The Chinese Language Society, or Chinese Linguistic Society (), shortly CLS, is a national academic organization of linguists in the People's Republic of China. It was established in

Wuhan Wuhan; is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of over eleven million, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the List of cities in China by population, eighth-most-populous city in China. It is also one of the nine National cent ...

, Hubei Province, in October 1980, and is supervised by the

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 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. The CASS is the highest academic institution and c ...

. The mission of the society is to "promote linguistic science research, carry out national academic activities, and organize academic exchanges at home and abroad." It is located at the

Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences The Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences ( zh, s=中国社会科学院语言研究所 , t=中國社會科學院語言研究所 , p=Zhōngguó Shèhuì Kēxuéyuàn Yǔyán Yánjiūsuǒ), is the language research institution ...

Annual conference

The Chinese Language Society holds a national academic conference every two years. So far, 22 academic annual conferences have been held. In addition, the society holds special academic conferences, seminars and training courses from time to time according to needs and possibilities.

Publishing

The Chinese Language Society edits and compiles the ''Journal of Chinese Linguistics'' (annual conference papers). A total of 21 issues have been published. In addition, the society also edits and publishes other academic works.

Subordinate institutions

There are four academic divisions in the society, including * Phonetics Division of the Chinese Language Society, * Language Policy and Planning Professional Committee of the Chinese Language Society, * Historical Linguistics Division of the Chinese Language Society, * Sociolinguistics Division of the Chinese Language Society.

Presidents

The presidents of the society includes: *

Lü Shuxiang Lü Shuxiang (, 1904–1998) was a Chinese linguist, lexicographer and educator, and a pioneer of modern Chinese linguists. Overview Lü Shuxiang was born in Danyang, Jiangsu Province. He studied Foreign Languages and Literature in the Nationa ...

(1980—1984) *

Ji Xianlin Ji Xianlin (; August 6, 1911 – July 11, 2009) was a Chinese Indologist, linguist, paleographer, historian and writer who has been honored by the governments of both India and China. Ji was proficient in many languages including Chinese, San ...

(1985—1988) *

Zhu Dexi Zhu Dexi (; 1920–1992) was a Chinese linguist, grammarian, and educator. He was vice-president of Peking University and made significant contributions to Modern Chinese and Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. Early life and education Zhu ...

(1989—1992) * Liu Jian (1993—1996) * Hou Jingyi (1997—2009) * Shen Jiaxuan (2010—2018) * Wang Hongjun（2019-2021） * Zhang Bojiang（2021—2026)

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