On March 29, the National Natural Science Foundation of China issued a solemn statement:

Recently, we have discovered that some institutions and individuals have misappropriated or deformed the accounts of our committee on the Internet platform to use our committee’s logo, and disseminated and published “science fund news” from unofficial sources without authorization. This behavior disrupted the order of network work and violated our committee’s reputation and copyright. In order to safeguard the public interests and the rights and interests of our committee, we hereby solemnly declare as follows:

Our committee enjoys the exclusive right to use names such as "National Natural Science Foundation of China", "National Natural Science Foundation of China", "Natural Science Foundation", "Natural Science Foundation" and "NSFC" and the copyright of our committee's logo. The official website of our committee is: http://www.nsfc.gov.cn; the WeChat subscription number is: National Natural Science Foundation of China.

No unit or individual may misappropriate or deform the logo of our company in the promotion of their products or services, or publish or reprint undisclosed information of our company without authorization.

In response to the above-mentioned infringements, our committee reserves the right to pursue legal liability against relevant infringers in accordance with the law. At the same time, we remind all walks of life and the general public to be more vigilant and guard against being deceived.

Hereby declare.