Far more than just a research institution, CAS is a key investor behind many of China’s leading technology companies.
A Chinese researcher checks plant seeds at the Southwest China Germplasm Bank of Wild Species established by Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Credit: IC Photo via Depositphotos
Over the next five years, China’s government will be racing to win the global battle in science and technology, as outlined in its latest medium-term plan. Much of the responsibility will fall on the country’s top research institution, the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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CAS — established directly under the State Council, China’s cabinet, a few weeks after the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949 — now operates over 100 researc
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