A new academic division of management science was established at the CAE assembly convened last June. Among the maximum of 87 domestic members to be elected this year, the new division will select up to seven members. There are three major selection criteria for the members in the division, according to Prof. Song Jian, CAE president. The principal condition is excellence in the candidate s research domain.
Preference is given to experience and achievement they have achieved in the field.
They should also be representative in the light of the current historical period. The candidates of this year, however, will be limited temporarily to the area of engineering management, he notes. The CAE will also select new foreign members, and no number limit will be set for them, says Prof. Wang Dianzuo, CAE vice president. All those foreign scholars and specialists who have made significant contributions to China s development of engineering science and technology and enjoy high academic reputations worldwide are eligible for the candidates of CAE foreign member, according to CAE statutes. At present the CAE has 18 foreign members.