Science center in Shanghai to move ideas quickly from lab to market

A comprehensive national science center will be established in Shanghai by 2020, offering the city an important asset as it seeks to build itself into a science and innovation center with global influence.

The science center is being developed to integrate resources from the government, universities, research institutes and businesses in an effort to promote scientific innovation. Favorable government policies and the creation of supporting systems also are expected to facilitate the speed at which products move from the laboratory to the market.

Key scientific and technology projects are already being developed at the center in the core of the Zhangjiang National Innovation Demonstration Zone. These include the second phase of the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, the National Protein Science Center, ShanghaiTech University and the Shanghai Supercomputer Center.