The
Chinese Academy of Sciences is the linchpin of China’s drive to
explore and harness high technology and the natural sciences for the benefit
of China and the world. Comprising a comprehensive research and development
network, a merit-based learned society and a system of higher education, CAS
brings together scientists and engineers from China and around the world to
address both theoretical and applied problems using world-class scientific
and management approaches.
Since its founding, CAS has fulfilled multiple roles — as a national team
and a locomotive driving national technological innovation, a pioneer in
supporting nationwide S&T development, a think tank delivering S&T
advice and a community for training young S&T talent.
Now, as it responds to a nationwide call to put innovation at the heart of
China’s development, CAS has further defined its development strategy by
emphasizing greater reliance on democratic management, openness and talent
in the promotion of innovative research. The academy aims for a bright
future as one of the world’s top S&T research and development
organizations.
