Developed by the Wistar Institute in the United States in 1907. In 2019, SpePharm (Beijing) Biotechnology Co., Ltd. introduced breeding from the National Rodent Laboratory Animal Seed Center.

In 1926, the Rockfeller Institute of the United States introduced albino mouse from Switzerland to breed Swiss mouse; in 1948, it was introduced by the Philadelphia Cancer Institute and bred Ha/ICR. In 1973, it was introduced into China and in 2011, SPF (Beijing) Biotechnology Co., Ltd. introduced it from the National Rodent Experimental Animal Seed Center and bred it.