China Academy of Science
| 中国科学院 | |
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| Formed | 1949 |
| Headquarters | Beijing |
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| Parent agency | State Council of China |
| Website | cas |
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国科学院 | ||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 中國科學院 | ||||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn |
| Wade–Giles | Chungkuo K'ehsüehyüan |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Jung1 gwo2 ke1 swye2 ywan4 |
| Jyutping | Zung1 gwok3 fo1 hok6 jyun2 |
| Find out here | |
| Language | English |
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS; Chinese: 中国科学院), with historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Republic of China era, is the national academy for the natural sciences of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Collectively known as the "Two Academies (两院)" along with the Chinese Academy of Engineering, it is an institution of China, functioning as the national scientific think tank and academic governing body, 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 mainland China. It has also created hundreds of commercial enterprises, Lenovo being one of the most famous.
It employs around 60,000 people working in 114 institutions, and has been consistently ranked among the top research organisations around the world.
The Chinese Academy derived from the Academia Sinica, founded in 1928 by the Guomindang Nationalist Government. After the Communist Party took control of mainland China, Academia Sinica was renamed Chinese Academy of Sciences. The Chinese Academy of Sciences has six academic divisions:
The CAS has thirteen regional branches, in Beijing, Shenyang, Changchun, Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Kunming, Xi'an, Lanzhou, Hefei and Xinjiang. It 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 in Beijing). Backed by the 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.
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