The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) is a Chinese state research institute and

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. It is a ministry-level institution under the

State Council of the People's Republic of China The State Council of the People's Republic of China, also known as the Central People's Government, is the chief administrative authority and national cabinet. It is constitutionally the highest administrative organ of the country and the e ...

. 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 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS; ) is the national academy for natural sciences and the highest consultancy for science and technology of the People's Republic of China. It is the world's largest research organization, with 106 research i ...

. 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

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. The CASS was established in May 1977 based on splitting the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences from the

, with the aim of promoting the development of philosophy and social sciences, under the instruction of

Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping also Romanization of Chinese, romanised as Teng Hsiao-p'ing; born Xiansheng (). (22 August 190419 February 1997) was a Chinese statesman, revolutionary, and political theorist who served as the paramount leader of the People's R ...

. The first president was

Hu Qiaomu Hu Qiaomu (4 June 1912 – 28 September 1992) was a Chinese sociologist, Marxist philosopher and politician. Hu Qiaomu is a controversial figure for opposing the reform and opening up era of economic reform that followed the death of Mao Zedon ...

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

Structure

The CASS is a ministry-level institution under the State Council. , CASS has over 3,200 resident scholars. 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. Of its functional departments, five are focused on research. CASS houses the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, which later became the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The

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at CASS is under the control of the Fifteenth Bureau of the Ministry of State Security. The Dictionary Editing Office of the Institute of Linguistics edits ''

Xiandai Hanyu Cidian ''Xiandai Hanyu Cidian'' ( zh , s = 现代汉语词典 , t = 現代漢語詞典 , p = Xiàndài Hànyǔ Cídiǎn , l = Modern Han Language Word Dictionary ), also known as ''A Dictionary of Current Chinese'' or ''Contemporary Chinese Dictionary'' ...

'' and the ''

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''. The

China Social Sciences Press China Social Sciences Press (CSSP, traditional Chinese: 中國社會科學出版社; simplified Chinese: 中国社会科学出版社), also known as Social Sciences in China Press, is a Chinese state-level publishing house sponsored and managed b ...

was established in June 1978 under the auspices of the CASS, and has published over 8,000 books since its inception. The CASS has the following internal structure:

Internal organization

Directly affiliated institutions

Directly affiliated research units

; Academic Division of Philosophy and Literature * Institute of Literature * Institute of Ethnic Literature * Institute of Foreign Literature * Institute of Linguistics * Institute of Philosophy * Institute of World Religions ; Academic Division of History *

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(Deputy Ministerial Level) * Institute of Archaeology (China Archaeological Museum) * Institute of History (Guo Moruo Memorial Hall, China National Studies Research and Exchange Center) * Institute of Modern History * Institute of World History * Institute of Chinese Borderland Studies * Institute of Historical Theory *

; Academic Division of Economics * Institute of Economics * Institute of Industrial Economics * Rural Development Institute * National Academy of Economic Strategy * Institute of Finance and Banking * Institute of Quantitative and Technological Economics * Institute of Population and Labor Economics * Research Institute for Eco-civilization ;; Academic Division of Social, Political and Legal Studies * Institute of Law * Institute of International Law * Institute of Political Science * Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology * Institute of Sociology * National Academy of Chinese Modernization * Institute of Journalism and Communication Studies ;; Academic Division of International Studies * Institute of World Economics and Politics * Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies * Institute of European Studies * Institute of West-Asian and African Studies (China-Africa Institute) * Institute of Latin American Studies * National Institute of International Strategy * Institute of American Studies * Institute of Japanese Studies * Institute of Peaceful Development ; Academic Division of Marxist Studies * Academy of Marxism * Institute of Contemporary China Studies * Institute of Information Studies * Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Evaluation Studies

Directly affiliated colleges and universities

* University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences ( Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

Other directly affiliated institutions

Directly affiliated enterprise units

Social Sciences Academic Press Social Sciences Academic Press, abbreviated as SSAP (traditional Chinese: 社會科學文獻出版社; simplified Chinese: 社会科学文献出版社), also spelled as Social Sciences Literature Publishing House or China Social Sciences Literatu ...

* Chinese Corporation for Promotion of Humanities (China Economic and Technical Consulting Corporation) * China-run publishing and media group

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. 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." CASS employees periodically submit observations of colleagues' behavior to inspection teams, especially of colleagues who criticize the

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in private.

List of CCP Committee Secretaries and presidents

References

External links

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