CAS Newsletter

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Top Picks

Xi Calls for Advancing Chinese Modernization through Sci-Tech Innovation

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called for accelerated efforts to achieve high-level self-reliance and strength in science and technology, and leverage sci-tech innovation to underpin and drive Chinese modernization.

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Chinese Academy of Sciences Honors New Foreign Members, Reinforces Global Science Ties

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on July 7 welcomed its newly elected Foreign Members and convened a high-level seminar on international scientific collaboration in Beijing. The events underscored CAS's commitment to global engagement in science and technology.

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CAS Members Convene in Beijing for Plenary Session

More than 500 Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) gathered in Beijing on July 10 for a plenary session of the 10th Academic Conference of the Academic Divisions of CAS, as a part of the 22nd General Assembly of the Members of CAS.

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Research Highlight
 

Chinese Scientists Develop "Jiuzhang 4.0," Setting New World Record in Quantum Computing

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Researchers Reveal New Clues about H. erectus Evolution While Advancing Paleoproteomics

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First Physics Result of Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory Published in Nature

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Newly Discovered "Whale Necropolis" Enhances Understanding of Deep-Sea Ecology

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Lamprey Brain Atlas Uncovers Ancestral Blueprint of the Vertebrate Brain

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Member Activities

Chinese Ecologist MA Keping Elected UNESCO MAB Council Chair

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WANG Yifang Awarded ICBS Medal in Physics

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CAS Foreign Member Jean-Marie Lehn Honored with International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Award of the People’s Republic of China

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CAS Foreign Member ZHUANG Xiaowei Awarded the 2026 Dickson Prize in Medicine

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Forward Insights

CAS Releases Think Tank Outputs in Beijing

On July 9, 2026, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) held a press conference in Beijing to unveil its latest think tank outputs, marking the first major deliverable since its official designation as “National S&T Think Tank” in 2025.

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Strategic Research on The Metabolic Biology

To drive the strategic development of metabolic biology in China, it is recommended that the national level strengthen top-level design and resource integration, establish a key special program for metabolic biology, and construct a National Center for Metabolic Biology Science and Technology.

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Global Connections
 

Successful SMILE Launching Forges New Chapter in China-ESA Space Cooperation

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China-led Initiative Unveils Asia's First 10-year Roadmap for Synthetic Cell Research

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Chinese Academy of Sciences Hosts Inaugural PIFI Scholar Gathering in Beijing

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Scientist Spotlight

A Young Scientist Daring the Deep

DU Mengran has been an ocean researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) for 12 years. The journal Nature called Du "Deep Diver" and named her one of the 10 people who shaped science in 2025 for her discoveries, alongside the founder of the DeepSeek AI model. Now Du is the recipient of this year's China Youth May Fourth Medal, the country's top honor awarded to youths.

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