Private company

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Chinese government body

The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC; 国家自然科学基金委员会) is a vice-ministerial institution under the Ministry of Science and Technology. It administers the National Natural Science Fund.2 It is part of Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1986Founded1
National Natural Science Foundation of China (20230310102823)
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC; 国家自然科学基金委员会) is a vice-ministerial institution under the Ministry of Science and Technology. It administers the National Natural Science Fund.2

Corporate structure

National Natural Science Foundation of China sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • National Natural Science Foundation of China
    • China Center of Advanced Science and Technology Subsidiary · Haidian District, China

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

NSFC was created on February 14, 1986 under the State Council of China to administer the National Natural Science Fund.

In 2018, NSFC became a vice-ministerial-level institution of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST).

In 2023, MOST's China Agenda 21 Management Center and High Technology Research and Development Center were subordinated to the NSFC.

From Wikipedia’s article on National Natural Science Foundation of China, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China

Subsidiaries

  • China Center of Advanced Science and Technology

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1986Founded Founded1