The State Key Laboratory of Regional and Urban Ecological Security was established by integrating the original "State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology" with relevant strengths from the "Laboratory of Soil Environmental Science and Technology" at the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (RCEES, CAS) and the "CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health" at the Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IUE, CAS). The Laboratory is based at RCEES, CAS and jointly established with IUE, CAS. Addressing the challenges of low ecosystem quality, weak ecological functions, and prominent ecological security risks in China, the Laboratory aims to analyze the evolutionary patterns, ecological effects, and driving mechanisms of regional and urban ecosystems. It seeks to achieve breakthroughs in ecological security risk identification and early warning technologies based on big data and artificial intelligence, and to develop technologies for the simulation and optimization of urban ecological infrastructure and for the protection and restoration of regional ecosystems. This will provide scientific and technological support for safeguarding national ecological security.

The Laboratory places particular emphasis on deepening research into the evolutionary patterns and driving mechanisms of regional and urban ecosystems. It strives to achieve breakthroughs in key technologies for optimizing regional ecological patterns and for ecological protection and restoration. It also aims to advance technologies and regulatory methods for analyzing and simulating urban ecological processes. By elucidating the mutual feedback mechanisms between regions and cities and their ecological effects, the Laboratory supports the construction of national ecological security guarantees and the development of sustainable development models.