Chinese Society for Immunology (CSI) was founded in 1984. Now it has over 2500 members, among whom 1000 are members of International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS). There are six official periodicals in Chinese, i.e., Chinese Journal of Immunology, Immunological Journal, Current Immunology, Chinese Journal of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Chinese Journal of Cancer Biotherapy, Chinese Journal of Neuroimmunology and Neurology, and one Journal in English, i.e., Cellular & Molecular Immunology published by CSI.
The Society has seven academic committees in different fields as follows: The Basic Immunology Committee, The Clinical Immunology Committee, The Committee for Tumor Immunology and Bio-therapy, The Reproductive Immunology Committee, The Neuro-immunology Committee, The Veterinary Immunology Committee, and The Committee for Terms in Immunology.
The current President of CSI is Professor Xuetao Cao, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering. The current vice presidents are Professors Boquan Jin, Dexian Zheng, Xueguang Zhang, Feili Gong, and Zhigang Tian. The Secretary-General is Professor Wei He. Among the 76 council members, four are members of Chinese Academy of Sciences or Chinese Academy of Engineering.
The Society convenes regular national conferences and workshops on immunology to promote exchange of knowledge and experiences in the fields. It is also responsible training courses and symposia with different topics, which cover virtually all areas of contemporary immunology and biomedicine, such as neuro-immune-endocrine holistic regulatory systems, cell signal transduction, cell activation, gene transfer, cell growth and death. To promote international academic exchange, CSI hosted an international symposium on immunology in 1996, which had over 200 participants from 13 Countries and Regions, and an international conference on immunology in 1999 in Shanghai.
A special meeting named the 973 Fragrant Hill Scientific Symposium on Immunology was held by the Chinese Academy of Sciences & the Chinese Academy of Engineering in the 2001. Following this, the Chinese Society for Immunology holds regularly workshops on advanced Immunology once a year with domestic and oversea participants. |