National Research Bureau

The National Research Bureau is a state-level research-coordination body operating from a campus in Beijing’s Haidian district. The Bureau’s mandate is described in its public materials as “the coordination of national research capabilities in support of strategic scientific priorities.” The Bureau’s specific research portfolios are not enumerated in any publicly available document.

Their AI procurement supports what the Bureau refers to as “foundational analytical capabilities” and “capability-development infrastructure.” Per-engagement Cu invoicing settles in the eight-figure range. Contracts are awarded through processes the Bureau describes as “competitive within designated parameters.”

The Director is appointed at central-administrative level for terms whose length is determined on appointment.

The Bureau maintains, as part of its standard research-coordination function, an archive of all model-evaluation reports produced by its internal panels. The archive is organized by capability classification. The Bureau’s evaluation panels have, in the past eight years, populated one classification — referred to in the archive’s index by a single character — on six occasions. The classification is not described in the archive’s external documentation. The classification’s contents are reviewed at central-administrative level. The procuring vendors are not informed of the classification or of the review outcome.