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It is reported that Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has developed 654 research projects on new disciplines, new areas and cutting edges since the knowledge based innovation experiments were kicked off two years ago. Of these projects, 81 are aiming at developing systematic knowledge and achieving major breakthroughs in line with world S&T development trend and China's future strategic needs and 11 multi-disciplinary efforts to addres major scientific issues such as biochips, mini satellites for storage and relay transmission, nanometer materials, animal cloning techniques and environmental evolutions of China's west section with a CAS ready budget amounting to Rmb 820 million. CAS also kicked off the construction of LAM and OST and upgrading of Beijing Electron-Positron Collider, Lanzhou Heavy Ion Accelerator and Hefei Synchrotron Radiation Source and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Unit with a planned budget totaling Rmb 810 million. The pre-studies of Shanghai synchrotron radiation sources project are also underway.
The trial efforts have remarkably enhanced the competitiveness of CAS' research institutes for landing research contracts. A typical example is that nearly half of the major national basic studies organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology were chaired by CAS' institutes.
Two and odd years have witnessed major S&T results achieved by CAS in its innovation experiments such as the development of Dawning 2000-II super server, rice gene sequencing and its genome improvement, nanometer carbon tubes and new nanometer materials, integrated techniques for sustained high yield and fine quality of Xinjiang cotton. As shown by statistics, in 1999 the S&T achievements registered in CAS were 30% more than the average recorded in the previous three years and so were the annual patent applications with 60% of them for invention patents, a figure much higher than the national average.