On September 29, the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced the “Scientific Frontier Limits Breakthrough Plan” and its first batch of projects at a press conference held in Beijing. The first 10 projects launched focused on cutting-edge “quadrupole” issues such as new nucleosynthesis, the nature of dark energy in dark matter, microscopic measurement of chemical bonds, and artificial synthesis of cells. At the same time, a series of key reforms were proposed in the management and evaluation methods of scientific research projects.

On September 29, the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced the “Scientific Frontier Limits Breakthrough Plan” and its first batch of projects at a press conference held in Beijing. The first 10 projects launched focused on cutting-edge “quadrupole” issues such as new nucleosynthesis, the nature of dark energy in dark matter, microscopic measurement of chemical bonds, and artificial synthesis of cells. At the same time, a series of key reforms were proposed in the management and evaluation methods of scientific research projects.