The laboratory is focused on meeting national strategic demands and developing the optic fibre and cable industry.
In December 2010, the State Key Laboratory for Optical Fibre and Cable Manufacture Technology was approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology. The evaluation was completed by the Ministry of Science and Technology in July 2013. In 2018, SKLOFCMT was rated as an "excellent state key laboratory" and was ranked as the first in the field of information. The principles of our laboratory are "Opening, Mobilizing, Union and Competition."