IBFC covers an area of 60.28 ha., and the housing construction area is 54000㎡. It has established comprehensive experimental stations in Hunan, Hubei, Shandong, Hainan, Guizhou provincesetc, 14 technological innovation platforms including National Breeding Centre of Bast Fiber Crops,NationalBast Fiber Crop Germplasm Nursery, National Germplasm Database of Bast Fiber Crops and so on and 6 international cooperation platforms: the Joint Lab of Plant Pathogen Molecular Ecology between IBFC and McMaster University,Canada, Joint International Kenaf Breeding Station, Joint Molecular Breeding Lab of Root Vegetables, Joint Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Bast Fiber Crops, Joint Laboratory for Bast Fiber-based Composites and so on.