Chinese Academy of Sciences
中国科学院 Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn | |
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Formed | 1949 |
Headquarters | Beijing |
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Parent agency | State Council of China |
Website | cas.ac.cn |
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The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), formerly known as Academia Sinica, is the national academy for the natural sciences of the People's Republic of China. Collectively known as the "Two Academies (二院)" with the Chinese Academy of Engineering, it is an institution of the State Council of China, functioning as the national scientific thinktank, providing advisory and appraisal services on issues stemming from the national economy, social development, and science and technology progress. It is headquartered in Beijing, with branch institutes all over the People's Republic of China. It has also created hundreds of commercial enterprises, Lenovo being one of them.
Organization
The Chinese Academy of Sciences has six academic divisions:
- Mathematics and Physics
- Chemistry
- Life Sciences and Medical Sciences
- Earth Sciences
- Information Technological Sciences
- Technological Sciences
The CAS has thirteen regional branches at Beijing, Shenyang, Changchun, Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Kunming, Xi'an, Lanzhou, Hefei and Xinjiang.
The CAS has over one hundred institutes and two universities (the University of Science and Technology of China at Hefei, Anhui and the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences). Backed by institutes of CAS, UCAS 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. The CAS membership system includes members, emeritus members and foreign members.
- Current President: Bai Chunli
Research Reputation and Ranking
Chinese Academy of Science is ranking the 12th research institute in the world by Nature Publishing Index 2012, by Nature Publishing Group.[1]
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
Research Institute
- Beijing Branch
- Institute of Physics
- Institute of Theoretical Physics
- Institute of High Energy Physics
- Institute of Biophysics
- National Astronomical Observatories
- Institute of Computing Technology
- Institute of Software
- Institute of Automation
- Beijing Institute of Genomics
- Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
- Institute of Policy and Management
- Institute of Psychology
- Guangzhou Branch
- Kunming Branch
- Shanghai Branch
- Shanghai Institute of Microsystem & Information Technology
- Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics
- Shanghai Institute of Optics and fine Mechanics
- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics
- Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics
- Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences
- Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica
- Institut Pasteur of Shanghai
- Shenyang Branch
- Institute of Metal Research
- Shenyang Institute of Automation
- Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology, formerly the Institute of Forestry and Pedology
- Shenyang Institute of Computing Technology
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
- Qingdao Institute of Oceanology
- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology
- Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research
- Wuhan Branch
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.[2]
Awards
Since 1999 the CAS has issued the annual State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, presented by the President of China to the recipient.[3]
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
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- ShanghaiTech University
- 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
- ^ "Ranking".
- ^ Reforming research in China The Lancet, Volume 369, Number 9565, 17 March 2007
- ^ "China in Brief – Science and Technology – Awards". China Internet Information Center (State Council Information Office and the China International Publishing Group). Retrieved 2012-11-21.
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