The Chinese Academy of Engineering (Chinese: 中国工程院; Pinyin: Zhõngguó Gõngchéng Yuàn) is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for engineering. It was established in 1994 and is an institution of the State Council of China. Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: æ±è¯æ¼é³; Traditional Chinese: æ¼¢èªæ¼é³; Pinyin: , lit. ... A national academy is a body, usually operating with state financial support and approval, that co-ordinates the activities of research in (nearly always) the sciences and (sometimes) other disciplines. ... Engineering is the application of scientific and technical knowledge to solve human problems. ... The State Council (国务院, pinyin: Guówùyuàn) is the chief civilian administrative body of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
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External links
((Chinese)) Chinese Academy of Engineering website
((English)) Chinese Academy of Engineering English website
The ChineseAcademy of Sciences (Simplified Chinese: 中国科学院; pinyin: Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn), formerly known as Academia Sinica (not to be confused with Taiwan's Academia Sinica currently headquartered in Taipei which shares the same root), is the national academy for the natural sciences of the People's Republic of China.
The ChineseAcademy of Sciences (CAS) currently has five sections (Mathematics and Physics, Chemistry, Earth Science, and Technology) as well as eleven branches at Shenyang, Changchun, Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Kunming, Xi’an, Lanzhou and Xinjiang.