Chinese Academy Of Sciences

Name

Chinese Academy Of Sciences

Legal name

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Website

https://english.cas.cn

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

National Scientific Research Services

NAICS

Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Space Research and Technology (92711), Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) (541714)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Research Universities with National Laboratories/Big Science Facilities (EDAHAAAJ)

Keywords

• Fundamental scientific research
• National research infrastructure
• Space science missions
• Advanced energy storage
• Quantum computing research

Headquarters

HQ city

Beijing

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices26 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government funding and institutional allocations: As China's premier national research institution, CAS receives government budget allocations, strategic research funding, and project-based grants to support fundamental and applied research across its 100+ institutes. Revenue supports large-scale infrastructure, international collaborations, and national scientific programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Chinese Academy of Sciences functions as China's premier national research institution, conducting fundamental and applied research across all scientific disciplines through 138 specialized research institutes and 30+ major national platforms. Its core offerings include operating large-scale research facilities (HEPS synchrotron, FAST telescope, EAST tokamak, JUNO neutrino observatory), executing joint space missions (SMILE with ESA), developing proprietary deep-tech technologies (batteries, quantum computing, AI models, RISC-V processors), and delivering international fellowship and scholarship programs. The institution produces peer-reviewed publications, patents, prototype systems, and trained scientific talent, with research outputs distributed through open-access publication, bilateral collaborations, and technology licensing.

Product overview

The Chinese Academy of Sciences operates as China's premier national research institution comprising over 100 research institutes, universities, and national laboratories. CAS functions as a comprehensive research and development network conducting fundamental and applied research across disciplines including physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, engineering, and environmental science. The institution's offerings span major research facilities (HEPS synchrotron, FAST telescope, JUNO neutrino observatory), scientific missions (SMILE ESA collaboration), and advanced technology R&D including the Xiangshan RISC-V processor, quantum computing systems, and AI models for genomics and medical imaging. CAS maintains 10 overseas science centers and collaborates with institutions in over 90 countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Public Science Day: Annual public science outreach event featuring research institute open houses and activities
• PIFI (President's International Fellowship Initiative)
• CAS-ANSO Scholarship

Products and services

• Xiangshan RISC-V Processor The Xiangshan processor is a high-performance RISC-V processor chip developed by CAS, achieving a SPEC CPU2006 benchmark score of 16.5 points/GHz that places it at internationally advanced levels for open-architecture silicon, addressing the needs of China's semiconductor self-sufficiency efforts.
• SurgMotion Surgical AI Foundation Model SurgMotion is a one-billion-parameter surgical video foundation model trained on 15 million frames from over 3,658 hours of real surgical video spanning 13 anatomical regions, designed for surgical AI applications with state-of-the-art results across 17 international benchmarks and 90% accuracy in multi-centre neurosurgery validation.
• HELIX RNA Splicing Prediction AI Framework HELIX is an AI-driven framework for highly accurate prediction of RNA splicing and transcript isoform usage by integrating genomic sequence features with tissue-specific RNA-binding protein expression profiles, designed for genomics researchers and cancer diagnostics developers.
• 100 MW-Class CAES Compressor The CAES (Compressed Air Energy Storage) Compressor is a 100+ MW-rated industrial compressor developed by the CAS Institute of Engineering Thermophysics with 88.1% full-load efficiency and 10.1 MPa maximum discharge pressure, designed for large-scale energy storage operators and grid-scale utility applications.
• Green Membrane Separation Technology Green membrane separation technology inspired by biological calcium ion channels uses engineered 1.4 nm-wide channels to selectively extract uranium from seawater (over 22 days) and adaptable for copper and gold extraction, designed for critical mineral extraction operators and clean energy supply chains.
• 3D-Printed Optical Elements 3D-Printed Optical Elements are fabricated via vat photopolymerization to achieve transmittance of approximately 85% and refractive indices (1.44-1.53) comparable to standard optical materials, designed for sensing applications and industrial precision inspection.
• Space Computing Infrastructure Space Computing Infrastructure is an institutional framework coordinating space-based computing deployment, targeting 100 kW-class platforms scaling to 1,000-satellite constellations delivering one exaFLOP of orbital compute capacity, designed for satellite operators and aerospace computing integrators.
• High Energy Photon Source (HEPS) The High Energy Photon Source (HEPS) is Asia's first fourth-generation synchrotron radiation light source developed by the Institute of High Energy Physics, providing ultra-high-brightness X-ray beam access for researchers and industrial users across materials science, structural biology, and condensed matter physics.
• SMILE Space Mission The SMILE (Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) mission is a joint ESA-CAS scientific spacecraft that provides first-ever global X-ray and UV imaging of Earth's magnetosphere over a 3-year operational lifetime, delivering space weather forecasting data to international scientific users.
• Gas-Solid Hydride Ion Battery (g-HIB) The gas-solid hydride ion battery (g-HIB) is a hydrogen-storage battery prototype using hydrogen gas and magnesium electrodes that achieves 93.9% energy efficiency at ambient conditions without cryogenic compression, designed for energy storage applications requiring safety and ambient operation.
• Solid-State Lithium-Metal Battery (451.5 Wh/kg) The solid-state lithium-metal battery prototype achieves 451.5 Wh/kg energy density with ~3-minute charging capability and 81.9% capacity retention after 700 cycles, passing nail-penetration safety testing, designed for electric vehicle and energy storage manufacturers requiring high-density, fast-charging batteries.
• All-Iron Flow Battery The all-iron flow battery is an alkaline water-based flow battery using the [Fe(HPF)BHS]4- molecular electrolyte enabling 6,000+ charge-discharge cycles without measurable capacity decay (~16 years of daily use) at material costs ~80x lower than lithium, designed for grid-scale energy storage operators.
• Ultra-High-Energy-Density Lithium-Metal Battery (700+ Wh/kg) An ultra-high-energy-density lithium-metal battery achieving 700+ Wh/kg at room temperature and 400 Wh/kg at -50°C, designed for electric vehicle manufacturers (e.g., FAW Group's Hongqi) targeting 1,000+ km range on a single charge.
• Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cell (33.33% Efficiency) The perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell is a world-record photovoltaic technology achieving 33.33% power conversion efficiency (certified 32.89%) using a polystyrene nanosphere template, designed for solar cell manufacturers and clean energy developers.
• Self-Protecting Sodium-Ion Battery A sodium-ion battery technology with a polymerizable electrolyte that transforms into a solid heat barrier above 150°C, achieving complete thermal runaway suppression and stable operation up to 300°C at 211 Wh/kg, designed for safety-critical energy storage applications.
• Cold-Resistant Aluminum-Anode Lithium-Ion Battery A lithium-ion battery with aluminum anode designed for extreme cold operation down to -13°F (-25°C), maintaining >92% discharge efficiency and 90% charge in approximately 20 minutes, designed for cold-climate electric vehicles and arctic-equipment manufacturers.
• S2000 Airborne Wind Energy System The SAWES S2000 is a 3-MW airborne wind energy prototype that completed successful grid connection testing in Yibin, Sichuan Province in January 2025, designed for renewable energy operators as part of a National Key Research Project for high-altitude wind power generation.
• Salt Cavern Hydrogen Storage Facility A one-million-cubic-meter salt cavern hydrogen storage demonstration facility in Pingdingshan, Henan Province, designed to store up to 1.5 million standard cubic meters of hydrogen at 15 megapascals, serving as a reference deployment for large-scale hydrogen storage operators.
• Contra-Rotary Ramjet Engine (Mach 0-6+) A contra-rotary ramjet engine prototype that operates continuously from stationary startup to speeds exceeding Mach 6 without mode-switching, using counter-rotating compressor blades and shock waves to reduce weight, designed for hypersonic aerospace propulsion applications.
• CAS President's International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) The PIFI fellowship program is a CAS international research fellowship launched in 2009 funding outstanding foreign scientists from Nobel laureates to Master's degree holders across all disciplines to conduct collaborative research with CAS institutes, designed for international researchers seeking China-based collaborations.
• CAS-ANSO Joint Scholarship Program The CAS-ANSO Joint Scholarship supports 300+ PhD and 100-200 Master's students annually from developing countries pursuing postgraduate education at USTC, UCAS, and CAS institutes, designed for international students seeking fully funded graduate research training in China.

Quantifiable outcome

• Jiuzhang 4.0 quantum computing prototype achieved 10^54x speed advantage over supercomputers for Gaussian boson sampling by manipulating 3,050 photons
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

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AI capability17 records

Feature17 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and flagship.

• University of Science and Technology of China and Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and EngineeringcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 June 2026Low-altitude hypersonic flight technology research programme funded under CAS' Stable Support Programme for Basic Research Youth Teams. Led by Institute of Mechanics with University of Science and Technology of China and Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering. Technology targets sea-skimming hypersonic missiles capable of evading radar and penetrating air-defence networks.
• University of Pisa (Italy) and Earth Sciences New ZealandcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 June 2026International collaboration on world's deepest and largest whale graveyard discovery in the Diamantina Zone of the southeastern Indian Ocean. Fendouzhe submersible conducted 32 dives in 2023 to document 485 whale-fall sites including five active whale falls and a new extinct beaked whale species Pterocetus diamantinae. Published in Nature June 2026.
• Beihang UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 June 2026Airborne Transient Electromagnetic (Atem) system for underground and underwater mapping. Led by Fu Jingcheng at Beihang University and CAS Institute of Geology and Geophysics. Seven-minute helicopter test confirmed near-level stability for precision detection. Primarily for mineral exploration with potential military applications for submarine detection.
• GoogleminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 May 2026Collaborative development of a formal verification framework for quantum machine learning model robustness against adversarial attacks. Uses fidelity-based lower bound computable from measurement outcomes, validated on 20-qubit superconducting processor. Jointly developed by CAS researchers and Google to enable scalable verification of quantum AI systems.
• University of Cambridge (UK)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 May 2026Joint research with University of Cambridge published in The Lancet Planetary Health finding that climate change accounts for a 10% global increase in antibiotic-resistance genes in Salmonella. Analyzed over 480,000 Salmonella genomes from 139 countries (1940-2023), establishing significant association between temperature/precipitation and antimicrobial-resistance gene abundance.
• Global Medical and Public Health Research CommunitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 May 2026Climate change-antimicrobial resistance research published in The Lancet Planetary Health; 480,000 Salmonella genomes from 139 countries analyzed. Study projected that meeting low-emission climate targets combined with responsible antibiotic use could reduce ARG levels by 24% compared to high-emission scenarios.
• FAW Group Hongqi Division and China Automotive New Energy Battery Technology Co. Ltd.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 May 2026Ultra-high-energy-density lithium-metal battery (700+ Wh/kg at room temperature, ~400 Wh/kg at -50°C) collaboration with FAW Group's Hongqi brand and China Automotive New Energy Battery Technology Co. Ltd. for EV applications targeting 1,000+ km range on single charge; mass production targeted for end of 2026.
• International RNA Biology Research CommunityminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 May 2026HELIX AI model for RNA splicing prediction integrates genomic features with 1,499 RBP expression profiles across 30 human tissue types. Substantially outperforms existing methods. Identifies widespread splicing dysregulation in colorectal cancer cohorts, offering potential molecular signatures for tumor progression and patient stratification.
• European Space Agency (ESA)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 May 2026Joint ESA-CAS SMILE (Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) mission launched May 2026 from Kourou, French Guiana aboard Vega-C rocket. The 2,200-kg spacecraft will provide first-ever global X-ray images of Earth's magnetosphere at up to 121,000 km altitude, improving space weather forecasting for 3 years. Represents the first mission jointly conceived, developed, and operated by ESA and CAS — a landmark in China-ESA space cooperation following the earlier Double Star project.
• International Clean Energy Research InstitutionsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 May 2026Green membrane separation technology for critical metal extraction (uranium from seawater, copper, gold) using engineered 1.4 nm biological calcium ion channel-inspired channels. Published in Nature Nanotechnology. Technology strengthens domestic mineral supply chains while supporting China's dual carbon goals.
• Max Planck Society / Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial MicrobiologycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 April 2026Max Planck-CAS Joint Center for Synthetic Biochemistry inaugurated April 18, 2026 at the CAS Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology. The first dedicated collaborative research initiative between the two leading scientific institutions focusing specifically on synthetic biology. Co-established by the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology and Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, with focus on harnessing microorganism-derived natural products for medicine, plant protection, and biomanufacturing. Solidifies a 52-year partnership between the Max Planck Society and CAS.
• International Heavy Metal Pollution Remediation Research CommunityminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 April 2026CAS identified as most prolific institution in heavy metal pollution remediation research globally (70% of WOS publications, 78% of Scopus publications in the field 2020-2025). Bibliometric analysis of 325 academic articles revealed publication growth averaging 41.4% annually.
• International Nitrogen Transformation Research CommunityminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 April 20262,459 publications from 1990-2024 analyzed; China and CAS identified as leading contributors to microbial-driven nitrogen transformation research in inland waters.
• Tsinghua University and Beijing SAWES Energy Technology Co., Ltd.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 March 2026Multi-institute research initiative led by Tsinghua University in collaboration with Aerospace Information Research Institute of CAS for airborne wind energy development. The SAWES S2000 prototype with 3-MW capacity completed first successful grid connection test in January 2025 in Yibin, Sichuan Province. Part of National Key Research Project.
• Alliance of National and International Science Organizations for the Belt and Road Regions (ANSO)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024CAS is the leading founding member of ANSO (non-profit international organization founded 2018 with 36 institutional members). CAS-ANSO Joint Fellowship Program supports 300+ PhD and 100-200 Master's students annually from developing countries. ANSO-CAS-TWAS/UNESCO PhD Scholarship launched 2022 with up to 40 students per year from developing countries.
• International Research Institutions — PIFI NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009CAS President's International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) launched 2009 to fund outstanding foreign scientists to conduct collaborative research with CAS institutes. Developed flexible funding system covering candidates from Nobel laureates to Master's degree holders across all disciplines. Integral to CAS international talent recruitment.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Max Planck Society: Germany's flagship national basic-research organization, operating 80+ Max Planck Institutes across all scientific disciplines on government-funded, multi-decade research horizons. Directly comparable as a publicly funded, multi-disciplinary basic-science network with global partnership models and institute-based talent concentration.
• Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres: Germany's largest scientific organization operating 18 research centres on big-science infrastructure (accelerators, synchrotrons, research ships, polar stations). Comparable to CAS in operating very-large-scale national research facilities with inter-institute federation structure and government funding.
• French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS): France's largest public basic-research organization, multi-disciplinary and government-funded, operating national laboratory infrastructure. Directly comparable as a European benchmark for CAS's model of basic and applied research federation across dozens of institutes.
• Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS): Russia's national academy of sciences operating hundreds of research institutes with state funding. Comparable as a direct peer national academy with multi-disciplinary scope, though currently constrained by post-2022 sanctions and reduced Western collaboration relative to CAS.

Broad incumbents

• Fraunhofer Society: Europe's leading applied-research organization with 76 institutes focusing on contract research for industry and government. Comparable to CAS's applied-research and technology-transfer mission (e.g., battery commercialization with FAW/Geely), though Fraunhofer sits in the applied end and is more commercially oriented.
• Chinese Academy of Engineering: China's parallel honorary and advisory engineering academy operating under the State Council alongside CAS. Comparable as a sister national academy in China focused on engineering strategy and advisory rather than operating research institutes, providing structural contrast within China's research ecosystem.
• National Institutes of Health (NIH): The largest public funder of biomedical research globally. CAS conducts comparable biomedical research at scale (Institute of Zoology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Beijing Genomics Institute lineage), with similar scale of state-funded life-sciences infrastructure and international collaboration footprint.

Regional players

• Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST): Japan's central funding and coordination body for academic and applied research. Comparable as an Asia-Pacific government research-ecosystem steward with similar emphasis on strategic-priority-aligned funding programs, although JST functions more as a funding agency than an institute operator.
• Indian Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR): India's national R&D organization operating 38 laboratories in science and engineering under government funding. Comparable in scale and breadth to CAS, also serving as a sister national research establishment in Asia, though with smaller infrastructure footprint and budget.

Others

• European Space Agency (ESA): Intergovernmental space research organization with 22 member states. CAS's SMILE mission is a direct ESA partnership, and CAS operates comparable space-science assets (Einstein Probe, FAST, Taiji-2, Tianwen collaborations). Listed as 'OTHERS' since ESA is a multi-country agency rather than a single national academy, but is CAS's most relevant mission-level peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

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