---
title: "Microsoft Research Asia: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Microsoft Research campus in Beijing and Shanghai, China"
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-microsoft-research-asia
type: Organization
wikidata: Q6840202
website: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/labs/asia/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Microsoft Research Asia

> Microsoft Research campus in Beijing and Shanghai, China

Read on the web: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-microsoft-research-asia

## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: People's Republic of China
- Headquarters: Beijing
- Status: subsidiary
- Website: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/labs/asia/
- Also known as: MSRA

## Key people

- Wang Jian (Chinese computer scientist currently serving as chief technology officer of Alibaba Group)
- Kaiming He (Chinese computer and AI researcher)

## Ownership

Parent: [Microsoft](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-microsoft.md), Microsoft Research

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Microsoft Research Asia, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-microsoft-research-asia#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6840202, read 2026-11-11

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