About CAS----Chinese Academy of Sciences

Who We Are

Founded in 1949, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is China's highest academic institution and national think tank in science and technology, and the national strategic force in basic research and integrated high-tech development.

History

Milestones With the launch of China's reform and opening-up program in the late 1970s, CAS assumed a key role in reforming the country's S&T efforts by encouraging academic openness, scientific collaboration, a multidisciplinary approach and the intensive cultivation of talent.

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