Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

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Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
中国社会科学院 (Chinese)
AbbreviationCASS
FormationMay 7, 1977;46 years ago (1977-05-07)
Type Think tank
HeadquartersSouth Middle Ring Road, Wangjing Area, Chaoyang District
Location
Coordinates 39°54′28″N116°25′34″E / 39.9078°N 116.4262°E / 39.9078; 116.4262
Party Secretary and President
 Gao Xiang
Parent organization
 State Council of the People's Republic of China
Ministry of State Security (15th Bureau)
Subsidiaries China Social Sciences Press
Staff
3200
Website www.cssn.cn OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 中国社会科学院
Traditional Chinese 中國社會科學院

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.

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History

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 2022, Gao Xiang was appointed Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary and president of CASS. [3]

Structure

The CASS is a ministry-level institution under the State Council. [4] [5] [6] [7] As of 2012, CASS has over 3,200 resident scholars. [8] [ 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. [9] Of its functional departments, five are focused on research. [10]

CASS houses the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, which later became the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. [11] [ non-primary source needed ]

The Institute of Taiwan Studies (ITS) at CASS is under the control of the Fifteenth Bureau of the Ministry of State Security. [12] [13] [14] The ITS has been headed by Zhu Weidong since 2023 after its previous head, Yang Mingjie, left to lead the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations. [14]

The Dictionary Editing Office of the Institute of Linguistics edits Xiandai Hanyu Cidian . [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]

Activities

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. [18]

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." [3]

List of presidents

  1. Hu Qiaomu (胡乔木): 1977–1982
  2. Ma Hong (马洪): 1982–1985
  3. Hu Qiaomu: 1985–1988
  4. Hu Sheng (胡绳): 1988–1998
  5. Li Tieying (李铁映): 1998–2003
  6. Chen Kuiyuan (陈奎元): 2003–2013
  7. Wang Weiguang (王伟光): April 2013 – March 2018
  8. Xie Fuzhan (谢伏瞻): March 2018 – May 2022
  9. Shi Taifeng (石泰峰): May 2022 – December 2022
  10. Gao Xiang (高翔): December 2022 – Incumbent

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