, and enabling multidisciplinary applications.
An aerial drone photo taken on July 20, 2026 shows a view of the site of the High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) in Huizhou, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
This stitched photo taken on July 20, 2026 shows a part of the High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) in Huizhou, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
This photo taken on July 20, 2026 shows a part of the High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) in Huizhou, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
This photo taken on July 20, 2026 shows a part of the High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) in Huizhou, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
This photo taken on July 20, 2026 shows a part of the High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) in Huizhou, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
This photo taken on July 20, 2026 shows a part of the High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) in Huizhou, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
This photo taken on July 20, 2026 shows a part of the High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) in Huizhou, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
This photo taken on July 20, 2026 shows a part of the High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) in Huizhou, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
This photo taken on July 20, 2026 shows the main control room of the High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) in Huizhou, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
Yang Jiancheng, deputy director of the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, delivers a presentation about the High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) in Huizhou, south China's Guangdong Province, July 19, 2026. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
