Prof. Zhao Jindong, director of IHB, gave a keynote speech at the meeting, Dec. 15.

The 2014 Winter Meeting on Strategic Development of IHB was held on Dec. 15. The meeting discussed the restructuring of IHB according to the four categories listed in the Pioneer Initiative of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. More than 70 people including professors, PIs, heads of administrative offices attended the meeting.   

The Pioneer Initiative of the CAS is an action in response to the call of the new Chinese government for deepening reform of China’s S&T structure and mechanisms. It is expected to significantly optimize CAS institutes and scientific alignment for major discovery and innovation and to bring all the key factors of innovation including the vigor, talent, equipment and facilities, projects and institutes into fuller play. One of the major actions to be taken in the Pioneer Initiative is to restructure CAS institutes according to the four categories, i.e., Centers for Excellence, Centers for Innovation, Centers of Big Science Facility and Institutes for special needs. This action aims to bring into fuller play the combined and interdisciplinary strength for major discovery and innovation at CAS.  
  

The 2014 Winter Meeting on Strategic Development of IHB was held on Dec. 15.