Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) is the highest academic institution and comprehensive research center of philosophy and Social Sciences in China. It was established in May 1977, formerly known as the Department of philosophy and social sciences of CASS. At present, there are 35 research institutes, 45 research centers, nearly 300 secondary and tertiary disciplines, and 120 key disciplines. Its task is to creatively carry out theoretical exploration and policy research, and shoulder the mission of improving the research level and theoretical innovation of China's humanities and social sciences. The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences provides scientific research products to all walks of life in the form of academic works, scientific papers, research reports, data translation and literature collation. Since its establishment, the academy has published 4293 academic works, 54517 scientific papers, 7268 investigation and research reports, 2787 translated works, 16108 translated papers, and a considerable number of collation, collation, annotation, various reference books and popular reading materials of ancient books. On average, it publishes 300 academic works, 3890 scientific papers and 510 research reports. Many research results have had an important impact in the academic circles at home and abroad, and achieved good social benefits in the reform and opening up and economic and social development.

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) is the highest academic institution and comprehensive research center of philosophy and Social Sciences in China, which is directly under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee and directly under the State Council.

On May 7, 1977, with the approval of the Party Central Committee, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences was formally established on the basis of the Ministry of philosophy and social sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The Party Central Committee has put forward three major orientations for the Academy: a strong position of Marxism, the highest palace of Chinese philosophy and social science research, and an important think tank and think tank of the Party Central Committee and the State Council.

As of November 2016, the Chinese Academy of social sciences has 6 university departments, nearly 40 research institutes, 10 functional departments, 8 directly affiliated institutions, 2 directly affiliated companies, more than 180 non entity research centers, 105 National Academic Societies in charge, and the office of China Local Chronicles steering group. There are nearly 300 secondary and tertiary disciplines, including 120 national key disciplines. The total number of on-the-job staff in the Institute is more than 4200, including more than 3200 scientific research professionals, 1676 senior professionals, 61 members of academic department and 133 honorary members of academic department. There are more than 3100 students in graduate school.

In the 2014 global think tank report released by the University of Pennsylvania, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences ranked among the "top 50 global think tanks" with the score of 20th

It has been named "the highest think tank in Asia". In January 2015, the office of the CPC Central Committee and the office of the State Council issued the "opinions on strengthening the construction of new think tanks with Chinese characteristics", which pointed out that "the advantages of the Chinese Academy of social sciences as a national comprehensive high-end think tank should be brought into play to make it a world-famous think tank with international influence".

In December 2017, Xi Jinping, China Academy of Social Sciences, established the new era China characteristic socialism Research Center (hospital).

In September 2019, with the approval of the CPC Central Committee, the fourth round of inspection of the 19th CPC Central Committee will carry out routine inspection on the party organizations of the Chinese Academy of social sciences.

Historical evolution

The period of the Institute of sociology and the Institute of history and Philology of Academia Sinica

In November 1927, the Institute of Social Sciences was set up and formally established in May 1928. There are legal group, ethnic group, economic group and social group. The first two groups are in Nanjing, and the second two groups are in Shanghai.

On June 9, 1928, the National Academy of Central Research (Academia Sinica) was founded in Shanghai. It is the "highest academic research institution of the Republic of China" and the first real "academy" in Chinese history. It is directly under the Nanjing National Government and the first president Cai Yuanpei. The main members who founded Academia Sinica are members of the Chinese science society. Therefore, after its establishment, Academia Sinica inherited the status of the Chinese science society as the official representative of the Chinese scientific community in the world.

In July 1934, the Beiping Institute of social investigation of the board of directors of the Chinese education and culture foundation was incorporated into the Institute and renamed the Institute of social studies in 1945.

In 1928, the Institute of history and language was established. At the beginning of this year, Fu Sinian, the preparatory committee member of Academia Sinica, proposed to Cai Yuanpei, President of the University, the establishment of the Institute of history and language. In March, Academia Sinica set up the Institute of history and language at Sun Yat sen University in Guangzhou, employing Fu Sinian, Gu Jiegang, and Yang Zhensheng as its standing members. In July, it was officially established, and Fu Si took the post of director. On October 22, when he moved to Baiyuan, Guangzhou, he had an independent office. Later, it was agreed that this day would be the anniversary of the office. At the beginning of his career in Guangzhou, he was divided into eight groups: historical materials, Chinese language, textual research, folk literature and art, Chinese characters, archaeology, anthropology and ethnology, and Dunhuang materials research.

In 1929, the courtyard was moved to Peiping, and the original eight groups were merged into three academic groups. One was the history group, which was engaged in history and literature research; the second was the linguistics group, which was engaged in Linguistics and folk arts; the third was the archaeology group, which was engaged in archaeology, anthropology and folklore. Chen Yinke, Zhao Yuanren and Li Ji were employed as the directors of the first, second and third groups respectively. After the September 18th Incident (1931), he moved from Peking to Shanghai.

In 1934, the buildings of Academia Sinica in Nanjing were successively completed, and the Institute of history and Philology moved from Shanghai to Nanjing. In May of the same year, an anthropology group was set up. During the Sino Japanese War, the Institute first moved to Changsha, Hunan, then to Kunming, Yunnan, and finally settled in banli'ao, Lizhuang, Nanxi County, Sichuan.

In 1946, he moved back to Nanjing, continued to promote various research work, and received books from the Peking Institute of Oriental culture and the modern science library, and established the "Beiping book and historical data sorting office".

In March 1948, the annual meeting was held, and 81 first academicians of Academia Sinica were elected. Among them, 28 were members of the humanities group, accounting for more than one third of the total number of academicians. Among the first 81 academicians selected by Academia Sinica in 1948, there are 28 academicians in the humanities group, accounting for one third of the total number of academicians.

The period of the Ministry of philosophy and social sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

On September 27, 1949, the first plenary session of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference unanimously adopted the organic law of the Central People's Government of the people's Republic of China. Accordingly, the Academy of Sciences is set up under the Government Affairs Council to exercise the administrative function of the government in managing the national scientific research cause. The Academy of Sciences, the Ministry of culture, the Ministry of education, the Ministry of health, the General Administration of publishing and other departments are under the guidance of the culture and Education Committee of the Academy of government affairs. On October 19, Guo Moruo, a writer, archaeologist, historian and former academician of Academia Sinica, was appointed president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences at the third meeting of the Central People's Government Committee. On November 1, the Chinese Academy of Sciences opened its office in Beijing.

At the beginning of its establishment, the Chinese Academy of Sciences was also a comprehensive research institution integrating natural sciences, humanities and social sciences.

On November 5, 1949, the Chinese Academy of Sciences took over from the Higher Education Commission of the North China People's government the Historical Research Institute of the former Peking Research Institute and the historical materials sorting office of the former Institute of history and language of the Academia Sinica in Beijing. On the basis of the historical group and archaeological group of the former Institute of history and language of the Academia Sinica and the Historical Institute of the former Peking Research Institute, the Chinese Academy of archaeology was established On the basis of the language group of the former Institute of history and language of Academia Sinica, the Institute of language of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was established.

On April 6, 1950, the Chinese Academy of Sciences took over the Institute of social studies of the former Academia Sinica in Nanjing. On this basis, the Institute of social studies of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was established in Nanjing. In May, the History Research Office of the research department of North China University, which was moved from the liberated area to Beiping, was transferred to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. On this basis, it was expanded into the Institute of modern history of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The Institute of archaeology, the Institute of language, the Institute of society, and the Institute of modern history became the earliest research institutions of Humanities and Social Sciences established by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

On January 28, 1954, Premier Zhou Enlai presided over the 204th Administrative Meeting of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and decided to establish the academic department of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and implement the system of members of the academic department. The Chinese Academy of Sciences has organized scholars and experts from the fields of science, technology, education and industry across the country and, together with relevant departments, recommended and selected the first batch of members.

In 1956, when the state formulated the 12 year long-term plan for the development of science and technology, it also formulated the draft plan for philosophy and Social Sciences (1956-1967), which promoted the development of the research institutions of philosophy and Social Sciences under the academy and soon established several new research institutes. Before the cultural revolution, the Ministry of philosophy and social sciences had 14 research institutions, including the Institute of philosophy, the Institute of economics, the Institute of world economy, the Institute of literature, the Institute of foreign literature, the Institute of language, the Institute of history, the Institute of modern history, the Institute of world history, the Institute of archaeology, the Institute of nationality, the Institute of law, the Institute of world religion and the Institute of information. In June 1957, the anti rightist struggle began. In July of the same year, the Party group of the Academy proposed to set up a party group of philosophy and social sciences to strengthen the party's leadership. It also proposed that the academic and ideological problems of the Department should be directly led by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee. In August, the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee approved. With the continuous upgrading of the political movement, as well as the scientific and technological forces of the whole hospital to invest in "two bombs and one satellite" and other major scientific and technological tasks

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