World influence of Chinese Academy of Sciences rising

In the 13 years since the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)'s Knowledge Innovation Project was first implemented, the CAS's technological innovation ability has been greatly improved. Its international academic influence and status in the world compared to similar research institutions has also significantly improved, and it has become a national research institution with internationally important influence, according to the CAS's 2011 work meeting held in Beijing on Jan. 25.

The evaluation report of the CAS Knowledge Innovation Project shows that compared to the world's 86 national academic research institutions, CAS scored in the top 10 in 14 subjects. Of those, in eight subjects, including chemistry, materials science, mathematics, engineering, computer science, environment and ecology, earth science and physics, CAS was ranked in the top five.

By Yan Meng, People's Daily Online