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In recent years, cross-institutional mega research institutes have Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications
Policy recommendations for the governments of Hong Kong and Shenzhen
been set up all over the world. Table 7 summarises and (BIMSA) was jointly established by institutions including Tsinghua
compares two renowned biotech mega research institutes: the University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, with planned
Broad Institute of the US and the Francis Crick Institute of the collaborations with other Beijing institutions including the Renmin
UK. The former was jointly founded by MIT, Harvard University University of China and Beijing University of Aeronautics and
and Harvard-affiliated hospitals in 2004, with the aim of Astronautics, as well as with enterprises like Alibaba, Tencent,
promoting cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional and multi- NetEase and Microsoft Research. In biotech, instead of
regional research and providing solutions to biomedical cross-institutional mega research institutes, there are more
challenges. The research projects involve more than six disciplines research institutes and large laboratories co-established by the
and almost 100 institutes from more than 40 countries, bridging Chinese Academy of Sciences with provincial and municipal
cultural and institutional divides. While in the UK, the Francis governments. Examples include the National Institute of
Crick Institute provides comprehensive support to biomedical Biological Sciences in Beijing and the Guangzhou Institutes of
research at home and abroad. Adopting a unique researcher Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
scheme, the Institute openly recruits international scientists, Therefore, a biotech mega research institute in the Loop would
including top research pioneers and emerging researchers, to be conducive to building a demonstration area that fully
broaden the talent pool. integrates industrial, academic and research activities in biotech,
paving the way for a new mode of industrial, academic and
In mainland China, mega research institutes are becoming an research collaboration in China.
important avenue for conducting advanced research and
attracting top-notch talent. In mathematics, the Yanqi Lake

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