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Founding: CAS was founded in Beijing on 1st November 1949 on the basis of the former Academia Sinica (Central Academy of Sciences) and Peiping Academy of Sciences.
Status: CAS is a leading academic institution and comprehensive research and development center in natural science, technological science and high-tech innovation in China.
President: Prof. Dr-Ing Lu Yongxiang
Orgainzation: Under CAS there are five Academic Divisions,108 scientific research institutes, over 200 science and technology enterprises,and more than 20 supporting units including one university, one graduate school and five documentation and information centers. They are distributed over various parts of the country. 12 branches of CAS were established in Shanghai, Nanjing, Hefei, Changchun, Shenyang, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Kunming, Xi'an, Lanzhou and Xinjiang.
Staff: CAS has a total staff of over 58,000, of whom 39,000 are scientific personnel according to 2000 figures.
Women Employees: According to 2000 statistics, the academy has more than 20,000 women employees, accounting for about 34% of the total, including more than 500 women research professors, making up 11.6% of the total,and 3,243 women associate research professors, or 28% of the total. |
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