The Institute of Advanced Science Facilities (Shenzhen, China) (IASF) is a research institute that is responsible for the whole life-cycle planning, construction, operation and maintenance of the integrated particle facilities. IASF is a multi-disciplinary research centre based on the integrated particle facilities in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. At the primary phase, two active infrastructure projects have recently been funded and under design and construction, a diffraction limited synchrotron light source and a Shenzhen superconducting soft X-ray free electron laser (S³FEL)