中国科学院电工研究所(以下简称电工所)于1958年筹建、1963年在北京正式成立，迄今已有60余年的历史。作为电气科学与工程技术领域的国家科研机构，在中国能源技术与电气科学领域具有重要地位。  

电工所总体定位于电能生产、输配和高效利用与检测领域战略高新技术和电气科学前沿交叉研究，在促进中国能源转型及相关战略性新兴产业的发展等方面起骨干引领和核心支撑作用。主要研究方向为：可再生能源发电、电力设备新技术、电网技术、电力电子与电能变换、超导与新材料应用、生物电磁学与电磁探测等。

The Institute of Electrical Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (hereinafter referred to as the Institute) was founded in 1958 and formally established in 1963 in Beijing, with a history of more than 60 years. As a national research institution in the field of electrical science and engineering technology, it plays an important role in the field of energy technology and electrical science in China.

The Institute focuses on the research of strategic high-tech and frontier electrical science in the field of electric power production, transmission and distribution, efficient utilization and testing, and plays a leading and core supporting role in promoting China's energy transformation and the development of related strategic emerging industries. His research interests include renewable energy generation, new technology of power equipment, power grid technology, power electronics and power conversion, superconductivity and new material application, bioelectromagnetics and electromagnetic detection, etc.