Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology
Profile
| Official Chinese name | 中国科学院脑科学与智能技术卓越创新中心 |
|---|---|
| Official English name | Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology |
| Chinese aliases | 神经所, 神经科学研究所, 中国科学院脑智卓越中心 |
| English aliases | Institute of Neuroscience, Brain Intelligence Center |
| Acronyms | CEBSIT, ION |
| Research fields | Molecular, cellular and developmental neurobiology, systems and cognitive neuroscience, development of mechanisms and treatments for brain diseases |
| Total employee count | Unknown |
Summary
Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology is categorised as a Limited Defence Partner based on the following indicators:
- Defence advisor
- 0 indicators
- Defence award
- 2 indicators
- Defence funding
- 2 indicators
- Defence laboratory
- 1 indicators
- Military-technology patent
- 1 indicators
- Research collaboration with defence entities
- 3 indicators
A limited defence partner contributes to the development of China’s defence capabilities in ways that are limited in time, frequency, scope or scale. Evidence indicates that participation has either ceased or if it persists, it is narrow in scope, not institutionalised and occurs through isolated or infrequent activities led by individual researchers, rather than through sustained programmes or organisational commitments.
Rules-based framework
| Rule | Resulting category |
|---|---|
| Two or more indicators = 4 | Core defence partner |
| One indicator = 4 and two indicators = 3 or Three or more indicators = 3 | Regular defence partner |
| One indicator = 4 and one indicator = 3 and all other indicators = 1 or 2 or Two indicators = 3 and all other indicators = 1 or 2 | Limited defence partner |
| All indicators between 0 and 2 | Civilian institute |
| Three or more indicators = 0 | Insufficient data |
Note: All indicators operate on a 0 to 4 scale. There are a total of six indicators.
For more information on the graded scales see the user guide.
Defence advisory roles
Members of the leadership of the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence have possibly not served on any defence-related expert committees. However, because the underlying data are outdated and lack sufficient detail, this assessment is made with low confidence, and such service by any member of the leadership cannot be fully ruled out.
Defence awards
Available information indicates that the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology has only had one current researcher receive a defence award. This researcher was one of the 2019 recipients of Shanghai’s Most Beautiful Science and Technology Worker Award.[1]
While Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology researchers and projects have received one defence award prior to 2021, researchers have probably not received awards in recent years. However, because the information available is somewhat outdated, the assessment is made with medium confidence, particularly with respect to any more recent awards.
Defence funding
Between 2021 and 2025, researchers from the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology authored four publications funded by Chinese defence entities, placing the institute in the 10th percentile among the CAS institutes included in this analysis. Of the 835 authors affiliated with the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology who published during this period, four (<1 per cent) had at least one defence-funded publication. However, it is not possible to attribute specific funding to individual researchers based solely on publication data.
Defence laboratories
No publicly available information suggests that this institute hosts or is affiliated with any known defence laboratories. The Chinese language laboratory websites do not mention any links or references to defence-related activities.
Military-technology patents
Between 2021 and 2025, the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology was not granted any military-technology patents. This places it at the very bottom (0th percentile) among the CAS institutes included in this analysis. No inventors from the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology were listed on any military-technology patents during this period.
Research collaboration with defence entities
Between 2021 and 2025, researchers from the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology co-authored 180 publications with at least one Chinese defence entity, placing the institute in the 10th percentile among the CAS institutes included in this analysis.
These collaborations include 14 publications with PLA academic institutions, 142 with defence laboratories, 5 with military hospitals, 26 with members of the Seven Sons of National Defence and 13 with members of the Seven Sons of Ordnance Industry.
Of the 835 authors affiliated with the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology who published during this period, 111 (13 per cent) had at least one defence-related collaboration.
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- Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology. 2022. ‘Sun Qiang, one of Shanghai's “Most Beautiful Science and Technology Workers” in 2019.’ [2019年度上海市“最美科技工作者” – 孙强]. As of 6 April 2026; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2026. ‘Sun Qiang.’ [孙强]. As of 6 April 2026.Return to content⤴