- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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This article is about the institution in Chinese mainland. For the institution in Taiwan, see Academia Sinica.
Chinese Academy of Sciences 中国科学院 
Chinese Academy of Sciences Agency overview Formed 1949 Jurisdiction 
People's Republic of ChinaHeadquarters Beijing Agency executive Bai Chunli, President Parent agency State Council of China Website http://www.cas.ac.cn/ Chinese Academy of Sciences Traditional Chinese 中國科學院 Simplified Chinese 中国科学院 Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn - Wade–Giles Chungkuo K'ehsüehyüan Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping Zung1 gwok3 fo1 hok6 jyun2 - Yale Romanization Jung1 gwo2 ke1 swye2 ywan4
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (simplified Chinese: 中国科学院; traditional Chinese: 中國科學院; pinyin: Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn), formerly known as Academia Sinica, 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. It has also created hundreds of commercial enterprises, Lenovo being one of them.Contents
Organization
The Chinese Academy of Sciences has six sections:
- Mathematics and Physics,
- Chemistry,
- Life Sciences and Medicine,
- Earth Sciences,
- Information Technical Sciences, and
- Technological Sciences.
The CAS has eleven regional branches at Shenyang, Changchun, Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Kunming, Ningbo, 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) and one graduate school (the Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences). Backed by institutes of CAS, GUCAS is headquartered in Beijing, with graduate education bases in Shanghai, Chengdu, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Lanzhou, four Science Libraries of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 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.
- President: Bai Chunli
- Director general of basic sciences: Zhang Jie
Research Institute
List of presidents
- Guo Moruo郭沫若: 1949-1978
- Fang Yi 方毅: 1979-1981
- Lu Jiaxi 卢嘉锡: 1981-1987
- Zhou Guangzhao 周光召: 1987-1997
- Lu Yongxiang 路甬祥: 1997-2011
- Bai Chunli 白春礼: 2011-incumbent
Scientific integrity
On February 26, 2007, the CAS published a Declaration of Scientific Ideology and set up a commission for scientific integrity to promote transparency, autonomy and accountability of scientific research in the country. The Ministry of Science and Technology had at the same time also initiated measures to address misconduct in state-funded programs.[1]
See also
- Science and technology in China
- Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
- Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
- Chinese Academy of Engineering
- University of Science and Technology of China
- History of science and technology in the People's Republic of China
- International Journal of Software and Informatics (IJSI)
- Scientific publishing in China
- International Society of Zoological Sciences
- Academia Sinica (Taipei, Taiwan)
References
- ^ Reforming research in China The Lancet, Volume 369, Number 9565, 17 March 2007
External links
- Chinese Academy of Sciences Official website (Chinese)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences Official website (English)
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