Chinese Academy of Sciences

Science chief wants to see China lead the way in scientific breakthroughs

25 Nov 2012

When Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize for Literature last month, Dr Bai Chunli, president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, had mixed feelings.

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Taxpayers finally get to see where the money goes

24 Jul 2011

Three weeks after an end-of-June deadline set by Premier Wen Jiabao, more than half of the 98 central government agencies have finally released this year's budgets for overseas travel, official...

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Academy's nominee list leaked

11 Dec 2009

While the 'Climategate' affair over leaked e-mails about global warming has left international scientists in a flutter in recent weeks, the mainland's scientific community has been caught up in a...

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HIGHER CALLING

26 Jan 2007

FOR CHINESE SCIENTISTS falsifying research and resumes, Fang Zhouzi is a dreaded name. The molecular biologist and freelance writer runs a popular website, New Threads, highlighting academic...

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Top science official in warning on standards

7 Jun 2006

The head of China's scientific community has appealed to researchers to maintain the highest standards of academic integrity after a series of scandals in laboratories and universities.

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Money not your goal, scientists informed

10 Apr 2006

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences will not be allowed to profit in the name of science, president Lu Yongxiang said yesterday.

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Opinion

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

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Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

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Scientists say ministry an obstacle to progress

Three leading scientists have dropped a bombshell by publishing an article criticising the Ministry of Science and Technology. They say it has become a major obstacle to the development of...

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Scientists 'to be world class'

The Government will spend 10 billion yuan (HK$9.4 billion) in the next five years to make the Chinese Academy of Sciences a world-class research institute.

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$4.6b hi-tech bid to join world's top 10

A national scientific initiative programme is to be established with five billion yuan (HK$4.6 billion) to be invested in the scheme by the end of next year, Xinhua reported yesterday.

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Overhaul for science academy

THE mainland's top scientific research institute is undergoing a drastic revamp in the hope it will help transform the mammoth institution into a world-class academy by 2010.

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Making science pay for itself

IN THE same way they have recruited the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to serve as the ''escort and convoy'' of reform and modernisation, China's leaders have called on the nation's vast science...

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