Science Society of China

{{Short description|Former science organization in China}}

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The Science Society of China ({{zh|s=中国科学社|t=中國科學社}}, 1915-1960) was a major science organization in the modern history of China. It was initiated by Chinese students at Cornell University in 1914, including P.C. King, H. C. Zen, Zhou Ren, Hsingfo Yang and later renamed Science Society of China. In 1915 it began publication in China of a major journal, Kexue (Science), which was patterned on the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1918 Science Society of China founded headquarters in Nanjing. In 1922 the Society established a major biological research laboratory in Nanjing. The Society devoted itself to the popularization of science, the improvement of science education, the standardization in Chinese translation of scientific vocabularies, and participation in international scientific meetings. It was the leading scientific organization in China prior to the establishment of government-sponsored Academia Sinica (1928) and Chinese Academy of Sciences (1949).{{Cite web |url=http://scitech.people.com.cn/GB/1056/3877424.html |title=90年几起几伏 《科学》见证中国科学 |accessdate=2007-02-03 |archive-date=2006-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230170322/http://scitech.people.com.cn/GB/1056/3877424.html}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.cnki.com.cn/Article/CJFDTotal-ZGKS199202008.htm |title=中国科学社生物研究所——中国最早的生物学研究机构 （《中国科技史料》） |accessdate=2014-01-07 |archive-date=2014-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107193709/http://www.cnki.com.cn/Article/CJFDTotal-ZGKS199202008.htm}}