The BBMI is located in Hangzhou, an international city in China, which hosted the 2016 G20 summit and will host the Asian Games. The BBMI is one of the first six national frontier science centers launched by the Ministry of Education (MOE). The BBMI capitalizes on the interdisciplinary scientific, medical, and engineering strength of Zhejiang University, and holds the mission to synergize brain science discoveries with brain-inspired intelligence advancement. Ultimately, this synergy shall be reinforced to pioneer new frontiers of fundamental neuroscience investigation, promote the development of novel therapeutics, and implement brain-inspired artificial intelligence.