CAS at a Glance

<正>Soft Landing on the Far Side of the Moon On January 3, 2019, the Chang’e 4 probe sent back photos of the Von Karman crater in the South Pole-Aitken basin, after its successful soft landing, the first ever by a man-made vehicle, on the surface of the far side of the moon. This feat was hailed as opening a new chapter in mankind’s lunar exploration. CAS researchers made significant contributions to the mission.     

Key Laboratories at CAS

CAS launched a plan to develop key laboratories in 1984.     

Key Laboratorles at CAS

CAS launched a plan to develop key laboratories in 1984. By now, it is home to one State laboratory, 55 State key laboratories (including laboratories under the joint sponsorship of CAS and Ministry of Education) and CAS key laboratories. Besides, the preparatory work for establishing three new State laboratories is under way.     

Mega-science projects at CAS

With the support form Chinese government, CAS has been undertaking several national megascience projects in line with both the requirements of the national socioeconomic development and cuttingedge development of science and technology in the world.     

Science Popularization at CAS

CAS is the highest academicorgan in natural sciencesand a national multi-disci-plinary center for science and high-tech development in China. It is notonly a key component in the nationalsystem of S&T research anddevelopment, but also a vehicle forthe popularization of S&Tknowledge. Acting as a think tankand database, it is endowed with keyduties in spreading scientificknowledge, encouraging scientificspirit, and giving publicity to scien-tific ideas and related methodology.Over the past 50…     

Research Facility Development at CAS

This article gives an introductory account on the development of research facilities at the CAS over the past six years since the initiation of the Knowledge Innovation Program in 1998 and during the period of the national 10th Five-year Plan in particular. In addition, it expounds the key points for the future work at the CAS in this regard.     

CAS at Your Finger Tips

Starting from September 1, 2002, you will be able to tap into a rich treasure of online English information and resources about the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) by clicking www. english.cas.ac.cn. With a one-stop information resource, CAS aims to better inform the English-speaking world about its progress.     

建设远程教育系统推动中国科学院研究生教育进一步发展

时代的发展对人才的培养提出了新的要求。2 1世纪 ,面对经济的日益全球化和信息技术的飞速发展 ,人才的培养不再仅是专业知识的简单灌输 ,更重要的是创新能力与创新意识的培养 ,是将已有知识组织起来进行创新能力的培养。这就要求高等教育在不断提高办学水平的同时 ,要走现代化     

International Cooperation at CAS Since 1998

Since 1998 when the Knowledge Innovation Program （KIP） was launched, the rapid development of CAS has offered great opportunities to forge international cooperation. Focusing on capacity building to effectively absorb global innovation resources and through organizing major innovative activities, CAS has increasingly expanded and intensified international partnerships. As a result, a batch of key projects has been developed, CAS scientists have taken posts in international organizations, and important international conferences have convened in China. Meanwhile, CAS has made breakthroughs in terms of international exchanges and collaborations, with significant impacts on the international scientific community.     

Sixty Years of Chemistry at CAS

As one of the fundamental and key disciplines of natural sciences, chemistry deals with the properties, composition, structure, transformation and applications of substances.It could be further divided into several branches, such as inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, polymer chemistry, analytical chemistry and chemical engineering.In recent years, many new branches and fields have emerged amide the continuous development of chemistry and its interdisciplinary research with mathematics, physics, astronomy, earth science, biology, medical science, materials science, and environmental science.     

A Sweeping Reshuffle at CAS Institutes

Reorganization of CAS institutes was conducted over the past four years. For example, with the merger of the former Institute of Mathematics,Institute of Applied Mathematics, Institute of Systems Science and Institute of Computational Mathematics & Scientific/Engineering Computing, an Academy of Mathematics & System Sciences was formed. In the Shanghai area, the eight former biological institutes was regrouped into four institutes and one center,which formed the newly established Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences.     

Brain Circulation Taking Shape at CAS

As China has set its development objectives of becoming an innovative country in the next 15 years, more efforts will be made to attract high-level overseas talents, including Chinese scholars who have completed their studies abroad. How to en- large thei…     

Outstanding Achievements in Archaeometric Studies at CAS

<正>Introduction Integration of disciplines is a predictable path of scientific development . Among the interdisciplinary operations, archaeometry is unique.     

New Vice Presidents Assume Office at CAS

正LIU Weiping and XIANGLI Bin took offi ce as vice presidents of the Chinese Academy of Sciences after an announcement made by the State Council,China's cabinet,on April 11.LIU,born in Heilongjiang Province in 1953,swore in as Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice President of CAS.He studied aircraft design at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics from 1972 to     

Center established at CAS for innovation research

The inaugural meeting for the CAS Center for Innovation and Development (CID) was held on 14 February in Beijing. Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) ZHANG Xiaoqiang and Member of CAS Presidium FANG Xin jointly unveiled the nameplate for the new center.     

Newly inaugurated State key laboratories at CAS

Over the past decade, each year saw the establishment of some new key labs at CAS. In October, 2007, the Ministry of Science and Technology ratified the upgrading of eight CAS key labs to the State key labs. The following is a brief introduction to some of them.