According to the local Hui Life Network, China Academy of Sciences, referred to as CAS, is the highest academic institution for people's science and technology in China, the national comprehensive research and development center for natural science and high technology, and a directly affiliated institution of the State Council. Established in Beijing in June 1949 1 1. China Academy of Social Sciences, directly led by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and directly affiliated to the State Council, is the highest academic institution and national comprehensive research center of philosophy and social sciences in China, with ministerial status. Its predecessor was 1955, the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences of China Academy of Sciences. China Institute of Engineering was established in Beijing on June 3rd, 1994. It is the highest honor and consulting academic institution in the field of engineering technology in China, and the institution directly under the State Council.