At the 23^rd General Meeting of TWAS (The World Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Science in Developing Countries), held in Tianjin, China, in September, 2012, CAS President Prof. BAI Chunli was elected, by a majority vote, its new president. The organization has a membership of more than 1,000 world-renowned scientists (including 17 Nobel Prize winners) from more than 90 countries. He is the first Chinese to hold the position since the academy was founded nearly 30 years ago. After the election, Prof. Bai granted the Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (BCAS) an interview on issues of importance to world science development.
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