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Supporting Conditions
Big-science Facilities
Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)
After the feasibility study report was approved in February, and the preliminary design and budget were
approved in May, a cornerstone laying ceremony was held on Oct. 20 in Dongguan, south China’s Guangdong
Province.
Study and prefabrication of most prototypes of the spallation neutron source had been completed,
with nine projects passing test and being accepted. In addition, management department of the project
had assigned tasks of engineering construction to public utility division, accelerator division and experiment
division. It was estimated to be completed by 2018, with a total investment of 1.67 billion RMB yuan.
Spallation Neutron Source
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Meridian Space Weather
Monitoring Project
In 2011, the overall construction of the
Meridian Project went well, so did the test run
during the construction. In May, a sounding rocket
was launched successfully from a Hainan launch
pad. During September and October, the joint-test
of the project was performed so as to effectively
examine the operation, output capacity and intersystem coordination, to verify the preliminary design
index and to accomplish the task of the joint test.
In December, the Constitution of National Space
Weather Science Center was drafted by the CAS,
along with six ministries, to facilitate construction of
the national space weather center.
By the end of 2011, 99% of project building
tasks have passed tests and been accepted. Eight
out of 12 co-constructers were approved into the
Meridian Project consortium. In 2012, they need to
get national approval.
Network of China Remotesensing Satellite Ground Station
(RSGS)
Tasks of building data receiving system
devices were close to end and were ready to
be installed and tested before three receiving
stations were accepted. The general and special
recording subsystem and the optic fiber data
Sounding rocket
were officially kicked off. In October, the construction and
installation of the Kashgar station buildings and auxiliary
projects were certified.
Five-hundred-meter Aperture
Spherical Telescope (FAST)
The FAST project was in full swing in 2011. The
transmission subsystem have been built; tests for
construction was kicked off in March. Till now, the site
the operating management system have been
has been accessible and the construction has been
completed. In September, the construction of the
completed. More than half of reflecting planes were
Miyun station buildings and auxiliary projects
finished and the telescope site was preliminarily selected.
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Each process system was active in optimization; the technical section of the tender invitation for equipment
was designed, ready for an open bidding.
Integrated Marine Research
Vessel
On Nov 30, the research vessel named
“Kexuehao” was unveiled in Wuhan, central
China’s Hubei Province, making the vessel
almost ready to sail and setting a milestone
of China’s marine science research.
In December, a remotely operated
vehicle (ROV) was approved to be
equipped on the vessel.
Steady High Magnetic Field
Facility (SHMFF)
The construction of the High
Magnetic Field Facility project progressed
steadily as scheduled. The external
superconducting magnets of hybrid
magnet have passed conductor tests and
“Kexuehao” Research Vessel
experimental magnet tests, and were
being processed; all coils of water-cooled magnet WM4 were assembled and ready for installation and tests;
water-cooled magnet WM3 was in process of assembly; the high-power and high-stability power system,
deionization water-cooled system, helium cryogenic system and central control system were constructed
and debugged; superconducting magnets SM2, SM3 and all scientific experiment and testing systems were
running well, provided testing conditions for a number of colleges and scientific research institutes at home,
and gained important research results.
Aerial Remote Sensing System (ARSS)
The ARSS construction consists of four parts: purchase and modification of an airplane, the information
acquisition system, the processing and management system of ground data and the civil engineering
auxiliary project (aeronautic remote-sensing complex building and aircraft hangar). Among them, the
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airplane purchase and modification is in progress; the information acquisition goes well, with two equipments
imported and eight self-developed ready for assembling and testing; the software design for the data process
and management system is completed; and a comprehensive building of the aeronautic remote sensing has
been accepted upon completion.
Protein Science Research
Facility (Shanghai)
It stepped into the phase of overall
construction in 2011. In September, the
engineering design, design optimization and
alterations were reviewed and adopted.
After the completion of the engineering
design and its alterations, the overall construction
was kicked off. All parts including construction
and installation, terminals have been finished
as scheduled and the technical division has
purchased equipments, while the research team of
the Center was in shape.
Site of Protein Science Research Facility
Progress of EAST
The auxiliary heating system of the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST)
experienced the onsite examination and got its design and budget reviewed in January. A preliminary budget
of 231.59 million yuan was approved in August, and the commencement ceremony was held in November.
The engineering design of the lower hybrid wave system has been completed, and the sample piece
processing and performance tests of essential components, and all subsystems were under construction; the
neural beam injection heating system has carried out all activities, with an emphasis on development of an
integrated test desk.
Soft X-ray Free Electron Laser (SXFEL) Test Facility
This project aimed to construct a two-stage cascade soft X-ray free electron laser test facility and to
develop an RF superconductive accelerating unit with pure niobium superconductive accelerating cavity as its
core. Jointly invested by the Ministry of Education, it was owned by the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics
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and Peking University. Total investment of the
project amounted to 215 million yuan.
On Feb 1, 2011, the project proposal was
approved by the government. A feasibility study
National engineering laboratories &
centers
In August, the National Engineering Laboratory
has been finished and submitted.
for Soil Nutrient Management initiated by the Nanjing
Key Laboratories and
Engineering Centers
to have a total of 10 national engineering laboratories.
National laboratories
The Ministry of Science and Technology
Institute of Soil Science was approved, making the CAS
In September, the National Engineering Laboratory for
Coal Indirect Liquefaction of the Shanxi Institute of Coal
Chemistry was accepted.
In September, the National Center for Energy
Low-carbon Catalysis and Engineering Research and
Development initiated by the Dalian Institute of Chemical
has currently laid out 4 national laboratories
Physics was approved. Now, there are 12 national
in the CAS, including the Shenyang National
engineering research centers in the CAS and 18 national
Laboratory for Materials Science (the Institute of
engineering and technology research centers.
Metal Research), the Hefei National Laboratory for
Physical Sciences at Microscale (preparatory) ( the
University of Science and Technology of China),
the Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed
Matter Physics (preparatory) (the Institute of
Physics) and the Beijing National Laboratory
for Molecular Science ( preparatory) (Peking
University and the Institute of Chemistry).
Documentary
Information and
Publications
Documentary information
A series of reports, focusing on the trend of scientific
State key laboratories & CAS key
laboratories
In 2011, the Ministry of Science and
Technology ratified construction of 14 new state
key laboratories in the CAS. So far, there are
and technological development, was published by the
CAS, namely on the topics such as the global key S&T
issues, the BRICs national technological competitiveness
research, national innovation systems of other countries,
and the international frontier research.
Six document databases were newly added, including
totally 89 state key laboratories, including joint
five full-text ones that contained 378 current issues and
laboratories built with the Ministry of Education.
54 back issues of foreign electronic journals, 1,472,160
Four key laboratories at the CAS level in
industrial reports in foreign languages, and one fact-
newly built institutes are accepted. So far, the CAS
numerical value/indicator database. By the end of 2011,
has 172 key laboratories.
the CAS had 15,190 foreign periodicals (including 7,293
periodicals obtained from open sources) in relevant areas
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that the CAS conducted research, 34,416
24% of science book award winners. Chinese Science Bulletin,
volumes/copies of foreign books, 3,560
Chinese National Geography and Acta Physica Sinica won
volumes/copies of foreign reference books,
the Journal Awards. In addition, the Science Press won the
29,385 volumes/copies of meeting minutes
Advanced Publisher Prize and three CAS publishers were
written in foreign languages, 329,718
awarded the Excellent Publisher Prize.
degree theses in foreign languages,
In 2011, three new technical journals were established,
1,477,239 industrial reports in foreign
and four journals were listed into source periodicals of SCI,
languages, 400,420 kinds/415,471 copies of
increasing the number SCI source periodicals of the CAS to 69,
Chinese books, 11,582 Chinese periodicals
about 51% of the total nationwide.
and 1,510,238 degree theses written
in Chinese. In 2011, the academy-wide
researchers used the full-text databases and
the abstract databases 33.86 million times
and 10.07 million times respectively. The
Regulations of the CAS on Documentary
Information was revised in 2011.
Publications
In 2011, the China Science Publishing
Field Stations
Field stations are aimed at performing basic platforms
and networks of research facilities which attract more talents
and produce more research outputs and are supportive to
international cooperation as well as technological innovation.
Under the framework of the CAS Technologic Support
System Building Plan in the “12th Five-year Plan Period”, the
CAS Program for Special Renovation and Purchase of Field
& Media Co. Ltd. was established, with the
Scientific Observation Research System was formulated. The
China Science Publishing Group Co. Ltd. as
national project of the ecosystem research network has been
its main body, and the Posts and Telecom
officially approved by the government and put into operation,
Press and the Electronic Industry Press as
with the CAS ecological stations playing a backbone role.
two shareholders. It is one of the three
state-level publishing and media groups.
Publications like General Programme
One of the CAS strategic priority research programs,
Carbon Budget Certification for Climatic Change and Related
Issues, was officially launched in 2011, with the full support
for China Sustainable Development (20
of the CAS field stations. Field observation and investigation,
volumes) by Science Press, Reproduction
sample collection and analysis, data observation and research
and Cloning: Natural or Artificial, Collection
were carried out throughout the country. A symposium
of Clinical Cases in Qing Court (Volumes I
on mechanism, ratio and potential of ecosystem carbon
and II), Several Frontier Issues in Nonlinear
sequestration was held in Xinjiang.
Science and Beijing Frequency Spectrum
II: Electron Positron Physics by USTC
Press won the 2nd Chinese Government
Publishing Prize in 2011, accounting for
Botanical gardens, herbariums and
germplasm banks
Botanic gardens in the CAS mainly preserve regional
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plants, focusing on economic plants, endemic plants and rare or endangered plants. In 2011, there are 7,700
species/times newly introduced and preserved, and the rate of survival for saplings transplanted after at least
one year reached 90%. Wild plant resources transplanted for conservation were evaluated on a scientific
basis, including analysis of oil content and fatty acid content of energy plant pistacia chinensis, adaptability
evaluation of introduced cultivation of rare and endangered plants pertaining to Dipterocarpaceae family
and Arecaceae family, and evaluation of water eutrophication of aquatic plant resources in pollution control.
Based on wild plant resources, new species were developed and 40 new species were approved or listed. 33
specialized gardens were improved and 15 newly built. Visitors to the gardens reached over 4.3 million and
visits to digital botanical gardens 4.2 million.
In 2011, newly-added domestic and overseas specimens collected in the CAS herbarium museums were
294,000, of which newly-added specimens were 5,668 and newly authenticated specimens 186,000. New
entries of digitalized specimen halls increased by 257,000, with database visits rose to 9.86 million and visitors
to the herbariums reached 790,000.
Collection of the China Southwest Wildlife Germplasm Bank has reached 53,344 items of 7,471 species,
25% of the country’s total, exceeding the 50,369 items in British Millennium Seed Bank (statistics as of
September 2011). In 2011, the bank has cooperated with 33 institutions with their seed collection and held
seed conservation training programs twice for both international and regional users.
Informatization initiative
In 2011, the three fundamental informatization infrastructure including the Internet, supercomputing
and data application, the three-tier framework supercomputing grid covering different fields and regional
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demands, and the five platforms namely for scientific research, operational management, education and
training, science popularization and information release played their key roles in the whole academy.
In December 2011, the CAS, along with the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology,
the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the NSFC, hosted the 2nd Symposium for Development of China
Informatization in Scientific Research. The Blue Book for China Scientific Research Informatization 2011, the
first monograph of research informatization in China, was released at the meeting.
Anticipatory objectives of the CAS domain governance were fulfilled. By Dec 31, 2011, 99.08% of the
domains were registered in real names; unhealthy application of CN domain was in a noticeable downtrend.
Infrastructure construction
The Implementation Plan of the CAS for Science and Education Infrastructure Construction in the 12th
Five-year Plan Period was approved with a special fund of 6 billion yuan. Three new campuses, namely
the Jiadian Campus of the Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, new campus of the Northeast Institute
of Geography and Agroecology and the newly-built Haixi Research Institute, got their official approval for
construction.
A total investment of 2.047 billion yuan was approved, involving 91 affiliated institutions and 202
construction projects. In 2011, 18 new projects of construction were kicked off, covering a building area of
486,800 square meters; 21 projects were completed, with an area of 414,200 square meters; and 24 projects of
14 sub-insitutions in six cities were approved.
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