Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

The Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS; Chinese: 上海社会科学院) was founded in 1958 and is China's oldest think tank for the humanities and social sciences. It is the country's second largest such institution, after the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in Beijing. Besides funds from the municipal government of Shanghai, the academy draws financial support from non-governmental sources at home and abroad.

Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
Established1958 (1958)
FocusHumanities and social sciences
PresidentZhang Daogen (张道根)
Staff760; 550 research staff
Location
215, 7/622, Huaihai Zhong Lu, Huangpu District
,
Shanghai
,
China
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese上海社会科学院
Traditional Chinese上海社會科學院
Websitewww.sass.org.cn

SASS has signed over 60 cooperative agreements with international partners. Every year it hosts over 1,000 foreign visitors and hundreds of international conferences, lectures and seminars, as is represented by the bi-annual World Forum on China Studies, sponsored by the State Council Information Office and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government.

Controversy

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has stated that SASS frequently provides cover to intelligence operatives of the Ministry of State Security (MSS).[1][2] The FBI adds that the MSS "uses SASS employees as spotters and assessors."[3][4]

See also

References
  1. Becket, Stefan (June 22, 2017). "Former government worker charged with giving top-secret documents to China". CBS News. Archived from the original on October 28, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  2. "Virginia Man Arrested and Charged With Espionage". U.S. Department of Justice. 2017-06-22. Archived from the original on 2017-06-23. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  3. Graff, Garrett M. (October 31, 2018). "China's Five Steps for Recruiting Spies in the US". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  4. "Virginia Man Arrested and Charged With Espionage - Criminal Complaint". U.S. Department of Justice. 2017-06-22. Archived from the original on 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2020-08-14.

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