China opens 10 major projects to scientists from around the world

China will provide researchers from around the world with access to 10 of its major scientific research facilities and projects this year. It was announced during the opening ceremony of the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference held in Beijing on Wednesday.

Installations include some of China's most advanced scientific research platforms, such as the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) located in southwestern Guizhou Province, the Space Environment Simulation and Research Infrastructure in northeastern Heilongjiang Province, and the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak – widely referred to as China's artificial sun – in the eastern Anhui Province.

According to the announcement, this move aims to further advance the Action Plan for International Cooperation in Open Science, a project initiated by China and global partners in 2025 to foster an open, fair, equitable and non-discriminatory global environment for scientific and technological development.

China is driving its technological innovations through high-level international cooperation.

The outline of its 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) for national economic and social development, released on March 12, proposes fostering an open and innovative ecosystem with global competitiveness, and supporting joint efforts by scientists from around the world to tackle fundamental and frontier scientific challenges.