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| Abbreviation | CAST |
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| Formation | September 1958; 67 years ago (1958-09) |
| Type | People's organization |
| Headquarters | Haidian District,Beijing,China |
| Coordinates | 39°54′50″N116°20′20″E / 39.913815°N 116.339026°E /39.913815; 116.339026 |
| Fields | Science and Technology |
Official language | Chinese English |
President | Wan Gang |
CCP Branch Secretary | He Junke |
Vice President | Yang Wei |
| Affiliations | Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference |
| Website | english |
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国科学技术协会 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國科學技術協會 | ||||||
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TheChina Association for Science and Technology (CAST;Chinese:中国科学技术协会;pinyin:Zhōngguó Kēxué Jìshù Xiéhuì) is apeople's organization of Chinese scientists and engineers, which is composed of multiple national professional societies and hundreds of branches at various local and international levels.[1][2][3] 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.[2] Its stated goal is to act as a link between the science and technology community and theChinese Communist Party (CCP) andgovernment.[2] CAST is a constituent member of theChinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).[4][5][6]Wan Gang is the current president of the national committee of CAST.[7]He Junke serves as theChinese Communist Party Committee Secretary for CAST.[8]
In December 2003, CAST established theHelp Our Motherland through Elite Intellectual Resources from Overseas Program (HOME, also known as "Haizhi") in concert with theOrganization Department of the Chinese Communist Party and theMinistry of Human Resources and Social Security.[9] The goal of HOME has been to recruit overseas science and technology talent fortechnology transfer purposes.[9][10] 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."[9]
In the United States, CAST has maintained relations with the similarly named Chinese Association for Science and Technology (CAST-USA,Chinese:中国旅美科技协会), a non-profit organization established in 1992 with chapters in multiple U.S. states.[11][6] TheChina International Culture Exchange Center, afront organization for theMinistry of State Security, has been a long-time working partner with CAST for its exchange programs.[12] CAST-USA also collaborates with theMinistry of Commerce's "offshore innovation bases."[13]
Science & Technology Review was begun in 1980 in the United States and is the official journal of CAST.[14]