Ministry of Science and Technology, PRC recently publicized their choices for a new batch of National Key Laboratories. 8 of the 27 selected labs belong to the CAS. Among them, there are three in the Academy’s innovative field of ecology and environment, respectively being Key Laboratory of Cryosphere of the CAREERI, Key Laboratory of Limnology and Environment of the NIGLAS, and Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change of the Institute of Botany.

Their elections as national key laboratories will boost national scientific strength in the ecology and environment of China.