Recently, according to the national natural science funding committee, Zhang Shougang from CAS NTSC organized and applied project---“New-Generation Time and Frequency System” won the National Significant Scientific and Research Instrument and Equipment Research Special Funding. The first batch of this special funding funds 9 projects in total, and among which “New-Generation Time and Frequency System” is the only project obtaining the funding in Information Subject Area.

The acquiring of the special funding is the confirmation for the NTSC in long-term engaging in time and frequency basic research as well as technical research results, and it is also the substantial support for the NTSC to carry out time and frequency research and application continuously and deeply.