ZHANG Tao:New leader of the CAS Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics

Prof. ZHANG Tao, an expert in industrial catalysis, has been appointed the new director of the CAS Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP). He will succeed Prof. BAO Xinhe to take the helm of the multidisciplinary institute     

WU Yueliang： New chief of the.CAS Institute of Theoretical Physics

Prof. WU Yueliang (Yue-Liang Wu), a theoretical physicist, has been appointed the new director of the CAS Institute of Theoretical Physics (ITP) in Beijing. He also serves as director of the newly established Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics China (KITPC) at CAS.     

XU Tao:New director of the CAS Institute of Biophysics

CAS has named Prof. XU Tao as new director of its Institute of Biophysics (IOB). The announcement was made at an IOB conference on 5 April.     

ZHU Rixiang： New leader of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics

Prof. XIAO Liye, an expert in superconducting technology, has been appointed new director of the Institute of Electrical Engineering(IEE), a research arm of CAS dedicating to the promotion of technical level of power generation and electrical equipment manufacturing.     

WU Yueliang:New chief of the CAS Institute of Theoretical Physics

Prof. WU Yueliang (Yue-Liang Wu), a theoretical physicist, has been appointed the new director of the CAS Institute of Theoretical Physics (ITP) in Beijing. He also serves as director of the newly established Kavli Institute     

WANG Yupeng:New director of the Institute of Physics

WANG Yupeng, a home-grown physicist, was appointed the new director of the CAS Institute of Physics (IOP) on 13 June in Beijing. He     

SUN Song:New head of the CAS Institute of Oceanology

Prof. SUN Song, a marine ecologist, has been appointed the new director of the CAS Institute of Oceanology (IOCAS) in Qingdao, a coastal city in east China's Shandong Province. He will replace Prof. XIANG Jianhai, who is retiring,     

LIU Yi： New director of the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research

Dr. Yang Weiping has been appointed executive vice directorgeneral of the CAS Beijing Institute of Genomics （BIG）.     

TAN Tieniu： New CAS vice secretary-general

Dr. TAN Tieniu, director of the CAS Institute of Automation, has recently been appointed vice secretarygeneral of CAS.     

New Leader of Institute of Policy and Management Named

Prof. Mu Rongping has been taking the helm ofthe CAS Institute of Policy and Management(IPM) since May 20, when the Academy namedhim Vice Executive Director of IPM. He will succeedformer IPM director Fang Xin, who left IPM in lateApril and is now working at the Standing Committee ofthe National Peoples Congress (NPC), the Chinas toplegislature.Prof. Mu, a physicist by training, received his Ph. Dfrom the Department of History and Communicationsof Technische Universitt Berlin,…     

XU Tao: New director of the CAS Institute of Biophysics

CAS has named Prof. XU Tao as new director of its Institute of Biophysics (IOB). The announcement was made at an IOB conference on 5 April. Xu is to succeed Prof. RAO Zihe, who has been appointed president of the Nankai University.     

New leader of the Institute of Zoology

Prof. MENG Anming, a geneticist from Tsinghua University, has been named the executive vice director-general of the CAS Institute of Zoology （IOZ） in Beijing. He is to succeed Prof. ZHANG Zhibin, who is leaving to head the CAS Bureau of Life Science and Biotechnology, to take the helm of the institute with a history that could be traced back to the 1920s.     

The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics inaugurated at CAS

The newly established Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics China at CAS (KITPC-CAS) celebrated its formal opening with an inaugural symposium entitled Frontiers of Sciences on 26 May at the Great Hall of     

CAS physicist receives Tate Medal from American Institute of Physics

The American Institute of Physics （AIP） 2007 Tate Medal for Leadership in International Physics goes to Prof. YU Lu, a physicist from the CAS Institute of Physics and chair of the CAS Interdisciplinary Center for Theoretical Studies.     

China＇s largest tropical rainforest dynamics plot established in Yunnan

A 20-ha Tropicsl Rainforest Dynamics Plot, located in Xishuangbanna in southwestern Y-unnan Province, was recently established by the CAS Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden （XTBG） and the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve Administration recently.     

SUN Song: New head of the CAS Institute of Oceanology

Prof. SUN Song, a marine ecologist, has been appointed the new director of the CAS Institute of Oceanology (IOCAS) in Qingdao, a coastal city in east China's Shandong Province.     

Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry,CAS,in Profile

The Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (XJTIPC) was established recently by the merger of two former CAS institutes: the Xingjiang Institute of Physics and the Xingjiang Institute of Chemistry.This is an important decision made by CAS for the implementation of the national Knowledge Innovation Program (KIP) piloted at the Academy in the context of the national drive to develop China's west.     

ZHU Rixiang: New leader of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics

Prof. ZHU Rixiang has recently been appointed the director of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics (IGG), a CAS research arm focusing on interactions between individual layers or spheres of the solid Earth and the related problems of resources,environment and engineering geology.