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China's Realities from a Frontier Research Perspective

China's Realities from a Frontier Research Perspective. Government stakeholders Key national science programs Available Tools for International Cooperation Barriers to international collaboration. Government stakeholders. State Steering Committee of Science and Education

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China's Realities from a Frontier Research Perspective

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  1. China's Realities from a Frontier Research Perspective

  2. Government stakeholders • Key national science programs • Available Tools for International Cooperation • Barriers to international collaboration

  3. Government stakeholders

  4. State Steering Committee of Science and Education • Ministry of Science and Technology • Chinese Academy of Sciences • Chinese Academy of Engineering • China Association for Science and Technology • National Natural Science Foundation of China

  5. State Steering Committee of Science and Education • Founded in 1998 in the state council • The prime minister takes charge of the president. The member of it is all ministerial. • The office is located in the Ministry of Science and Technology.

  6. Ministry of Science and Technology Founding: It was approved in 1998,then the State Science and Technology Commission (SSTC) changed its name to the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Status: A central government ministry under the State Council, responsible for the nation’s science and technology activities.

  7. Mission 1. To formulate macro-strategies, guidelines, policies, laws and regulations on science and technology 2. To direct and coordinate the ministry of the State Council, provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in the administration of science and technology. 3.To organize the formulation of medium-term, long-term, and annual plans. 4.To administer the budget and final accounts of science operating expenses.

  8. Mission 5. To strengthen basic research and high and new technology development 6. To reinforce the industrialization of high and new technology 7. To facilitate international cooperation and exchange 8. To manage S&T achievements, S&T Awards, S&T security, S&T information, S&T statistics, and S&T periodicals 9. To manage technology markets, examine the establishment and adjustment of scientific research institutions, and the protection of intellectual property rights related to S&T all over the country

  9. Department and Offices • Department of International Cooperation • Department of Basic Research • Department of High and New Technology • Development and Industrialization • Department of Rural and Social Development

  10. Affiliated Agencies • China Science and Technology Exchange Center • China Rural Technology Development Center • High Tech Research and Development Center • Torch High Tech Industrial Development Center

  11. Contact High-tech. R & D Center,MOST No.1 Sanlihe Rd., Beijing 100044, P.R. China Tel: +86-10-68339021; 68313388 ext. 5918 Fax: +86-10-68339021 E-mail: gjd@htrdc.com http://www.most.gov.cn/eng

  12. Chinese Academy of Sciences Founding: Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) was founded in Beijing on 1st November 1949 on the basis of the former Academia Sinica (Central Academy of Sciences) and Peiping Academy of Sciences. Status: CAS is a leading academic institution and comprehensive research and development center in natural science, technological science and high-tech innovation in China.

  13. Chinese Academy of Sciences Orgainzation: • Five Academic Divisions • 108 scientific research institutes • Over 200 science and technology enterprises • More than 20 supporting units including one university • One graduate school • Five documentation and information centers Staff: • 39,000 scientific personnel

  14. Mission • To conduct research in basic and technological sciences • To provide the country with scientific data and the government with advice for decision-making • To undertake government-assigned projects with regard to key S&T problems in the process of social and economic development

  15. Research Highlights • Basic Research • Life Science and Biotechnology • Science and Technology for Resources and the Environment • Hi-tech Research and Development

  16. Contact Chinese Academy of Sciences Add: 52 Sanlihe Rd., Beijing China Postcode: 100864 Tel: 86 10 68597289 Fax: 86 10 68512458 http://www.cas.ac.cn/

  17. Chinese Academy of Engineering Founding: It was approved in 1994 by state councile Status: The Academyis a national and independent organization composed of elected members with the highest honor in the community of engineering and technological sciences of the nation. It is the bank of topmost talent in engineering and technology. There were 704 members in 2005 in the Academy.

  18. Missions and Functions • To initiate and conduct strategic studies, provide consultancy services for decision-making on the nation’s key issues in engineering and technological sciences • Carry out extensive academic exchanges and cooperations at home and abroad at all levels

  19. Organization structure

  20. Academic Divisions • Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering • Information and Electronic Engineering • Chemical, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering • Energy and Mining Engineering Division of Civil, Hydraulic and Architecture Engineering • Civil, Hydraulic and Architecture Engineering • Agriculture, Light and Textile Industries and Environment Engineering • Medical and Health Engineering • Engineering Management

  21. Special Committees • Environment Committee • Scientific Ethics Committee • Education Committee • Consulting Activity Committee • Publication Committee • Industrial Committee on Engineering Science and Technology • Membership Policy Committee

  22. Contact Address: No.3 Fu Xing Road, Beijing 100038,P.R.China    Beijing PostBox3847Telephone:8610-68570320 Fax:8610-  68522662     Email:CAEChn@cae.cn http://www.cae.cn/english

  23. China Association for Science and Technology Founding: Founded under its present name in 1958 Status: CAST has developed into a federation of 165 national professional societies, including 31 provincial branches and their widely distributed grass-root organizations, totaling 4.3 million members throughout China.

  24. Major Activities • Organizin academic exchanges • Undertaking evaluations of science-related projects and other work on request

  25. Science Programs of China

  26. National Natural Science Foundation • The National Basic Research Program • Key Technologies Research and Development Programme • National High-tech R&D Program(863) • TORCH  Program

  27. National Natural Science Foundation Founding: Approved by State Council in 1986 Status: Aimed at promoting and financing basic research and some applied research in China. Its annual budget has been dramatically increasing, a big leap from 80 million CHY in 1986 to over 2.9 billion CHY in 2004.

  28. Mission • To direct, coordinate and financially support basic research and applied basic research • To identify and foster scientific talents • To administer the Nature Fund Project • International cooperation

  29. Category of Programs and Funding Scope I. General Program Project of Free Application, Young Scientists' Fund, for Developing Regions, for New Ideas and Concepts II. Key Program III. Major Program IV. Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars V. Special Funds

  30. National Natural Science Foundation administrate council Founding: Approved by State Council in 1986 Status: It is an institution for the management of the National Natural Science Fund. NSFC employs 218 staff members, of whom 191 are professionals.

  31. Organization NSFC is administrated by its Council, which consists of the President, Vice Presidents and Council members. Members of the Council are all experts in science, technology or management, and they are appointed for a term of four years.

  32. Contacts National Natural Science Foundation of China 83 Shuangqing Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100085 Phone:(010)62327087 E-Mail: zengM@rose.nsfc.gov.cn http://www.nsfc.gov.cn

  33. The National Basic Research Program • It was approved by the Chinese government in June 1997 (also called 973 Program) • Formed on the basis of existing research activities and deployments made by the National Nature Science Foundation and major dedicated pre-studies, to organize and implement basic research to meet the nation's major strategic needs.

  34. Mission • To conduct multidisciplinary comprehensive research and provide theoretic and scientific foundations for the settlement of the important scientific issues. • To deploy relevant, important and explorative forefront basic research • Tonurture a number of outstanding personnel • To built interdisciplinary scientific research centers

  35. Funding scope • Agricultural • Energy • Information • Material • Population and health • Resource and environment • Synthesis and frontier science

  36. Organizing and Managing the 973 Program Organized by the Department of Basic Research of MOST • Advisor Committee • Chief scientist for the 973 Program projects • Expert teams for the research projects • Consulting group

  37. Achievements • According to incomplete statistics of the 87 projects of the 973 Program over the first five years, various scientific and technological articles released home and abroad have totaled up to 15500, including more than 7300 SCI and EI articles and 221 relevant research books. And 485 patented technological inventions have also been licensed in the same period.

  38. Achievements • Basic research on the new-generation iron & steel material • Establishment of the theoretical and technological system on the disease genome • Nanometer material and nanometer structure • Structural performance, molecular design, micro-structural design and manufacturing process of the photo-electrical functional crystal • Digital mechanization and automatic reasoning platform • Forecast research on the evolution of China's future living environment and North China's aridity trend

  39. Key Technologies Research and Development Programme • A national level programme of science and technology financed by the state and specifically embodying the principle of orienting science and technology towards the main fields of economic development. Started in 1982.

  40. Mission • Solve key technologies closely around the hot, difficult problems • Develop key technologies for application to engineering and industries

  41. Founding • The funding is raised through multiple channels, including governmental appropriation, sector or locality self-raised fund, loans from banks,implementing agency self-raised fund, etc.

  42. AdminstrativeMeasures • The selection of agencies put in charge of projects is accomplished through the bidding approach • “Post subsidy" provided for fields that need long-term stable support • Combining department adminstration with expert adminstration • Third party monitoring to guarantee the realization of project objectives

  43. Administrative Organization • Local department for organization of project is determined by the related specialized department and the Department of Planning in the Minsitry of Science and Technology. • The agency for the implementation of the project is determined by the department for the organization of the project through bidding.

  44. Scope • Agricultural science and technology • Develop key high technologies • Promote the coordinated economic and social development with science and technology • Support a few important projects in science and technology industries with vital impacts on the national economy and with directional, basic and comprehensive significance

  45. National High-tech R&D Program(863) • The most important frontier R&D program in China.The proposal letter of the scientists and the written instructions of Mr. Deng Xiaoping were both put forward in March 1986, hence came the name of "863" for the magnificent programme.

  46. Mission • Reduce the gap between China and foreign countries in several of the most important fields • Quickly transform the achievement into a productive force and create economic benefits • Train a new generation of high level scientific and technological talents

  47. Scope • Biology • Information • Automation • Energy&intelltrafic tech • Materials • Resourse environment

  48. Statistics in 2004 • In tenth-five years, the 863 Program issued grants to 3888 projects about 10billion CHY.   • More than 1200 projects were completed and evaluated.

  49. Highlights in 2004 • 11 Trillion(1012) Floating Point Operations Per Second- high performance computer “Dawning 4000 A” • A Draft Sequence for the Genome of the Domesticated Silkworm (Bombyx mori) • The first superconductor power cable system • A 6.34 m diameter shield-TBM (Tunnel boring machine) • The fuel cell powered car and bus • The first China made under water navigation system

  50. TORCH PROGRAMME Founding: It was approved by the State Council in 1988. Mission: Commercialize Industrialize Internationlize Organization: Torch hi-technology industry development center of MOST.

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