Aiming to provide an information and networking resource for scientists and others in China, the Chinese government has launched a new website, http://www.escience.gov.cn. The China S&T Resources Sharing Website — in Chinese only — includes science news, information about scientific instruments and equipment, and links to resources of use to Chinese scientists such as worldwide publications and data-sharing networks. Users can instant-message one another through a link on the site. The website, which is publicly accessible, is administered by China's ministry of science and technology, which says that the project is part of a move to build a national science-and-technology resource infrastructure.