Academia Sinica
- Alternate meaning: Chinese Academy of Sciences
The
Academia Sinica , headquartered in the
Nankang
district of
Taipei, is the
national academy for the
Republic
of China on
Taiwan.
It is directly responsible to the
President
of the Republic of China.
Currently,
its president is
Nobel
laureate
Yuan Tseh
Lee. Unlike the
Chinese
Academy of Sciences in Beijing, which in the past had shared the same Latin
name, it has institutes for research in social sciences and the humanities.
