Studies on China graphene research based on the analysis of National Science and Technology Reports

The study tries to reveal the situation and development trends of China's graphene research utilizing National Science and Technology Reports (NSTR) as the new data resource.Findings show a continual increase of graphene projects sponsored by the government.Most of them are from the National Basic Re-search Program of China and the National High-tech R&D Program, which reflects mainly aiming for breakthroughs of China's graphene research in major frontier fields and promoting industrial competitive-ness.As a new material in nanometer area, the graphene research mainly focuses on nanometer research area.Besides, it has also involved more in the promising applications, such as advanced energy technol-ogy, biological and medical technology, testing and analytical instrument technology, etc.Major players are universities and research institutes, and they have collaborated a lot.Few enterprises have played an important role in the collaboration network, so China' s graphene research is still mainly in the basic re-search step.Key scholars with their research interests have been revealed.