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Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Coordinates: 39°54′28″N 116°25′34″E / 39.9078°N 116.4262°E / 39.9078; 116.4262
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Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
中国社会科学院
AbbreviationCASS
FormationMay 7, 1977; 47 years ago (1977-05-07)
TypeThink tank
HeadquartersSouth Middle Ring Road, Wangjing Area, Chaoyang District
Location
Coordinates39°54′28″N 116°25′34″E / 39.9078°N 116.4262°E / 39.9078; 116.4262
Party Secretary and President
Gao Xiang
Parent organization
State Council of China
SubsidiariesChina Social Sciences Press
Websitecssn.cn Edit this at Wikidata
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese中国社会科学院
Traditional Chinese中國社會科學院
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó Shèhuì Kēxuéyuàn

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) is a Chinese state research institute and think tank. It is a ministry-level institution under the State Council of the People's Republic of China. The CASS is the highest academic institution and comprehensive research center for philosophy and social sciences research in China.

The CASS was founded in May 1977. Its predecessor was the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The main research objects of the Academy of Social Sciences are the language, philosophy, law, economy, religion, ethnicity, archaeology, history and literature of China and other countries in the world. The Academy of Social Sciences is divided into 6 academic departments and 37 research institutes.

History

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The predecessor of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences was the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, established in 1955.[1]

The CASS was established in May 1977 based on splitting the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, with the aim of promoting the development of philosophy and social sciences, under the instruction of Deng Xiaoping.[2]: 86–87  The first president was Hu Qiaomu.[2]: 87 

In 1979, CASS Vice President Huan Xiang led the first Chinese delegation of social scientists to travel to the United States.[2]: 88 

Structure

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The CASS is a ministry-level institution under the State Council.[3][4][5][6] As of 2012, CASS has over 3,200 resident scholars.[7][needs update] As of November 2020, the CASS has 6 university departments, 42 research institutes, 6 functional departments, 5 directly affiliated institutions, and 3 directly affiliated companies.[8] Of its functional departments, five are focused on research.[9]

CASS houses the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, which later became the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.[10][non-primary source needed]

The Institute of Taiwan Studies at CASS is under the control of the Fifteenth Bureau of the Ministry of State Security.[11][12][13]

The Dictionary Editing Office of the Institute of Linguistics edits Xiandai Hanyu Cidian and the Xinhua Dictionary.[14][15] The China Social Sciences Press was established in June 1978 under the auspices of the CASS,[16] and has published over 8,000 books since its inception.[17]

The CASS has the following internal structure:[18][19]

Internal organization

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  • General Office
  • Bureau of Scientific Research Management (General Office of Academic Divisions)
  • Personnel Bureau
  • Bureau of International Cooperation (Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan Office)
  • Administrative Bureau of Finance, Infrastructure Construction and Assets
  • Party Committee of the Organization (Office of the Leading Group for Party Group Inspection Work)
  • Bureau of Work for Veteran Cadres

Directly affiliated institutions

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Directly affiliated research units

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Directly affiliated colleges and universities

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Other directly affiliated institutions

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  • Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Library (Survey and Data Center)
  • Social Sciences in China Press
  • Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Service
  • Center for Cultural Development and Promotion
  • Office of Guiding Group for China’s Local Chronicles Compilation (State Local Chronicles Museum, Local Chronicles Publishing House)

Directly affiliated enterprise units

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Activities

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Every quarter, CASS hosts a high-level seminar to which it invites officials from other developing countries to discuss topics including governance in China, poverty alleviation, and socio-economic development.[20]

According to Chen Daoyin, a former professor at the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, CASS "is not so much an academic institution but a body to formulate party ideology to support the leadership."[21] CASS employees periodically submit observations of colleagues' behavior to inspection teams, especially of colleagues who criticize the Chinese Communist Party in private.[22]

List of CCP Committee Secretaries and presidents

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English name Chinese name Took office Left office Ref.
Hu Qiaomu 胡乔木 1977 1982 [citation needed]
Ma Hong 马洪 1982 1985 [citation needed]
Hu Qiaomu 胡乔木 1985 1988 [citation needed]
Hu Sheng 胡绳 1988 1998 [23]
Li Tieying 李铁映 March 1998 January 2003 [24]
Chen Kuiyuan 陈奎元 January 2003 April 2013 [25]
Wang Weiguang 王伟光 April 2013 March 2018 [26]
Xie Fuzhan 谢伏瞻 March 2018 May 2022 [27]
Shi Taifeng 石泰峰 May 2022 December 2022 [28]
Gao Xiang 高翔 December 2022 Incumbent [21]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b c Minami, Kazushi (2024). People's Diplomacy: How Americans and Chinese Transformed US-China Relations during the Cold War. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9781501774157.
  3. ^ Shambaugh, David (30 September 2002). "China's International Relations Think Tanks: Evolving Structure and Process". The China Quarterly. 171 (171). Cambridge University Press: 579. doi:10.1017/S0009443902000360. JSTOR 4618770. S2CID 154801635.
  4. ^ Jian-Ping, Lu (5 August 2019). "China's new strategy for fighting misconduct in academic journals". Chinese Medical Journal. 132 (15): 1865–1866. doi:10.1097/CM9.0000000000000347. PMC 6759119. PMID 31306224. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued its first policy related to academic ethics on May 30th, 2018, together with the State Council...the new policy clarified that a high-level management system for scientific research integrity with clear responsibilities and efficient coordination should be established, requiring that the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) be responsible for the overall coordination and guidance of scientific research integrity in the fields of natural sciences, philosophy, and social sciences.
  5. ^ Sleeboom-Faulkner, Margaret (16 March 2007). "Regulating Intellectual Life in China: The Case of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences". The China Quarterly. 189 (189). Cambridge University Press: 83–99. doi:10.1017/S0305741006000816. JSTOR 20192737. S2CID 144020816.
  6. ^ "The New Great Leap Forward: Think Tanks with Chinese Characteristics" (Papers Series). CIGI. 6 September 2017. p. 10. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  7. ^ 历史沿革 (in Chinese (China)), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, archived from the original on 2012-07-22, retrieved 2010-07-14
  8. ^ "组织机构". cass.cssn.cn. Archived from the original on 2021-01-11. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
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  10. ^ "Milestones". UCASS. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  11. ^ Mattis, Peter; Brazil, Matthew (2019-11-15). Chinese Communist Espionage: An Intelligence Primer. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-68247-304-7. OCLC 1117319580.
  12. ^ Barss, Edward J. (2022-01-14). Chinese Election Interference in Taiwan (1 ed.). London: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003157434. ISBN 978-1-003-15743-4. OCLC 1273727799. S2CID 245973725.
  13. ^ Hsiao, Russell (2023-08-23). "Personnel Changes at the PRC's Organs for Taiwan Intelligence Analysis". Global Taiwan Institute. Archived from the original on 2023-11-03. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  14. ^ 中国社会科学院语言研究所词典编辑室, ed. (1 September 2016). 现代汉语词典(第七版) [A Dictionary of Current Chinese] (Seventh ed.). Beijing: The Commercial Press. ISBN 978-7-100-12450-8.
  15. ^ Language Institute, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (2020). 新华字典 (Xinhua Dictionary) (in Chinese) (12th ed.). Beijing: The Commercial Press. ISBN 978-7-100-17093-2.
  16. ^ Gao Guogan (1985). Directory of Chinese Newspapers and Publications. Modern Press. ISBN 978-0-582-97819-5.
  17. ^ 潘衍习 [Pan Yanxi] (2008-11-17), 中国社科出版社三十年硕果累累 [China Social Sciences Press' accumulated achievements of thirty years], People's Daily, archived from the original on 2011-07-21, retrieved 2010-07-14
  18. ^ 宋岩. "中国社会科学院职能配置、内设机构和人员编制规定_中央有关文件_中国政府网". www.gov.cn. Retrieved 2025-04-08.
  19. ^ "组织机构" [Organization]. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  20. ^ Meng, Wenting (2024). Developmental Peace: Theorizing China's Approach to International Peacebuilding. Ibidem. Columbia University Press. p. 109. ISBN 9783838219073.
  21. ^ a b Yu, Verna (16 January 2023). "History revisited: what the isolationist Qing dynasty tells us about Xi Jinping's China". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
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