Institute of Bast Fiber Crops, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(IBFC,CAAS), located in the National High-Tech Industrial Development Zone of Changsha, Hunan province, was established in Yuanjiang, Hunan in 1958, and it moved to Changsha in 2001. It is the only national comprehensive professional institute focusing on bast fiber crops research, and National Agro-Industry Technology Research System for Crops of Bast and Leaf Fiber is affiliated to the institute.

Institute of Bast Fiber Crops, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(IBFC,CAAS), located in the National High-Tech Industrial Development Zone of Changsha, Hunan province, was established in Yuanjiang, Hunan in 1958, and it moved to Changsha in 2001. It is the only national comprehensive professional institute focusing on bast fiber crops research, and National Agro-Industry Technology Research System for Crops of Bast and Leaf Fiber is affiliated to the institute.

There are 6 administrative departments and 9 research departments in IBFC: Department of General Administration, Department of Human Resources, Department of Scientific Research Management, Department of Achievement Transferring, Department of Financial Management, Department of Facility Support, Department of Crop Germplasm Resource Research, Department of Bio-processing Research, Department of Genetic Improvement Research, Department of Forage Crop Utilization Research, Department of Functional Fiber Material Research, Department of Farmland Environment and Engineering Research, Department of Plant Functional Components Research, Department of Characteristic Vegetable and Fruit Genetic Breeding Research, Department of Natural Polymer Material Research. And 2 support departments includes Yuanjiang Experimental station and Hunan Jinnong Agricultural Technology Co. Ltd.

With the development, IBFC expands its research field from the sole bast fiber crops to agricultural biotechnology material research, green high-efficiency production and utilization technology research, safety and health of characteristic agro-products research, etc., constructing 10 innovation research teams: innovation team of Germplasm Resources Collection and Utilization of Bast Fiber Crops, innovation team of Genetic Breeding of Characteristic Vegetables and Fruits, innovation team of Genetic Modification of Annual Bast Fiber Crops, innovation team of Genetic Modification of Perennial Bast Fiber Crops, innovation team of Land and water Restoration Material Development and Utilization, innovation team of Bio-degradable Material Development and Utilization, innovation team of Functional Fiber Material Development and Utilization, innovation team of Functional Protein Material Development and Utilization, innovation team of Agro-Product Biological Refinery and Transferring, innovation team of Plant Bioactive Components Evaluation and Biosynthesis.