China Association for Science and Technology

{{Short description|Chinese government-affiliated organization}}

{{distinguish|China Academy of Space Technology}}

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| native_name = 中国科学技术协会

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| headquarters = Haidian District, Beijing, China

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| fields = Science and Technology

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| leader_title = President

| leader_name = Wan Gang

| leader_title2 = CCP Branch Secretary

| leader_name2 = He Junke

| leader_title3 = Vice President

| leader_name3 = Yang Wei

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| affiliations = Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

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| s = 中国科学技术协会

| t = 中國科學技術協會

| p = Zhōngguó Kēxué Jìshù Xiéhuì

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The China Association for Science and Technology (CAST; {{zh|s=中国科学技术协会|p=Zhōngguó Kēxué Jìshù Xiéhuì}}) is a people's organization of Chinese scientists and engineers, which is composed of multiple national professional societies and hundreds of branches at various local and international levels.{{cite web |url=http://english.cast.org.cn/n1181872/n1257426/index.html|title=China Association for Science and Technology|publisher=english.cast.org.cn|access-date=2014-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109214619/http://english.cast.org.cn/n1181872/n1257426/index.html|archive-date=2014-01-09|url-status=dead}}{{Cite book|last1=Gorham|first1=Douglas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S2vLDwAAQBAJ|title=Engineering Education through Social Innovation: The Contribution of Professional Societies|last2=Nwulu|first2=Nnamdi|date=2020-01-20|publisher=Springer Nature|isbn=978-3-030-39006-8|pages=53|language=en}}{{Cite book |last1=Hannas |first1=William C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sWcolDneRrMC |title=Chinese Industrial Espionage: Technology Acquisition and Military Modernisation |last2=Mulvenon |first2=James |last3=Puglisi |first3=Anna B. |date=2013-06-14 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-95261-7 |pages=45, 97 |language=en |oclc=1081421916 |author-link3=Anna B. Puglisi}} CAST was formed in September 1958 through the merger of the All-China Federation of Natural Science Societies and the All-China Association for Science Popularization. Its stated goal is to act as a link between the science and technology community and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and government. CAST is a constituent member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).{{Cite web|last1=Bowe|first1=Alexander|last2=Lloyd-Damnjanovic|first2=Anastasya|date=October 7, 2020|title=Overseas Chinese Students and Scholars in China's Drive for Innovation|url=https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-10/Overseas_Chinese_Students_and_Scholars_in_Chinas_Drive_for_Innovation.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013210211/https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-10/Overseas_Chinese_Students_and_Scholars_in_Chinas_Drive_for_Innovation.pdf|archive-date=13 October 2020|access-date=2020-10-18|website=United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission|page=20|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Units the CPPCC Composed of|url=http://english1.english.gov.cn/2005-09/02/content_28630.htm|access-date=2020-10-18|website=english1.english.gov.cn|archive-date=18 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018164724/http://english1.english.gov.cn/2005-09/02/content_28630.htm|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last1=de La Bruyère|first1=Emily|last2=Picarsic|first2=Nathan|date=November 15, 2021|title=All Over the Map: The Chinese Communist Party's Subnational Interests in the United States|url=https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2021/11/15/all-over-the-map/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-16|website=Foundation for Defense of Democracies|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115130920/https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2021/11/15/all-over-the-map/ |archive-date=15 November 2021 }} Wan Gang is the current president of the national committee of CAST.{{Cite web|title=China Association for Science and Technology President|url=http://english.cast.org.cn/col/col473/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128205604/http://english.cast.org.cn/col/col473/index.html|archive-date=28 January 2019|access-date=2020-10-18|website=China Association for Science and Technology}} He Junke serves as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary for CAST.{{cite news|author1=Zhong Yuhao ({{lang|zh|钟煜豪}})|date=2 August 2021|title=|script-title=zh:中石化董事长、党组书记张玉卓任中国科协党组书记|language=zh|work=The Paper|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_13850546|access-date=7 August 2021}}