The Centre aims to promote fundamental and applied research on the emerging and cutting-edge technology of chaos control and synchronization, as well as complex dynamical networks, targeting academic leadership and commercial and industrial applications.

It provides a visible base for inter-institutional and interdisciplinary cooperations, reaching out to the industrial and financial markets of Hong Kong and beyond.

It also plays a significant role in technological advances and transfer, as well as quality postgraduate training. It is a place for studying nonlinear science and engineering.