What is the strength of Beijing Institute of Life Sciences (NIBS)? Which is better, Chinese Academy of Sciences?

Very good institution. But it's still worse than Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Beijing National Institute of Life Sciences

The establishment of Beijing Institute of Life Sciences is one of the important strategies of China Municipal Government to develop life science and technology. The basic principles are: seize the opportunity, reform the pilot mode, adopt the management and operation mechanism in line with international standards, and strive to establish a world-class basic life science research institute in the shortest time based on world-class scientists. The main task of Beijing Institute of Life Sciences is to cultivate outstanding scientific research talents while conducting original basic research, and to explore a new scientific research operation mechanism that conforms to international standards and the development of China.

China leaders fully affirmed and supported this and made important instructions. After many demonstrations and investigations, the board of directors is composed of eight ministries, including the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Beijing Municipal Government, and the China Academy of Medical Sciences, and manages the preparation and operation of the Beijing Institute of Life Sciences. The Beijing Municipal Government and the Ministry of Science and Technology are responsible for the specific implementation and provision of major funds. The term of office of each Council is three years.

The Institute implements the director responsibility system under the leadership of the Council, which is the decision-making body of the Institute. The first Scientific Steering Committee was composed of famous scientists at home and abroad appointed by the Council. The Scientific Steering Committee is an academic advisory body, whose main task is to make academic evaluation and make suggestions on the director of the Institute before appointment. Evaluate the research work of the institute and make suggestions. The term of office of each scientific steering committee is three years.

The appointment of the director of the Institute is subject to international open recruitment, and the board of directors issues a recruitment announcement, which is evaluated and recommended by the scientific steering committee hired by the board of directors and appointed by the board of directors. The Ministry of Science and Technology approved the qualification of the director. The director must have world-leading scientific research achievements in the field of life sciences, with high academic attainments and international reputation. The term of office of the director is five years and can be re-elected. In April 2003, the Board of Directors appointed Dr. Wang Xiaodong, a biochemist and cell biologist from Southwest Medical Center of the University of Texas, and Dr. Deng Xingwang, a plant molecular biologist from Yale University, as the co-directors of the Beijing Institute of Life Sciences.

Laboratory and scientific research auxiliary center constitute the main body of scientific research work in the institute, in which laboratory is the basic unit. According to the international open recruitment system, the director of the laboratory will be approved by the director of the institute after being strictly evaluated and screened by the selection Committee hired by the director. The employment period of laboratory director is 5 years. The work of the laboratory director will be evaluated by the Scientific Steering Committee according to his academic level and scientific research achievements. At the same time, the director will decide whether to enter the next term according to his research work, comprehensive contribution to the institute and future development needs. The director of the auxiliary center is appointed or employed by the director of the institute.

The English name of Beijing Institute of Life Sciences is "Beijing National Institute of Life Sciences".