On October 10, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Finance issued the Notice on the Release of the Evaluation and Assessment Results of the Open Sharing of Major Research Facilities and Instruments of Central-Level Universities and Research Institutes, and Other Units in 2025, announcing the annual assessment results of 344 units from 26 departments across the country. Northeastern University earned an "Excellent" rating in this assessment, ranking 49th overall and 15th among universities.
Major scientific research infrastructures and large-scale instruments are crucial cornerstones and guarantees for achieving breakthroughs in scientific frontiers, driving technological innovations, and enhancing high-level self-reliance. The university attaches great importance to the open sharing of major research facilities and instruments. In recent years, in order to effectively improve the utilization efficiency of instruments, it has adhered to the "Four Strategic Orientations" and incorporated open sharing of major facilities and instruments into its annual key tasks and key indicators for internal inspection and auditing. The university adheres to the "1+2+3+4" construction approach to establish a high-quality instrument resource-sharing mechanism: Firstly, adhering to institutional leadership, develop a full-process system covering all aspects, including instrument justification, sharing mechanisms, performance assessments, and inspection and supervision. Secondly, strengthen platform construction by investing to expand the service scope of university-level platforms, enhancing research support capabilities, and increasing the scale of college-level platforms. Thirdly, improve the functions of network platforms to achieve intelligent interconnection of various business systems within the university and integration with national network platforms. Fourthly, implement scientific and standardized management by launching a paid instrument usage system, establishing a full-cost accounting charge standard and approval mechanism, setting up dedicated service accounts, and enforcing a separate management of revenue and expenditure. Fifthly, Strengthen incentive measures by establishing a three-tier (university-college-team) distribution mechanism for shared income, with university-level income used to establish a public maintenance fund, and college and team income used for instrument maintenance, functional development, and performance rewards for experimental technicians.
In the future, the university will continue to promote the open sharing of major facilities and instruments, further improve the sharing system, optimize resource allocation, standardize operational management, enhance utilization performance, continuously strengthen the comprehensive service capabilities of the sharing platform, increase the degree of resource open sharing, and provide solid services and resources for promoting the high-quality development of the university.
