Abstract: As the rules and regulations for managing largescale instruments in universities across the country demonstrate, the mainstream method of running largescale instruments in universities is to provide open access, special management and paid service. A management committee for largescale instruments is founded and special staffers, who are certified, are appointed to take charge of the operation. Revenue management is not intended for profit, the fees paid by customers consisting of consumable supplies cost and service fee, and the shared revenue is distributed according to the specific situation of instrument use. Despite the positive efficiency achieved, there are still some problems, such as lack of support for sustainable development and lack of motivation for opening the facilities to the public. To improve the work, an alliance for largescale instrument sharing, a performance evaluation system, a platform for information filing and retrieval and service booking, and relevant regulations should be established.

Key words: largescale instrument, open access and sharing, income allocation, consideration