Academia Sinica (English name)

Japanese: 中央研究院 - ちゅうおうけんきゅういん（英語表記）Zhōng yáng yán jiū yuàn

The highest research institute in the Republic of China. The predecessor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Its English name is Academia Sinica. It was founded in June 1928 using the Academia Sinica, a graduate school in the Republic of China, as its parent. Its first president was Cai Yuanpei. It initially had eight research institutes: physics, chemistry, astronomy, meteorology, geology, engineering (civil engineering and architecture), social science, and history and linguistics. It was later expanded to include psychology, zoology, botany, mathematics, and medicine. It was regarded as a central institution in the establishment of a research system by the Nationalist government after the successful Northern Expedition, and lived up to these expectations by achieving far greater results than during the rule of the Beiyang warlords, but the path to development was blocked by the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中華民国の最高研究機関。中国科学院の前身。英名はAcademia Sinica。1928年6月に，中華民国大学院中央研究院を母体として創立された。初代院長は蔡元培。初め物理，化学，天文，気象，地質，工程(土木建築)，社会科学，歴史語言の8研究所で発足し，のち心理，動物，植物，数学，医学等の研究所が増設された。北伐成功後の国民政府による研究体制確立の中心的機構として重視され，その期待にこたえて北洋軍閥の支配時期に比べれば格段の成果をあげたが，日中戦争のため発展の道を閉ざされた。

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