Medicine in China - Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

See also: Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has six sections:

  • Mathematics and Physics,
  • Chemistry,
  • Life Sciences and Medicine,
  • Earth Sciences,
  • Information Technical Sciences, and
  • Technological Sciences.

The CAS has eleven regional branches at Shenyang, Changchun, Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Kunming, Ningbo, Xi’an, Lanzhou, Hefei and Xinjiang.

The CAS has over 100 institutes, one university (the University of Science and Technology of China at Hefei, Anhui) and one graduate school (the Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences). Backed by institutes of CAS, GUCAS 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.

Membership of the Academy represents the highest level of national honor for Chinese scientists.

  • President: Bai Chunli
  • Director general of basic sciences: Zhang Jie

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