On October 25, 2017 the opening of the Joint Research Laboratory – The Advanced Metal Forming Technologies Laboratory between Physical-Technical Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Institute of Metal Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was held in Shenyang (China)

The main objectives of the Laboratory is research of high-speed hydropercussion sheet and tubular parts and heavily deformed ferrous-nickel alloys that are used in the aircraft industry
Within the framework of the joint work, joint visits of scientists and graduate students of the Physical-Technical Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Institute for Metal Research of the CAS were organized