China will provide access to 10 of its key scientific research facilities to global researchers this year, as announced at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference held in Beijing.
The installations will include some of China's most advanced scientific research platforms, including the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) located in southwest China's Guizhou Province, the Space Environment Simulation and Research Infrastructure in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, and the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak in east China's Anhui Province.
According to the announcement, the move aims to further advance the Action Plan for International Cooperation in Open Science, a project initiated by China and its global partners in 2025 to promote an open, fair, equitable, and non-discriminatory global environment for the development of science and technology.
China is promoting its technological innovation through high-level international cooperation. The outline of its 15th Five-Year Plan for national economic and social development, released earlier this month, proposed establishing an open and innovative ecosystem with global competitiveness, and supporting the joint efforts of scientists from around the world to address various fundamental and cutting-edge scientific challenges.
