State Key Laboratories
The State Key Laboratories (simplified Chinese: 国家重点实验室; traditional Chinese: 國家重點實驗室; pinyin: guójiā zhòngdiǎn shíyànshì) is a critical grouping of university and research institution laboratories receiving funding and administrative support from the central government of the People's Republic of China.
These labs often specialize in areas such as:
- Chemistry
- Mathematics and Physics
- Geology
- Biotechnology
- Information technology
- Materials science
- Engineering
- Medicine
According to the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, as of 2017, there were 253 State Key Laboratories approved in China.
The following lists the 73 universities in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau with at least one state key laboratory:
Most of the universities with SKL in Mainland China are Double First Class Universities, approved by the central government of the People's Republic of China.