Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) is an academic research organization in the fields of philosophy and social sciences and a national center for comprehensive studies in the People’s Republic of China. The research areas cover as many as 300 disciplines. Its mission is to promote research and to undertake and fulfill key state research projects in light of China’s national conditions, economic and social development strategies and the trends and to organize academic exchange between the Academy and the foreign countries. The organization also aims to carry forward the historical and cultural heritage of the Chinese nation.