The China Association for Science and Technology (CAST; ) is a
people's organization
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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
Chinese Communist Party
The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...
(CCP) and
government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ...
.
CAST is a constituent member of the
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
is the current president of the national committee of CAST.
He Junke serves as the
Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary 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 and the
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.
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
front organization
A front organization is any entity set up by and controlled by another organization, such as intelligence agencies, organized crime groups, terrorist organizations, secret societies, banned organizations, religious or political groups, advocacy ...
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's "offshore innovation bases."
Journal
''Science & Technology Review'' was begun in 1980 in the United States and is the official journal of CAST.
See also
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Thousand Talents Plan
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Technology Transfer Center of Zhejiang University
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Plan 111
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China Association of Agricultural Science Societies
References
External links
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Members of the International Council for Science
Engineering societies based in China
Technology transfer
Members of the International Science Council
Members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Organizations associated with the Chinese Communist Party
Professional certification in engineering
United front (China)
1958 in Beijing