[en] Full text: Founded in September of 1978, the Institute of Plasma Physics, Academia Sinica (ASIPP) is directed in the research and development in the fields of high temperature plasma physics, magnetically confined fusion and the related advanced technology. The main facilities in ASIPP include the first Chinese superconducting tokamak HT-7, a conventional tokamak HT-6M, 2 MW ion cyclotron resonant heating system, 2 MW lower hybrid current drive system, a.c. and d.c. fly wheel generators with total power output of 200 MW, a cryogenic liquid helium system, 20 Tesla static hybrid magnet and an advanced computer control and data acquisition system. A new superconducting tokamak project HT-7U has been approved by the Chinese Government; it is scheduled to be built as the next generation tokamak of ASIPP and to begin its first operation in 2003. The major parameters of the device are R = 1.7 m, a = 0.4 m, B_t = 3.5 T, I = 1 MA together with flexible large or small elongation and triangularity of the magnetic surfaces. The mission of HT-7U is to develop scientific basis for a continuously operating tokamak fusion reactor. (author)