Shanghai Advanced Research Institute
Profile
| Official Chinese name | 中国科学院上海高等研究院 |
|---|---|
| Official English name | Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Chinese aliases | 高研院 |
| English aliases | |
| Acronyms | SARI |
| Research fields | Accelerator science, photon science, energy science, information science |
| Total employee count | Unknown |
Summary
Shanghai Advanced Research Institute is categorised as a Limited Defence Partner based on the following indicators:
- Defence advisor
- 1 indicator
- Defence award
- 1 indicators
- Defence funding
- 4 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 Shanghai Advanced Research Institute have probably not served on any defence-related expert committees. While information on relevant staff is available and current, it lacks sufficient detail to rule out all potential ties. This assessment is therefore made with medium confidence.
Defence awards
Available information indicates that researchers and projects at the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute are unlikely to have received any defence awards. However, because the underlying data are incomplete, this assessment is made with medium confidence. Awards granted to individuals not surveyed cannot be fully ruled out.
Defence funding
Between 2021 and 2025, researchers from the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute authored 74 publications funded by Chinese defence entities, placing the institute in the 82nd percentile among the CAS institutes included in this analysis. Of the 2,374 authors affiliated with the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute who published during this period, 85 (4 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
SARI’s Chinese-language website does not mention any laboratories.
Military-technology patents
Between 2021 and 2025, the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute 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 Shanghai Advanced Research Institute were listed on any military-technology patents during this period.
Research collaboration with defence entities
Between 2021 and 2025, researchers from the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute co-authored 348 publications with at least one Chinese defence entity, placing the institute in the 55th percentile among the CAS institutes included in this analysis.
These collaborations include 15 publications with PLA academic institutions, 79 with defence laboratories, 2 with military hospitals, 246 with members of the Seven Sons of National Defence, 105 with members of the Seven Sons of Ordnance Industry and 5 with defence conglomerates.
Of the 2,374 authors affiliated with the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute who published during this period, 302 (13 per cent) had at least one defence-related collaboration.
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