CASTED hosted the first RRI-PRACTICE national workshop under the title of “Responsibility in Science, Technology and Innovation” on February 22nd in Beijing, China. A diverse group of stakeholders from policy making agencies, funding agencies, research institutes, higher education institutes and industries participated to discuss: the understanding of responsibility and responsible research and innovation (RRI) in the particular context of China; the necessity, practice and policies of improving RRI in each organization; the driving forces and barriers in practicing RRI and how responsibilities should be distributed among government, institutions and individual researchers.