plicant or participant or has any other relation which may affect the fair evaluation;

(2) The funded project as submitted by an evaluation expert himself is the same as or similar to the one as submitted by the applicant; or

(3) The evaluation expert and the applicant or participant work for the same legal person entity.

The fund management organ shall, according to the application, make a decision on whether to withdraw or not upon examination, or may directly make such a decision without an application.

An applicant for funded projects may provide a name list of three or less evaluation experts that are not suitable for evaluation, and the fund management organ shall consider the said name list upon the actual circumstance when selecting evaluation experts.
　　第二十条　基金管理机构工作人员不得申请或者参与申请国家自然科学基金资助，不得干预评审专家的评审工作。
　　基金管理机构工作人员和评审专家不得披露未公开的评审专家的基本情况、评审意见、评审结果等与评审有关的信息。
Article 20 Any personnel of the fund management organ may neither apply for or participate in the application for the National Natural Science Funds, nor may he interfere in the evaluation of evaluation experts.

Any personnel of the fund management organ or evaluation expert may neither reveal the basic information with respect to evaluation experts, evaluation opinions, evaluation results or other information on the evaluation that has not been revealed.

第四章　资助与实施
Chapter IV Grant of Funds and Implementation

　　第二十一条　依托单位和项目负责人自收到基金管理机构基金资助通知之日起20日内，按照评审专家的评审意见、基金管理机构确定的基金资助额度填写项目计划书，报基金管理机构核准。
　　依托单位和项目负责人填写项目计划书，除根据评审专家的评审意见和基金管理机构确定的基金资助额度对已提交的申请书内容进行调整外，不得对其他内容进行变更。
Article 21 A supporting institution and a project principal shall fill in a project plan in light of the evaluation opinions of evaluation experts and the amount of fund as determined by the fund management organ within 20 days as of the receipt of a circular on the grant of fund as issued by the fund management organ, and submit it to the fund management organ for examination and approval.

When filling in a project plan, a supporting institution and a project principal may not alter other contents in the application form except that they do so under the evaluation opinions of evaluation experts or the amount of fund as determined by the fund management organ.
　　第二十二条　基金管理机构对本年度予以资助的研究项目，应当按照《中华人民共和国预算法》和国家有关规定，及时向国务院财政部门申请基金资助项目的预算拨款。但是，本条例第十四条规定的因特殊需要或者特殊情况临时提出的基金资助项目除外。
　　依托单位自收到基金资助经费之日起7日内，通知基金管理机构和项目负责人。
　　项目负责人应当按照项目计划书的要求使用基金资助经费，依托单位应当对项目负责人使用基金资助经费的情况进行监督。项目负责人、依托单位不得以任何方式侵占、挪用基金资助经费。基金资助经费使用与管理的具体办法由国务院财政部门会同基金管理机构制定。
Article 22 As regards the research projects to be funded in this year, the fund management organ shall apply to the competent authority of finance of the State Council for budgetary allotments to funded projects in a timely manner in accordance with the Budget Law of the People's Republic of China and other related provisions of the state, except for those funded projects that are temporarily brought forward because of the specific demands or other specific circumstances as prescribed in Article 14 of these Regulations.
A supporting institution shall inform the fund management organ and the project principal thereof within seven days as of the receipt of fund.

A project principal shall use the funds as required in the project plan, and a supporting institution shall surveil the project principal's use of the funds. No project principal or supporting institution may steal or misappropriate the funds by any means. The specific measures for the use and management of funds subsidies shall be formulated by the competent authority of finance of the State Council together with the fund management organ.
　　第二十三条　项目负责人应当按照项目计划书组织开展研究工作，作好基金资助项目实施情况的原始记录，通过依托单位向基金管理机构提交项目年度进展报告。
　　依托单位应当审核项目年度进展报告，查看基金资助项目实施情况的原始记录，并向基金管理机构提交年度基金资助项目管理报告。
　　基金管理机构应当对项目年度进展报告和年度基金资助项目管理报告进行审查。
Article 23 A project principal shall organize and implement the research work in light of the project scheme, make original records on the implementation of the funded project, and submit an annual progress report concerning the project to the fund management organ.

A supporting institution shall inspect the annual progress reports concerning the funded projects, check the original records on the implementation of the funded projects, and file the annual reports concerning the management on funded projects to the fund management organ.

The fund management organ shall inspect the annual progress reports on the projects and the annual reports concerning the management on funded projects.
　　第二十四条　基金资助项目实施中，依托单位不得擅自变更项目负责人。
　　项目负责人有下列情形之一的，依托单位应当及时提出变更项目负责人或者终止基金资助项目实施的申请，报基金管理机构批准；基金管理机构也可以直接作出终止基金资助项目实施的决定：
　　（一）不再是依托单位科学技术人员的；
　　（二）不能继续开展研究工作的；
　　（三）有剽窃他人科学研究成果或者在科学研究中有弄虚作假等行为的。
　　项目负责人调入另一依托单位工作的，经所在依托单位与原依托单位协商一致，由原依托单位提出变更依托单位的申请，报基金管理机构批准。协商不一致的，基金管理机构作出终止该项目负责人所负责的基金资助项目实施的决定。
Article 24 The supporting institution may not change the project principal without approval while a funded project is being implemented.

In case of any of the following circumstances occurs to a project principal, the supporting institution shall submit an application for altering this project principal or terminating the implementation of the funded project in a timely manner, and report it to the fund management organ for approval; and the fund management organ may directly make a decision concerning terminating the implementation of the funded project:

(1) He is no more a science and technology personnel of the supporting institution;

(2) He cannot continue to implement the research work; or

(3) He steals the scientific research achievements of someone else or resorts to fraud in scientific research.

Where a project principal shifts his post to another supporting institution, the former supporting institution may submit an application for altering the supporting institution to the fund management organ for approval upon negotiations between the new supporting institution and the former supporting institution. If it fails to reach agreement between the new supporting institution and the former supporting institution upon negotiations, the fund management organ shall make a decision on terminating the implementation of the funded project under the charge of the said project principal.
　　第二十五条　基金资助项目实施中，研究内容或者研究计划需要作出重大调整的，项目负责人应当及时提出申请，经依托单位审核报基金管理机构批准。
Article 25 Where it is necessary to make some major adjustments to the research contents or research plans during the process of implementation of a funded project, the project principal shall timely submit an application, and apply to the fund management organ for approval upon examination of the supporting institution.
　　第二十六条　自基金资助项目资助期满之日起60日内，项目负责人应当通过依托单位向基金管理机构提交结题报告；基金资助项目取得研究成果的，应当同时提交研究成果报告。
　　依托单位应当对结题报告进行审核，建立基金资助项目档案。依托单位审核结题报告，应当查看基金资助项目实施情况的原始记录。
Article 26 A project principal shall submit a concluding report to the fund management organ through the supporting institution within 60 days as of the expiration of the funded project; and as regards a funded project that obtains the research achievements, a research achievement report shall be submitted at the same time.

A supporting institution shall verify the concluding report and establish the archives on funded projects. When examining a concluding report, a supporting institution shall check the original records on the implementation of the funded project.
　　第二十七条　基金管理机构应当及时审查结题报告。对不符合结题要求的，应当提出处理意见，并书面通知依托单位和项目负责人。
　　基金管理机构应当将结题报告、研究成果报告和基金资助项目申请摘要予以公布，并收集公众评论意见。
Article 27 The fund management organ shall examine the concluding reports in a timely manner. As regards a concluding report that fails to satisfy the requirements to conclude the topics, the fund management organ shall give its opinions and notify them to the supporting institution and the project principal in written form.

The fund management organ shall announce the abstracts of the concluding reports, research achievement reports and applications for funded projects, and solicit the comments and opinions of the general public.
　　第二十八条　发表基金资助项目取得的研究成果，应当注明得到国家自然科学基金资助。
Article 28 Where any funded project obtains the research achievements, it shall indicate that it is funded by the National Natural Science Funds when it is publicized.

第五章　监督与管理
Chapter V Supervision and Administration

　　第二十九条　基金管理机构应当对基金资助项目实施情况、依托单位履行职责情况进行抽查，抽查时应当查看基金资助项目实施情况的原始记录。抽查结果应当予以记录并公布，公众可以查阅。
　　基金管理机构应当建立项目负责人和依托单位的信誉档案。
Article 29 Th