The Chinese Academy of Sciences is gearing up to celebrate a 70-year milestone. And it has started by commemorating achievements in recent decades. This includes the State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell research, and key labs at the Institutes of Zoology and Microbiology. The Chinese Academy of Sciences is considered one of the world's largest and top research institutes with a high number of articles and studies published in scientific journals.

HOU JIANGUO, DEPUTY SECRETARY PARTY COMMITTEE, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES "We have established a relatively complete discipline system for natural sciences, physics, chemistry, material science and other disciplines. Some fields have become or are becoming world-class."