The China Association for Science and Technology (CAST; ) is a

people's organization People's organization is a generic term for organizations in the China, People's Republic of China excluding governments, the official departments of government, and State-owned enterprises of China, state-owned enterprises or institutions, yet ar ...

of Chinese scientists and engineers, which is composed of multiple national professional societies and hundreds of branches at various local and international levels. CAST was formed in September 1958 through the merger of the All-China Federation of Natural Science Societies and the All-China Association for Science Popularization. Its stated goal is to act as a link between the science and technology community and the

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(CCP) and

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. CAST is a constituent member of the

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s United front (China), united front system. Its members adv ...

(CPPCC). Wan Gang is the current president of the national committee of CAST. He Junke serves as the

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for CAST.

Technology transfer

In December 2003, CAST established the ''Help Our Motherland through Elite Intellectual Resources from Overseas Program'' (HOME, also known as "Haizhi") in concert with the

Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party The Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the human resource management department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that c ...

and the

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) is a ministry under the State Council of China which is responsible for national labor policies, standards, regulations and managing the national social security. This includes labor ...

. The goal of HOME has been to recruit overseas science and technology talent for

technology transfer Technology transfer (TT), also called transfer of technology (TOT), is the process of transferring (disseminating) technology from the person or organization that owns or holds it to another person or organization, in an attempt to transform invent ...

purposes. Since 2014, CAST has established a series of "offshore entrepreneurial bases" in multiple countries that have been described as a "hub-and-spoke model where a base in China incubates and commercializes innovative ideas sourced from a network of offshore innovation centers in foreign countries."

United States

In the United States, CAST has maintained relations with the similarly named Chinese Association for Science and Technology (CAST-USA, ), a non-profit organization established in 1992 with chapters in multiple U.S. states. The China International Culture Exchange Center, a

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for the Ministry of State Security, has been a long-time working partner with CAST for its exchange programs. CAST-USA also collaborates with the

Ministry of Commerce A ministry of trade and industry, ministry of commerce, ministry of commerce and industry or variations is a ministry that is concerned with a nation's trade, industry and commerce. Notable examples are: List *Algeria: Ministry of Industry and ...

's "offshore innovation bases."

Journal

''Science & Technology Review'' was begun in 1980 in the United States and is the official journal of CAST.

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Technology transfer

United States

Journal

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