The FCPPN (France-China Particle Physics Network) IRN (International Research Network) emerged as part of the evolution of the very dynamic and successful FCPPL (France-China Particle Physics Laboratory) LIA (Laboratoire International Associé) created in 2007 and gathering a community of more than 400 physicists and engineers from 17 CNRS joint research units with 14 French universities and Engineering Schools on the French side, and CAS (IHEP, NAOC, PMO, USTC, UCAS) and 23 universities on the Chinese side (see the complete list here).

The research fields relevant to the FCPPN have a broad spectrum and cover: Particle and Hadronic Physics, Neutrino Physics, Astroparticle Physics and High Energy Astrophysics, Cosmology, Accelerator Physics, together with Theoretical Physics and (accelerator-, detector-, computing-) related technologies to participate in collaborative efforts to better understand the physics of our Universe.