In accordance withthe unified planof laboratory construction, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT)launched the review of the first batch of key S&T and standards laboratories of the press and publication industry in October 2016, to comprehensively implement the 13th Five-Year Plan for Science and Technology Development in the Press and Publishing, Radio, Television, and Film, as well as the Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Laboratory Construction of the Press and Publication Industry,so that the scientific and technological innovation systemof the press and publication industrywill be gradually improved,the independent innovation capability be enhanced,and the cutting-edge technology tracking and application R&Dbe strengthened.
TheNational Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSLC)has taken the lead to positivelyand actively participate in the application process, and worked hard to overcome obstacles with the joint efforts of its co-built partners, including Wanfang Data, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISCAS),Datatang (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., and Beijing Magtech Science&Techology Development Co.Ltd.The laboratory was finally approved after rounds of reviewswithin two months. It is among the first group of key S&T and standards laboratories of the press and publication industryapproved by the SAPPRFT.
The "Key Laboratory of Dynamic Semantic Publishing and Knowledge Service of Academic Journals" (hereinafter referred to as the Lab) will research on dynamic semantic publishing of academic journals and focus on knowledge service to encourage technological innovation and industry support.According to the strategic needs and deployment proposed in the 13th Five-Year Plan for Development in the Press and Publishing, Radio, Television, and Film as well as the 13th Five-Year Plan for Science and Technology Development in the Press and Publishing, Radio, Television, and Film, the Lab will be developed into a key laboratory with a strong research and development ability, high level of technology and a cross-discipline background, relying on the advantages in industry, academia, research, and application of all involved. It will solve thebottleneck problems of technology and standards that China's academic journals publishing is encountering with, thus promote the international development of the Chinese academic journals and enhance their international influence and core competence.