Chinese Academy of Sciences
| 中国科学院 Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn |
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| Formed | 1949 |
| Headquarters | Beijing, People's Republic of China |
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| Parent agency | State Council of the People's Republic of China |
| Website | www.cas.ac.cn |
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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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| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn |
| Wade–Giles | Chungkuo K'ehsüehyüan |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Jung1 gwo2 ke1 swye2 ywan4 |
| Jyutping | Zung1 gwok3 fo1 hok6 jyun2 |
| Language | English |
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The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 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 mainland 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, with Lenovo being one of the most famous.
The Academy has around 68,000 employees and includes 104 institutions.
The Chinese Academy has its roots from 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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