National Glycoengineering Research Center (NGRC) was established with the approval of the Ministry of Science and Technology in April 2007. NGRC is the first national engineering technology research center for carbohydrate research and development in China. NGRC is a relatively independent and open institution composed of a supporting unit and cooperative units. Shandong University is the supporting unit and Shandong Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Baolingbao Biology Co., Ltd., Shandong Longlive Bio-technology Co., Ltd. and Futaste Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. are the cooperative units. They have achieved complementary, mutually beneficial, and cooperative development with the full advantages of the resources and conditions in the units. The supporting unit focuses on pre-research and development and technical support system construction, while the cooperative units focus on pilot production, product manufacturing and marketing. NGRC was officially put into operation in 2010 after passing the evaluation of Ministry of Science and Technology.