Abstract: Abstract: A brief review of the general situation and developing trend of the funding from National Natural Science Foundation of China for the fundamental research on information science and technology is given. Based on the funded project conditions in the first three years of “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” and the academic characteristics of information science and technology, the 5 management features of fundamental research on information science and technology in China are expounded and the principles and methods on how to implement the science fund management around the management features are explored.

Key words: information science and technology, subject characteristics, management feature