Scientists at Nanjing University are using a gene-editing process called Crispr-Cas9 to hack into DNA—giving them the power to add, edit and delete genes with great precision.

In this Policy Forum, Cong Cao and Richard P. Suttmeier highlight the immense work and challenges China will encounter as it attempts to reform its scientific and technological development strategy.

Beijing is ready for the US to stop taking all the credit on AI advancements.

New device will probe smog and other chemical reactions in gases.

As part of its new 13th 5-year plan, the Chinese Academy of Sciences this month unveiled plans for a national science center...

China has come out top in a new ranking that identifies the universities that have shown the most significant growth in the number of high-quality research publications.

Fraud, bureaucracy and an obsession with quantity over quality still hold Chinese science back

From building the biggest experiments the world has ever seen to rolling out the latest medical advances on a massive scale and pushing the boundaries of exploration from the deepest ocean to outer space - China’s scientific ambitions are immense.

The Chinese government’s professed commitment to transparency and responsiveness has had a rocky start.

China has released its first national standards governing the treatment of laboratory animals, and scientists hope the guidelines will improve both conditions for animals and China’s prospects for international research collaborations.

Communist Party boosts defense R&D as it modernizes military

New Chinese 5-year plan promises 2.5% R&D:GDP ratio by 2020, up from 2.05% in 2014.

Proposed controls on foreign operations in China are a threat to scientific collaboration.

Rumours of germline modification prove true — and look set to reignite an ethical debate.

China has come to an unsettling conclusion: the system that it uses to invest in science and technology is broken.

Core science gets budget boost in a bid to change research culture and increase innovation.