CAS admits 64 Chinese, 20 foreign experts to its highest echelon

As for the foreign academicians, eight are from the United States, two from France, and one each from United Kingdom, Australia, Austria, Pakistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Canada, Sweden and Italy. 

There are five foreign academicians from countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, and it is the first time that experts from Kazakhstan and Italy are admitted as CAS academician. 

Three foreign academicians are Nobel laureates: 2016 chemistry laureate chemistry Bernard Lucas Feringa, 2018 physics laureate Gerard Albert Mourou, and 2001 chemistry laureate Karl Barry Sharpless.