State Key Laboratory of Regional and Urban Ecology(SKLRUE) was restructured based on the former " State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology " (founded in 2006), by integrating relevant advantages of the Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

At present, the laboratory has 100 permanent staff members, including 2 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2 academicians of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, 1 member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, 1 foreign associate of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and 1 foreign member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.