The national health and family planning commission on further notice to strengthen the management of medical scientific research projects and funds 
 
 
The national health and family planning commission of the People's Republic of China 
 

The 2014-08-08 

Recently, the national health and family planning commission issued the national health and family planning commission on further strengthening the management of the medical scientific research projects and funds notice (the health science and education letter [2014] no. 182, hereinafter referred to as the "notice"), now the interpretation of "notice" on key points are as follows:
One, the background and necessity of a "notice"
"National medium and long-term science and technology development plan outline (2006-2020)" and "the central committee of the communist party of China under the state council on deepening the reform of science and technology system To speed up the construction of national innovation system since the opinion "issued, China's investment in science and technology continues to increase substantially, multi-channel, direction of input system preliminary established. But because of science and technology management methods, and is still not fully adapt to the rapid growth of scientific research funds, scientific research projects and funds management still has some problems: all kinds of arrangement of science and technology plan projects scattered repetition, science and technology resources allocation efficiency is not high; Management is not enough scientific and transparent; Funds use compliance and efficiency needs to be improved. We need to solve these problems, only with projects and funds management reform as a breakthrough point, both, deepen the reform, innovation systems and mechanisms.
Therefore, in March 2014, the state council issued "on improvement to strengthen the management of central finance scientific research projects and funds several opinions (guo fa [2014] no. 11, hereinafter referred to as" certain opinions "). According to the several opinions "requirement, by commission according to the actual situation of medical scientific research projects and funds management, formulated and issued by the" notice ", to guide the family planning administrative department of public health, around the various units to take measures to do a good job to implement the several opinions.
Second, to strengthen the management of medical scientific research projects and funds overall requirement and goal
To strengthen medical scientific research projects and funds management, must earnestly study and implement the several opinions, based on industry characteristics, aiming at the prominent problems in project management, form a complete set of systematic and the whole process of reform. By deepening the reform, speed up the building to adapt to the law of medical science and technology innovation, overall coordination, clear responsibilities, scientific and standardized, open and transparent, effective regulation of scientific research projects and funds management mechanism, drive development strategy for the implementation of innovation, to promote industry progress and deepen the reform to provide powerful technology support.
Third, the main content of the "notice"
"Notice", a total of five parts, according to the several opinions, follow the law, reform and innovation, fair open and efficient principle, combining with the practical problems facing the management of medical scientific research projects, specific implementation measures are put forward. Is around the family planning administrative department of public health guidance and relevant units to do a good job of "several opinions" implementation, deepening the reform of the medical scientific research projects and funds management guidance document.
(a) adhere to the problem oriented, deepening the reform of medical scientific research project management.
To implement the several opinions reform of scientific research project management processes, strengthen the system construction, build a long-term mechanism of spirit. "Notice" from the include project guide mechanism, the project procedures and requirements, project process management and project acceptance of the project management process, clear the parties responsibilities, clearly put forward strengthening credit management, perfecting the information disclosure system, fully, set up a national science and technology report system, measures to improve the system expert selection.
(2) the multi-pronged, strengthen the capital management and regulation
Budget management in the project management process to go through strict; Surplus funds after the completion of the project to recover all the requirements of all channels and not completely adapt to the law of scientific research and actual demand; Indirect expenditures and performance issues of policy implementation does not reach the designated position, according to "certain opinions" requirement, "notice" in standard project budgeting and assessment review work, timely appropriate project funding, standardize management of the direct cost, indirect cost management and improve balance carryover funds management mode put forward concrete measures.
(3) strengthen the top-level design, in order to strengthen overall coordination project and capital allocation
Aiming at the problem of science and technology resources repetition scattered, fragmented. According to the several opinions establish and improve the overall coordination and decision-making mechanism, the spirit of "notice", according to the national strategic needs and science and technology and industry development needs, clear through to further strengthen the top-level design, establish national and regional development of medical science and technology "much starker choices-and graver consequences-in planning, encourage conditional province set up provincial medical scientific research funds, to strengthen the scientific research projects and the overall coordination of allocation and scientific layout.
(4) supervision and service, and implement the responsibilities for all parties
To implement the several opinions of the regulation in a service, to build a service-oriented supervision system, fully give play to the role of management departments at various levels and legal person units, clear and implement the spirit of the responsibility. "Notice" a clear national health and family planning commission will be formulated or revised through all kinds of medical science and technology plan management system, set up supervision and coordination mechanism, to do a good job of supervision, propaganda, training and service. And the local health administrative departments of family planning, project to undertake unit and participation and researchers put forward specific requirements.
 
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