Established | 1958 | ||||||
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Focus | Humanities and social sciences | ||||||
President | Zhang Daogen (张道根) | ||||||
Staff | 760; 550 research staff | ||||||
Location | 215, 7/622, Huaihai Zhong Lu, Huangpu District , Shanghai , China | ||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 上海社会科学院 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 上海社會科學院 | ||||||
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Website | www |
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.