Chinese Academy of Sciences

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The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (simplified Chinese: 中国科学院; pinyin: Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn), formerly known as Academia Sinica (not to be confused with the Republic of China's (Taiwan) Academia Sinica currently headquartered in Taipei which shares the same roots), is the national academy for the natural sciences of the People's Republic of China. It is an institution of the State Council of China. It is headquartered in Beijing, with institutes all over the People's Republic of China.

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The Chinese Academy of Sciences currently has five sections:

The CAS has eleven regional branches at Shenyang, Changchun, Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Kunming, Xi’an, Lanzhou, Hefei and Xinjiang.

The CAS has over 100 institutes, one university (the University of Science and Technology of China at Hefei, Anhui), one graduate school, (the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Backed by institutes of CAS, GSCAS is headquartered in Beijing, with graduate education bases in Shanghai, Chengdu, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Lanzhou), four documentation and information centers, three technology support centers and two news and publishing units. These CAS branches and offices are located in 20 provinces and municipalities throughout China. CAS has invested in or created over 430 science- and technology-based enterprises in eleven industries including eight companies listed on stock exchanges.

Membership of the Academy represents the highest level of national honor for Chinese scientists.

  1. Guo Moruo: 1949-1978
  2. Fang Yi (方毅): 1979-1981
  3. Lu Jiaxi 卢嘉锡: 1981-1987
  4. Zhou Guangzhao 周光召: 1987-1997
  5. Lu Yongxiang 路甬祥: 1997-incumbent

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