视觉健康全国重点实验室由科学技术部于2024年12月正式批复成立。实验室依托温州医科大学、上海交通大学和中国科学技术大学先进技术研究院共同建设，由原省部共建眼视光学和视觉科学国家重点实验室实质性重组。实验室主任由中国工程院院士、上海交通大学副校长范先群教授担任，副主任由温州医科大学瞿佳教授、中国科学技术大学薛天教授担任。

组建后的视觉健康全国实验室将成为我国视觉科学基础研究、应用研究的旗舰单位，集聚教育部视觉系统疾病医药基础研究创新中心、新基石科学实验室等高能级平台，并在支撑平台方面得到国家眼部疾病临床医学研究中心、国家眼视光工程技术研究中心、转化医学国家重大科技基础设施、合肥微尺度物质科学国家研究中心等平台以及中国眼谷等产业转化基地支持，形成“基础研究-应用基础研究-成果转化-成果应用和推广”全链条科创体系。

视觉健康全国实验室实验室积极融入“长三角一体化”等国家发展战略，充分发挥温州、上海、合肥三地的科技创新优势和人才团队优势，建立“优势互补、资源共享、协同发展”的稳定共建机制，形成视觉健康领域研究合力。人才团队方面，拥有中国工程院院士、国家“杰青”、国家级引才计划、教育部长江学者、国家“万人计划”等国家级人才54人次；条件建设方面，实验室科研面积合计达2万平方米，拥有国内领先、国际一流的高水平科研条件，包括国内最大的眼样本库、局部净化达百级的细胞培养室、冷冻电镜、流式细胞仪、激光共聚焦显微镜等，以及人工智能、大数据、脑科学等研究平台，支撑科研人才实施重大科研项目。

未来，视觉健康全国重点实验室将紧扣社会经济发展、人民健康需求以及国防安全保障等国家战略目标，以《健康中国2030规划》为引领，围绕视觉形成机理、视觉疾病机制和视觉修复策略三大方向，解析视觉形成的机制、揭示视觉障碍的发病机制、建立视觉损伤的重塑策略，力争解决核心技术瓶颈，推动关键技术突破，降低视觉疾病发生率和视觉损伤，全面提高人口视觉质量，为国家在视觉健康领域的战略目标提供坚实支持。

The State Key Laboratory of Eye Health was officially approved and established by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China in December 2024. The laboratory is jointly built by Wenzhou Medical University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the Advanced Technology Research Institute of the University of Science and Technology of China, representing a substantial reorganization of the former State Key Laboratory of Optometry, Ophthalmology and Visual Science. Professor Fan Xianqun (Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Vice President of Shanghai Jiao Tong University) serves as the Director. Professors Qu Jia (Wenzhou Medical University) and Xue Tian (University of Science and Technology of China) serve as Deputy Directors.

As a flagship unit for fundamental and applied research in visual science in China, the Laboratory integrates major platforms including the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China Innovation Center for Basic Research on Visual System Diseases, the New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, and is supported by national-level platforms such as the National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, the National Engineering Research Center of Ophthalmology and Optometry, the National Major Science and Technology Infrastructure for Translational Medicine, the Hefei National Research Center for Microscale Material Science, and industrial translation bases including China Eye Valley, thereby forming a full-chain innovation ecosystem of “basic research – applied basic research – achievement translation – application and dissemination”.

The Laboratory actively integrates into national development strategies such as the Yangtze River Delta regional integration, fully leveraging the technological innovation and talent advantages of Wenzhou, Shanghai and Hefei. It has established a stable co-construction mechanism of “complementary strengths, resource sharing, and coordinated development”, thereby generating research synergy in the field of visual health. 

In terms of talent, the Laboratory boasts 54 national-level appointments including Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, recipients of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, participants in national talent introduction schemes, Ministry of Education Changjiang Scholars Program, and members of the national “Ten Thousand Talents Program”.

Facility-wise, the Laboratory covers a total research area of 20,000 square meters and is equipped with domestically leading and internationally first-class scientific research conditions. Facilities include the largest ocular tissue biobank in China, Class 100-grade cell culture rooms, cryo-electron microscopes, flow cytometers, laser confocal microscopes, as well as advanced platforms for artificial intelligence, big data and brain science — all supporting the implementation of major research projects by scientific personnel.

Looking to the future, the State Key Laboratory of Eye Health will align closely with the country’s strategic goals in socio-economic development, public health and national defense security, guided by the Healthy China 2030 Plan. With three main research directions — mechanisms of visual formation, pathogenesis of visual diseases, and strategies for visual restoration — the Laboratory will elucidate the mechanisms of vision formation, reveal the pathogenic mechanisms of visual impairments, and establish strategies for repair of visual damage. The goal is to address core technological bottlenecks, drive breakthroughs in key technologies, reduce the incidence of visual diseases and visual injuries, comprehensively improve population visual quality, and provide solid support for the country’s strategic objectives in the field of visual health.