The ROC synchrotron accelerator was completed at virtually the same time as America's. Although only producing 1.3 GeV, it was the first third-generation synchrotron accelerator operating in Asia.
我國的同步輻射加速器與美國的幾乎同時完成，雖然能量只有十三億電子伏特，卻是目前亞洲國家中第一座第三代的同步輻射加速器。