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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.
Organization
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) and 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.
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-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]
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