National Engineering Research Center of Visual Technology (formerly known as the National Engineering Laboratory for Video Technology), at Peking University, was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China in February 2009 and fully constructed in 2013. Under the leadership of the Ministry of Education, managed by Peking University, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. also participated in the platform construction and execution. In 2021, it was promoted to the list of national engineering research centers of the National Development and Reform Commission, and officially renamed as the National Engineering Research Center for Video and Visual Technology.

This center is mainly engaged in the research of video coding and intelligent visual information processing technology, and implements the "ultra-high definition + ultra-high speed" dual-wheel driving strategy around intelligent technology. Since 2009, it has received a total number of 6 national awards, including 1 first prize of national technological invention, 1 second prize of national technological invention, 3 second prizes of national scientific and technological progress, 1 second prize of national natural science, 1 special prize of provincial and ministerial level, and 2 first prizes o...