now the university has established six major state labs, namely the lab of aero engine gasdynamics and thermodynamics, the state lab of computational fluid dynamics, the lab of software development environment and the national base of mechanics, and 12 major labs at provincial levels. for years, the funding for scientific research at buaa has been increasing at an annual rate of over 20%, which ranks among the best in all the universities in china in terms of its achievements, funding and academic standing.