The Plan for the building of Qingdao National Lab of Ocean Science and Technology has gained recently the central government's approval.

       The building of the national science lab in Qingdao will be a crucial step in implementing the state's Program for Middle and Long-Term Scientific and Technological Development. It will play a linchpin role in enhancing China's scientific ability for innovation and will help reform the current scientific administrative system. The national lab has used the local resources, worked out a feasible construction program and adopted new managerial conceptions and ideas, all basically in line with the state's demands in constructing national labs.