This book is the first monograph to study the processes of establishing and reconstructing the academician system, and the landmark events in the history of science and technology in 20th century China. It also provides new insights to help us understand the process of scientific institutionalization in modern China. Drawing on detailed archive records, it discusses the process of the establishment of the Academia Sinica's academician system in the Republic of China, as well as the unique and tortuous transformation process from members of the Academic Divisions(学部委员)to academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院)in the People's Republic of China. These play an important part of China's modernization process, and reflect scientific institutionalization in China. The book also highlights the fact that under the leadership of the government, the academic elite became participants in the construction of national academic system after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Author(s): Jinhai Guo
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 403
City: Singapore
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Contents
About the Author
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 The Chinese Academic Circle in the Era of Academician System Prevailing in the West
1.1 The Birth and Rise of the Western Academician System
1.2 The Development of China's Scientific Institutionalization Process and the Establishment of Academia Sinica
1.3 The Rise of Chinese Academia and the Ideal of Academic Independence
1.4 Summary
2 Establishment of the Council of Academia Sinica and Election of Elected Council Members
2.1 Preparations and Establishment of the Council
2.2 Preparations for the Election of Elected Members of the Second Council
2.3 Operation Process of Election: From Primary Election to Final Election
2.4 Summary
3 The Council Structured the Academician System and Relevant Regulations
3.1 The Brewing of the Academician System and the Beginning of Legislation
3.2 The Legislation of Election Law: The Formulation of Regulations for the Election of Members
3.3 The Legislation of Assembly: The Formulation of Regulations for the General Assembly of Members
3.4 Summary
4 How the First Batch of Member Candidates Were Nominated and Their Qualification Examinations
4.1 Formulating a Member Candidates Reference List
4.2 Twists and Turns During the Official Nomination
4.3 The Preliminary Examinations of Nominees by the PCE
4.4 The Qualificaton Examinations of Member Candidates by the Council
4.5 Summary
5 From the Response to the Official List of Member Candidates to the Official Election
5.1 Reactions from Bo Shang, Wang Hefu, Yuan Hanqing and Others
5.2 Response from Fu Ssu-Nien
5.3 Official Election of the First Batch of Members
5.4 Summary
6 The First General Assembly of Members of Academia Sinica
6.1 From the Members’ Symposium to the Subcommittee's Meeting
6.2 The Implementation of Member Authority: The Election of the Third Council Members
6.3 Other Agendas and Resolutions of the Assembly
6.4 The Implementation of the Resolution After the Assembly and the Scattering of the Members
6.5 Summary
7 From the Abolition of Academician System to the Establishment of the Membership System of Academic Divisions
7.1 Abandonment of Academician System of Academia Sinica and System Selection of the CAS
7.2 Preparations and Establishment of Academic Divisions and the Membership System
7.3 Summary
8 The Expansion of the Members of Academic Divisions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Before and After the Cultural Revolution
8.1 The 1957 Supplement of Members of the Academic Divisions
8.2 Co-optation of Academic Division Members in 1980
8.3 Summary
9 Preparation and Suspension of Academician System Between 1980 and 1981
9.1 Preparatory Work and Formulation of Academician Regulations
9.2 From Reporting the “Request for Instructions” to the Emergence of Differences
9.3 The Fourth General Assembly of the CASAD Members and the Plan to Establish the Academician System Ran Aground
9.4 Summary
10 The Establishment of the Academician System in New China
10.1 From Academic Division Members to CAS Members: The Membership System Established by the CAS
10.2 The Preparations and Establishment of the CAE and Its Membership System
10.3 The Efforts of the CASS to Establish a Membership System
10.4 Summary
Conclusion
Glossary
Select Bibliography
Index
