ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a comparative analysis of the development of eight life science sub-fi elds in China. Among the main data-sources for the background of this chapter are various books and reports published on this topic in the past thirty years. Readers who would like to read in more detail about the (historical) development of China’s life science research system are referred to Harlan (1980), Hamer and Kung (1989), Chen and Gu (1993), Huang et al. (2002a, b), Huang and Wang (2002), Schneider (2003), Chen et al. (2006, 2007), and Rao (2007). Use will also be made of publications by the MoST, the CAS, and Chinese newspapers. Interviews with actors in intermediary agencies, and especially with Chinese and European life scientists, were another important source of data and insights. The analysis of this data is structured chronologically.
