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年 报 Annual Report 2008 CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Annual Report 08 CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 年 报 Annual Report 2008 1 CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Annual Report 08 Contents Message from the President 1 Key Statistical Data 4 Strategic Planning 14 Academic Divisions 16 Scientific Research Development 21 Awards and Honors 50 Supporting Conditions 57 Human Resource 65 International Cooperation 68 Domestic Cooperation 72 High-tech Industry 75 Science Popularization 76 Appendix: Directory of the CAS Subordinate Institutions 77 Cover Picture: CAS Member,WuZhengyi, Winner of the National Supreme Science and Technology Award in 2007 2 CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Annual Report 08 Message from the President The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is the nation’s highest academic institution in natural sciences, the supreme scientific and technological advisory body, and the comprehensive research center in natural sciences and high-tech development. It has always been committed, as its historical mission, to providing scientific knowledge, technical support and driving force for sustaining China’s economic prosperity, social harmony, national security and the well-beings of the people. With both new challenges and new opportunities emerging in 2007, CAS held firmly to aiming at the national strategic demands and the world Prof. Lu Yongxiang Member of CAS science frontiers, fostering the value of dedicating Member of CAE to the nation and making innovation for the people, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress,P.R.China optimizing the scientific and technological layout, President of CAS arranging the research projects with a forward-looking perspective, initiating and conducting the major scientific and technological programs at the national, local or industrial level, promoting the construction of research facilities and platforms, strengthening opening up and cooperation, enhancing the build up of innovative research teams, raising innovation capacity, and promoting technology transfer, thus making coordinated development within all the Academy. In 2007, major research progress was made in the following areas: the ground application system of China’s first lunar probe project, satellite communications payload subsystem and VLBI orbit determination subsystem were fully accomplished; the air quality monitoring system for the area around Olympic central venue was established; Longxin 2F high-performance general-purpose processor chip was successfully developed; over 7KW high-power all-solid-state laser was achieved; breakthrough was made in the key technology for industrialization of biodegradable plastics; 1 Message from the President CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES achievement was made in the application of polythiophene molecule was discovered; the large-scale visible cast-forging technologies; color-adjustable quantum-dot light-emitting long-period pressurization test was devices were developed; the Experimental accomplished for 3.0Mpa semi-industrialized Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) pressurized ash agglomerating fluidized bed passed the national acceptance review; coal gasification technology; the fossil of remarkable progress was made in the upgrade gigantic bird-like dinosaur (Gigantoraptor project of the Beijing Electron Positron Collider erlianensis) that lived 80 million years ago Project (BEPCII) and the Large Sky Area was first discovered and listed as one of the Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope world’s top 10 scientific discoveries in 2007 Project (LAMOST) as well; the construction by the US journal Times; CAS proposal on of the Cooling Storage Ring of Heavy Ion national functional zoning and its relevant Research Accelerator Facility in Lanzhou indicator system were adopted by the central (HIRFL-CSR) was fully completed; and the government, and Scheme for Division Of Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility Main Functional Zones in China (draft) was Project (SSRF) successfully achieved 30 billion formulated; several important mechanisms eV electron beam storage with the first wisp of synchrotron radiation light observed. such as development of nervous system and behavioral choice were revealed; a number In 2007, the Academic Divisions elected 29 of potential drug modulation targets were outstanding scientists as new CAS Members, discovered in research on the mechanism bringing new vitality to the CAS membership. of some fatal diseases such as diabetes and CAS and the Presidium of its Academic autoimmune diseases; achievements were Divisions jointly released Statement on the made in research, application and transfer of Notion of Science, expressing CAS notion of biotechnologies such as the new wheat variety science in terms of its value, spirit, moral code “199” with high yield and wide adaptability and social responsibility etc. The Academic and virus-insect pesticides; amorphous alloy Divisions in line with China’s major scientific with good compression plastic properties and technological demands in energy, resource, and high strength under ambient temperature ecology, environment, population health and was developed; “Schrodinger Cat” state with national security, carried out strategic research the higher entangled photon number in the and consultation in an effort to bring into world was realized and can be used directly full play of its role as the national scientific for “cluster state” of quantum computation; think tank, and provided a number of advisory advanced invariant theoretical system of reports to the national decision-makers. In classical geometry was established; adsorption addition, science popularization and science structure diversity and transformation rule for ethical construction were further strengthened. 2 Message from the President CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Annual Report 08 In 2007, CAS launched CAS Plan for component of the world scientific community International Cooperation (2006-2010), set up as well. This Annual Report 2008 is to brief CAS International Science and Technology all the general readers of what we did last Cooperation Award, further promoted its year, in the hope that it will help bring more science and technology cooperation with its of our friends closer to the Academy, have a counterparts worldwide, and initiated a number better understanding of the Academy, and give of major international cooperation projects, their due support to the Academy. Taking this thus its international science and technology opportunity, I would like to express my sincere cooperation was further enhanced. gratitude to all our friends both at home and abroad who have cared and supported CAS in CAS is the academy of the whole Chinese its development for a long time. scientists and people, and an important 3 Message from the President CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Key Statistical Data CAS Members At the end of 2007, there were 709 CAS members, including 41 female members, 135 from Division of Mathematics and Physics, 124 from Division of Chemistry, 129 from Division of Life Sciences and Medical Sciences, 117 from Division of Earth Sciences, 80 from Division of Information Technological Sciences, 124 from Division of Technological Sciences, and 53 foreign members. CAS Members, by Academic Division and Year of Election Division of Division of Division of Division Life Sciences Division Information Division of Total Mathematics of and Medical of Earth Technological Technological and Physics Chemistry Sciences Sciences Sciences Sciences Total 1108 198 182 240 196 7 285 1955 172 30 22 60 24 36 1957 18 6 2 5 3 2 1980 283 51 51 53 64 64 1991 210 38 35 34 35 68 1993 59 10 10 11 10 18 1995 59 10 9 12 10 18 1997 58 9 10 12 10 17 1999 55 10 8 11 10 16 2001 56 10 10 12 9 15 2003 58 10 10 11 10 17 2005 51 8 9 12 7 6 9 2007 29 6 6 7 4 1 5 4 Key Statistical Data CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Annual Report 08 Present CAS Members, by Proportion of Academic Division Division of Mathematics and Physics 19.0% Division of Chemistry 17.5% 17.5% Division of Life Sciences and Medical Sciences 18.2% Division of Earth Sciences 11.3% 16.5% Division of Information Technological Sciences Division of Technological Sciences CAS Organizational Structure President (Executive President of Presidium of the Academy) Vice Presidents Secretary-General, Deputy Secretary-General Presidium of the Academy Executive Committee of the Academic Management Presidium Bureau of Basic Research Special Committee Bureau of Life Sciences and Biotechnology Bureau of Science and Technology for Consultation and Evaluation Resources and Environment Committee Bureau of CAS Members Committee of Scientific Bureau of High-Tech Research and Ethics Development Committee of Scientific Bureau of Domestic Cooperation Popularization and Publication Research Integrated Management Academic Divisions Institutes Division of Mathematics and General Office Physics Educational Bureau of Stratagy and Planning Institutions Division of Chemistry Bureau of Planning and Finance Division of Life Sciences and Bureau of Personnel and Education Supporting Medical Sciences Organizations Bureau of Capital Construction Division of Earth Sciences Bureau of International Cooperation Division of Information CAS Invested Party Committee of Beijing District Technological Sciences Holding Bureau of Supervision and Auditing Division of Technological Enterprises Bureau of Veteran Cadres Sciences 5 Key Statistical Data CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Organizations There were 116 institutions directly under CAS, including 91 research institutes (including 3 botanical
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