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,…     

Reduce Poverty by Ofering Quality Education to Rural China Agricultural Economist ZHANG Linxiu and Her Research Team＇s Eforts

Prof. Dr. ZHANG Linxiu, influential agricultural economist and Deputy Director of the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS. （Photo by courtesy of Dr. ZHANG）When she greeted the author in her office amid the warm sunshine and fresh blossoms of early April Beijing,     

UCAS School of Public Policy & Management Kicks Off

<正>On June 18 an unveiling ceremony marks the inauguration of the School of Public Policy and Management(SPPM)under the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(UCAS).Integrating the resources for research and education in the field of public policy and management at CAS,this new entity aims to develop into an internationally leading school excellent in research as well as a renowned think tank,and is anticipated to culture a Chinese school of public management with international influence.     

Agricultural Science and Technology Parks Initiated in China

I. IntroductionThe development of modern agriculture andrural economy and the endeavor to increase theincome of farmers have become an importanttask in Chinas effort to build a well-off societyin an all-round way. The initiation in China ofagricultural S&T parks based on S&T innova-tions provides a new organizational form andoperational platform for coping with problemsrelated to agriculture, the countryside and thefarmers.Agricultural S&T parks (ASTPs) constitutethe bases for demonstrat…     

MPS／CAS Partner Group on Colloid and Interface Science

The Partner Group on Colloid and Interface Science is based on the International Joint Laboratory, established in the former Beijing Institute of Photographic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and was incorporated into the Center for Molecular Science of the Institute of Chemistry, CAS in 1999. The Partner Group aims at research on molecular assembly of biomimetic membranes and the synthesis of nano-structured materials by way of training younger Chinese scientists and making use of the advanced facilities in Germany. Both sides cooperate closely in sectors in which they have a common interest to push forward the development of related sciences in China. The group leader, Li Junbai, has received many awards and has obtained much financial support inside China. On the German side, the Partner Group is hosting or participating in several research and development projects commissioned by the Max Planck Society and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). The Partner Group has thus secured goo     

State S＆T Plan Consultation Tops CASAD Priorities

The Executive Committee of the CAS Presidiumsets the consultative work on the State long- andmedium-term S&T development plan the top pri-ority for the CAS Academic Divisions (CASAD) in thecoming two years. This was announced at the secondsession of the fourth CAS presidium executive commit-tee convened on June 10 in Beijing.Chinas national long- and medium-term S&T de-velopment plan is an all-inclusive deployment documentfor S&T activities in the next 15 20 years in China.It addr…     

State-of-the-art Wind Tunnel for Probing Wind Erosion

Researchers with theCAS Cold and AridRegions Environ-mental and Engineering Re-search Institute (CAREERI)have completed the renova-tion of its wind tunnel forwind erosion, making it thelargest wind erosion tunnelin Asia, according to Prof.Dong Zhibao, executive di-rector of the Key Labora-tory of Desert andDesertification, CAREERI.The wind tunnel is atube-like structure in whichmental and Research Station on thesoutheastern edge of the TenggerDesert in northwest Chinas NingxiaHu…     

Effective Agricultural Practices Help to Sustain Rural Livelihoods and Promote Rural Transformation within the Loess Plateau of China

The problems of soil erosion, environmental degradation, and rural livelihoods in the Chinese Loess Plateau have always been of deep concern to relevant government departments and academic institutions. Since the ＂Grain for Green＂ （GfG） program was launched in 1999, agricultural practices including the conversion of sloped famalands to terraces and the constrtiction of farm dams have been implemented to promote the ecological restoration in the Chinese Loess Plateau. The impact of agricultural practices on sustainable rural livelihoods and rural transformation, however, has not yet been adequately addressed.     

Workshop on Moon Exploration

A symposium on lunar explo-ration was held from August20 to 25 in Guiyang, capi-tal of southwest Chinas GuizhouProvince. The meeting was jointlychaired by Prof. Sun Jiadong, CASmember and chief designer ofChinas lunar exploration program(CLEP), and Prof. Ouyang Ziyuan,CAS member and chief scientist ofCLEP. Its participants includedofficials, scientists and engineersfrom China Space and TechnologyCorporation, CAS, the National As-tronomical Observatories of CAS,the CAS Institut…     

Advance Science by Joining Hands with South American Astronomers

正The Chinese Academy of Sciences South America Center for Astronomy (CASSACA), also known as China-Chile Joint Center for Astronomy (CCJCA), is one of the overseas research centers initiated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to develop cooperation in science and technology with other countries. Its sponsoring institution in China is the