The Beijing Neutron Scattering Spectrometer Center, established by the MOST, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the China Institute of Atomic Energy by means of joint construction and sharing, explored a new pattern of integration and sharing of large scientific instruments and apparatuses and realized the first combination ever between a large scientific instrument center and national big science projects.

The combination, on the one hand, diversified the application and service of China Advanced Research Reactors (CARR). On the other, a win-win scenario was realized for the small-angle neutron scattering spectrometer and the neutron reflection spectrometer to obtain stable neutron sources.