National S&T Major Projects
Supports Chinese mission driven teams through National S&T Major Projects to build deployment ready solutions for national priorities.
The National Science and Technology Major Projects (国家科技重大专项, STMP) are China's highest-priority mission-driven R&D programme, administered by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) under direction of the Central Science and Technology Commission. Unlike merit-based competitive grants, STMP projects target a short list of strategically critical technology challenges where the state has decl…
Active 2026 project families: Quantum Communications & Quantum Computers; Coal Major Project (incl. 600MW CO2 capture); Deep Earth Major Project; Jing-Jin-Ji Environmental Comprehensive Governance; Magnetic Confinement Fusion Energy Development.
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