Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGCAS) was founded in Guiyang in 1966, with primary staff and equipment relocated from Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing.

Striving to strengthen the discipline of geochemistry，the institute has established and developed the discipline of geochemistry in China, which consists mainly of ore deposit geochemistry, environmental geochemistry, quaternary geochemistry, cosmochemistry, experimental geochemistry, organic geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, element geochemistry, tectonic geochemistry, and fluid inclusion geochemistry.