**The official publication information:** This paper has been published in the journal *Scholarly Assessment Reports*, the link to the paper is https://www.scholarlyassessmentreports.org/articles/10.29024/sar.15/
**How to Cite:** Zhang, L. and Sivertsen, G., 2020. The New Research Assessment Reform in China and Its Implementation. *Scholarly Assessment Reports*, 2(1), p.3. DOI: http://doi.org/10.29024/sar.15