December

Four CSIJRI projects were awarded the High-end Foreign Experts Project subsidy.
Three CSIJRI projects were awarded the Guangdong Province Key Areas Research and Development Project Fund.

September

Dr. Long Yi and her team in CSIJRI published their research results in Advanced Energy Materials (2018 impact factor: 24.88).

August

Mr Png Cheong Boon, Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Singapore, visited CSIJRI.
CSIJRI and Hunan Huifukangda Health Management Research Institute signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement to set up the joint research center.
CSIJRI and Guangdong Huaqingyuan Biotechnology co-founded the Nanyao Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Development Centre, and held the signing and plaque unveiling ceremony.

July

Mr Qin Weizhong, Vice Governor of Guangdong Province visited.

May

Mr Heng Swee Keat, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance of Singapore visited CSGKC, and was briefed on CSIJRI's development.

March

Prof. Xing Bengang and his team published their research results in Natural Communications.

January

Mr Stanley Loh Ka Leung, former Singapore's Ambassador to China, visited CSIJRI.
CSIJRI was recognised as the New Research and Development Institute of 2018 by the Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province.

December

The China-Singapore International Smart Industrial Park, where CSIJRI permanent building of CSIJRI is located, held the ground-breaking ceremony.
CSIJRI's project Antiviral Polypeptides Surfacing and Its Biomedical Applications, won the Strategic Innovation funding support under One Belt One Road International S&T Collaboration Initiative by Guangdong Science and Technology Department. 

November

CSIJRI set up its commercial arm – Guangzhou Zhongxing Technology Development Co., Ltd. to support the sustainable development of the Institute.
Mr Tan Shau En, former Assistant Chief Executive (Commercialisation) of Intellectual Property Office of Singapore visited CSIJRI.

October

The 4th Governing Council Meeting of CSIJRI was held and unveiled the Plaque of “Joint Biomaterials Lab”.
CSIJRI launched second batch of 21 R&D projects.

August

Expert Committee from Guangzhou Science and Technology Innovation Commission conducted mid-term review on CSIJRI projects.
Mr Ma Xingrui, Governor of Guangdong Province, visited CSIJRI.
Mr Lai Chung Han, Second Permanent Secretary (Education), Ministry of Education and Second Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore visited CSIJRI.

June

The 3rd Governing Council Meeting of CSIJRI was held.

May

Mr Wang Guilin, Director-General of Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau visited CSIJRI.

March

Dr Meng Linghan, a key member from CSIJRI-incubated Guangzhou GreenF Materials Technology Co., Ltd, won the “Entrepreneurial Talents” award by Guangzhou Huangpu District and Guangzhou Development District.

January

The second Governing Council Meeting of CSIJRI was held in Guangzhou. 

August

Mr Ong Ye Kung, the then Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) of Singapore and delegation graced the official opening of CSIJRI R&D Building.

July

CSIJRI launched its first batch of 24 R&D projects.

March

CSIJRI registration complete & 1st Governing Council Meeting.
Mr Wong Kan Seng, former Vice Prime Minister of Singapore visited CSIJRI.

December

CSIJRI Plaque Award Ceremony.

November

China’s President Xi Jinping and then Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong witnessed the signing of the agreement to jointly set up the Sino-Singapore International Joint Research Institute (CSIJRI).

April

Witnessed by Mr Hu Chunhua, a member of the CPC Central Committee and the then Secretary of The CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee, a collaboration agreement between South China University of Technology and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore was signed in Singapore on April.