CAS Issues Open Access Policy (2014), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

What is this about?

CAS Issues Open Access Policy (2014), produced by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, outlines China’s national expectations for open science and open access. Written in Chinese, it provides guidance for researchers, institutions, funders, and publishers. The policy promotes openness as the default, balanced with ethics, privacy, intellectual property, and security. It emphasizes open access to publications, FAIR data principles, use of persistent identifiers, and deposition in trusted repositories. Responsibilities are defined for authors and institutions, including rights retention, funding acknowledgement, and cost management. Embargoes and exceptions for sensitive data are documented transparently. The policy encourages enabling infrastructure, training, and monitoring, linking local practice to international efforts like Plan S. Equity, responsible openness, and inclusion are cross-cutting themes. For practitioners, it serves as a practical checklist to improve transparency, reproducibility, and equitable access. Published in 2014, it is a key reference for implementing open research in China.

For whom is this important?

All stakeholders in research

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