Editing Science and technology in China (section)

==== Neuroscientific research ====
On 22 March 2018, an agreement was signed establishing the Chinese Institute for Brain Science, Beijing.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-04122-3|title=Beijing launches pioneering brain-science centre|last1=Cyranoski|first1=David|date=5 April 2018}}</ref> The launch of this institute may represent a significant departure from the current policy focus on applied research and development.<ref name=":2" />

Once completed, the new brain institute will serve as a core facility for the country's planned project to study the human brain. The institute will not be part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Rather, it will collaborate with the academy, along with Beijing's other leading biomedical institutions, including Tsinghua University, Peking University and the Academy of Military Medical Sciences.<ref name=":2" />

The new institute will probably receive funding both from the National Natural Science Foundation and from the megascience programs within the Scientific and Technological Innovation 2030 Project. In March 2018, the government announced plans to place the National Natural Science Foundation under the Ministry of Science and Technology but the implications of this latest reorganization of science are unclear, as the two agencies have different missions in support of basic research.<ref name=":2" />