In 1985, Barker successfully developed the first transcranial magnetic stimulation device, and led the research team to establish the British Magnetic Stimulation Company.
In 1988, Tongji Hospital of Huazhong University of Science and Technology successfully developed the first transcranial magnetic stimulation device in China.
In 1992, the American company launched the first rTMS.
In 2005, Huazhong Yijie and Huazhong University of Science and Technology cooperated to develop China's first rTMS.
In 2006, Beijing Anding Hospital and Peking University Sixth Hospital launched the business of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the treatment of mental illness;
In 2010. In 2010, the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission took the lead in formally establishing the world's first "norms for the clinical treatment of mental disorders with transcranial magnetic stimulation" research project.