Main Responsibilities

1. In accordance with the Government's guiding principles, policies and plans for the national development of science and technology, NSFC directs, coordinates and financially supports basic research and applied basic research, identifies and fosters scientific talents, promotes science and technology, and pushed ahead economic and social development in China.
2. NSFC complies and distributes the Guide to Programs for basic and applied basic research, receives research proposals from universities and/or institutions all over the country, prepares peer reviews and sessions of evaluation panels, and selects the proposals of higher caliber to grant;
3. NSFC provides, at request, advisory services on major issues related to the national strategic development of basic and applied basic research in China;
4. NSFC supports activities of national professional science foundations, and provides them with its coordination and guidance in their plans and decisions of research programs;
5. NSFC develops cooperative relations with science foundations and relevant scientific organizations in other countries and regions, and conducts active international scientific cooperation and exchange.