I. Major Content

The Plan focuses on five key dimensions: autonomous laboratory systems, high-value scenario applications, scientific model systems, scientific data infrastructure, and innovation ecosystems. It sets out 18 specific tasks, including building autonomous laboratories, advancing the intelligent upgrading of major sci-tech infrastructure and research instruments, and developing intelligent agents and other tools for scientific research.

1. Accelerate the development of autonomous laboratory systems

Beijing will coordinate the development of autonomous laboratories, the intelligent upgrading of major sci-tech infrastructure, and the R&D of intelligent agents and other tools for scientific research to establish intelligent laboratories capable of full-process autonomous operation, while creating a new dry lab—wet lab closed-loop research model driven by two-way feedback between computational analysis and experimental validation.

2. Promote benchmark applications in high-value scenarios

Beijing will focus on six priority fields—high energy physics, materials science, healthcare, life sciences, quantum technology, and bio-breeding—and deploy targeted intelligent research initiatives to shorten R&D cycles and reduce experimental costs.

3. Strengthen a tiered and collaborative scientific model system

Beijing will establish a progressive three-tier framework encompassing fundamental theories, general-purpose scientific foundation models, and domain-specific models, and boost the deep integration of physics-informed AI models and traditional scientific computing to achieve major original breakthroughs.

4. Reinforce a standardized scientific data infrastructure

Beijing will advance the development of scientific data centers, improve its scientific data management systems, collect and integrate multi-source scientific research data, and establish high-quality, standardized, and reusable datasets for basic science.

5. Foster an open innovation ecosystem

Beijing will focus on four key areas—introduction and cultivation of interdisciplinary talents, international sci-tech exchanges and cooperation, cross-departmental collaboration, and computing power support—to build a global academic exchange platform and establish an integrated support system for talents, computing resources, and open collaboration.

II. Policy Highlights

1. Making paradigm transformation the overarching approach

Beijing will position autonomous laboratories as the core platforms for transforming traditional scientific research models, formulate supporting development standards, establish tiered evaluation mechanisms, and develop diversified funding policies. The city will also take the lead in exploring the next-generation AI-driven scientific research paradigm.

2. Strengthening scenario-oriented development

Beijing will target six benchmark fields spanning both basic research and industrial applications, connect all the segments including fundamental research, technological breakthroughs and industrial applications, and accelerate the cultivation of new quality productive forces.

3. Adopting a whole-chain support system

Beijing will coordinate the five key elements to establish a closed-loop development pattern that enables the efficient circulation and continuous upgrading of all innovation factors.

4. Pursuing coordinated and open development

Domestically, Beijing will smooth out cross-departmental collaboration for coordinated innovation across the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Internationally, Beijing will build global academic cooperation platforms to provide all-round support for developing Beijing as a global hub for intelligent scientific innovation.