Offering Advisory Service to China's ST Development

摘要

@@ The CAS Academic Divisions (CASAD) is established on June 1, 1955. At present, it has six divisions of mathematics & physics, chemistry,life sciences & medical sciences, earth sciences, information sciences and technical sciences. In 1984,the State Council defined its principal function in clear terms, i.e. "the highest advisory body of the State in science and technology" while the CAS membership is "the highest academic title conferred by the State to an individual in the fields of science and technology." Since its inauguration half a century ago, the CASAD has been devoted to the national reconstruction and the society and now, offering advisory and appraising services has become the main function of the CASAD.