Centre for the Study of Globalization and China, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Full name and acronym: Centre for the Study of Globalization and China, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
Founding date: July 2004
Objectives: a multi-disciplinary approach to the globalization and its impacts on China, and also China's role in a globalizing world
Main projects in globalisation studies: Analysis of (1) the effects of globalization on China’s economy; and (2) of the impacts of globalization on China’s urban and rural societies, from the social, legal, cultural perspectives; and (3) the possible contributions of China to the increasingly globalizing world.
Outputs: network building of the globalization study in China; network linking with colleague institutions in the world; international or regional workshops and conferences; joint publications, in Chinese or English, including a working-paper series for the study; linking the gap between policy-making and academic research.
Staff numbers: 30 leading researchers as core members, plus younger fellows and PhD candidates, in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), and 40 in local academies.
Director: Professor Wang Luolin, Economist, Executive President, CASS; (Co-ordinator: Prof. Huang Ping)
Funding: CASS as well as Ford Foundation, plus some contributions from local academies
Street Address: International Exchange Bureau, CASS, 5 Jianguomen Nei Da Jie Beijing, 100732, China
tel: ++86 -10- 8519 5133
fax: ++86 -10- 8519 6320
email: huangping@cass.org.cn (Prof. Huang
Ping)