ABSTRACT
Having provided the background against which Chinese science has developed, the book will now focus on how the Academic Divisions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have evolved from an academic leadership organization into an honorific society reflected in the change of the title of the membership from xuebu weiyuan (Academic Division member) to yuanshi (academician). This change not only mirrors a transformation in the policy of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) toward science and intellectuals as described in the previous chapter but also indicates that China has been gradually adopting international norms in the practice of science.
