国家自然科学基金委员会
In August 2020 Li Chen pled guilty to stealing trade secrets and other intellectual property from the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital lab where she and her husband worked for ten years. Most of the stolen information related to exosomes and their therapeutic use. In return for bringing the technology to China she received benefits from the State Administration of Foreign Expert Affairs, National Natural Science Foundation of China, and multiple government talent acquisition plans.