The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (short CAAS,
Chinese: 中国农业科学院) is the Chinese
national, agricultural scientific research organization.
It was established in 1957 in
Beijing and oversees 45 institutes. Thirty-six are direct affiliates, nine institutes are co-hosted together with local governments or universities. It has more than 5,000 professional employees.[1][2]
The Academy building contains offices of several Chinese policy institutions such as the China Association for the Promotion of International Agricultural Cooperation (CAPIAC, 中国农业国际合作促进会) established in 1998.[3][4] One of CAPIAC's branches is the International Cooperation Committee for Animal Welfare (ICCAW), established in 2011.[5] In 2017, ICCAW hosted a farm
animal welfare conference together with
UN Food and Agriculture Organization,
RSPCA,
Compassion in World Farming, the U.S. Meat Export Federation and the U.S.
National Pork Board.[6]