Assessing the Effects of the Chinese State Key Laboratory Scheme

In order to promote basic research and applied basic research with high quality, China launched the State Key Laboratory Scheme in 1984. After more than 30 years of developments, the Chinese State Key Laboratory has become an important part of China's innovation system. To assess the effect of the implementation of the Chinese State Key Laboratory Scheme, this study focuses on exploring the strategic orientation, operational performance as well as problems and challenges faced by the Chinese State Key Laboratory of the laboratory of academic disciplines as an example. The results of the study show that the Chinese State Key Laboratory has delivered remarkable results in supporting state need, advancing an original innovation, bringing up the talents, promoting discipline development and enhancing scientific cooperation. However, at the same time, there are still some problems to be solved, such as the need to step up financial support, strengthen the evaluation system, and improve top-level design and dynamic adjustment. To address these problems, this study concludes with some exploratory suggestions on funding policies and management.