Institute in Beijing; under the Chinese Academy of Sciences; does fundamental research in theoretical physics; areas: quantum field theory and microscopic structure of matter, string theory and cosmological structures, condensed matter physics etc

Institute under the Chinese Academy of Sciences; also known as Zijin Shan Observatory; situated on the eastern outskirts of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province; research groups: molecular clouds and star formation, high-energy solar physics etc

Largest comprehensive research organization of the China Petrochemical Corp (SINOPEC); based in Beijing; does basic & applied research on petroleum refining & petrochemical technologies; employs more than a thousand people

Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; research activities: astro-geodynamics, astrophysics, very-long-baseline interferometry; has three laboratories researching hydrogen atomic clocks, VLBI techniques & optical astronomy

Institute in Beijing under the Chinese Academy of Sciences; main research areas: optical functional materials and devices, low temperature engineering, new synthesis technologies for green chemistry, etc

Institute under the Chinese Academy of Sciences; situated in Wuhan (Hubei province); research interests: magnetic resonance spectroscopy, atomic and molecular physics, mathematical sciences, optoelectronics, etc

Premier academic research organization in the fields of philosophy & social sciences of China; based in Beijing; divisions include Philosophy, Literature & History, Economics, Law, Social & Political Studies, International Studies etc

Research organisation whose main aim is to analyse policies related to food, agriculture, natural resources & environmental issues in China and help formulate policies for the development & modernisation of rural China; based in Beijing; part of CAAS

Institute in Kunming, Yunnan, spread over an area of 139,000 sq m

National research institute involved in national standard time generating, keeping and transmitting; part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences