Chinese Academy of Sciences recruits 58 new members
( 2003-11-24 21:47) (Xinhua)
The Chinese Academy of
Sciences ( CAS), China's most prestigious organization for scientific and
technological research and development, has recruited 58 new members, to expand
its total staff to 688.
Among the 58 newly recruited academicians, 28 are under the age of 60, and
the youngest is only 37, said Lu Yongxiang, CAS president, on Monday.
Currently, the average age for all the CAS academicians stands at 72.1, and
the number of those younger than 50 is 27, taking up 3.9 percent of the total.
The average age of the new academicians is 1.56 years younger than that of
the group recruited two years ago.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences, which was founded in 1949, now has more than
120 research institutes across the country. It recruits new members every two
years.
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