The Chinese Physical Society (CPS) was founded in 1932.
　　CPS is an academic organization under the leadership of the China Association for Science and Technology. Its purpose is to promote the development and popularization of physics. The CPS at present includes about 40000 members. The national congress of CPS representatives is held every four years, which elects members of the national council. The national council elects the executive council, as well as the president, vice-presidents and the secretary-general. The associate secretary-generals are appointed by the executive council. The national council meets every one or two years, the executive council meets every three months.
　　Beneath the executive council are eight working commissions and one office. CPS is at present composed of 31 provincial societies, 28 sub-societies and specialized committees. The society publishes 11 academic journals, and 11 others are published by the sub-societies or specialized committees. The society has established 7 physics awards and their selection committees.
　　CPS has been a member of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) since 1984 and of the Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies (AAPPS) since 1990. Cooperation and scientific exchanges between CPS and other countries/regions’ physical societies have greatly increased in recent years.

President:
　　 ZHAN Wen-long

Vice-Presidents:
　　WANG Yu-peng
        WANG En-ge
        ZHU Shao-ping
        ZHU Bang-fen
        ZHANG Chuang

Secretary-General: WANG Yu-peng

Organizations in the Society：
　　National Council
　　Executive Council
　　　　Office of the Chinese Physical Society
　　　　Commission on Academic Exchange
　　　　Commission on Science and Technology Popularization
　　　　Commission on Publications
　　　　Commission on Physics Education
　　　　Commission on Physics Nomenclature
　　　　Commission on Consultation
　　　　Commission on Women in Physics
　　　　Commission on International Exchange

Specialized Committees:
　　Committee on High Energy Physics
　　Committee on Nuclear Physics
　　Committee on Plasma Physics
　　Committee on Atomic and Molecular Physics
　　Committee on Microwave Spectroscopy
　　Committee on Optical Physics
　　Committee on Light Scattering
　　Committee on Quantum Optics
　　Committee on Luminescence
　　Committee on Electrostatics
　　Committee on Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and Statistical Physics
　　Committee on Semiconductor Physics
　　Committee on Magnetism
　　Committee on Surface and Interface Physics
　　Committee on Amorphous State Physics
　　Committee on Defects in Solids
　　Committee on Phase Diagrams
　　Committee on Low Temperature Physics
　　Committee on High Pressure Physics
　　Committee on Liquid Crystals
　　Committee on Dielectrics
　　Committee on Internal Friction and Supersonic Attenuation
　　Committee on X-ray Diffraction
　　Committee on Gravitation and Relativistic Astrophysics
　　Committee on Electronic Spectroscopy
　　Committee on Mass Spectroscopy
　　Committee on Accelerators
　　Committee on Synchrotron Radiation

Publications:
　　Chinese Physics Letters (monthly, in English)
　　Chinese Physics B (monthly, in English)
　　Chinese Physics C (monthly, in English)
　　Wuli (Physics) (monthly, in Chinese)
　　Acta Physica Sinica (semi-monthly, in Chinese)
　　Progress in Physics (quarterly, in Chinese)
　　Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics (bimonthly, in English)
　　College Physics (monthly, in Chinese)
　　Physics Teaching (monthly, in Chinese)
　　Communications in Theoretical Physics (monthly, in English)
　　Journal of Chinese Electron Microscopy Society (bimonthly, in Chinese)
　　Chinese Journal of Magnetic Resonance (quarterly, in Chinese and English)
　　Chinese Journal of High Pressure Physics (quarterly, in Chinese)
　　Chinese Journal of Luminescence (bimonthly, in Chinese)
　　Physics Teaching in the Secondary Specialized School (quarterly, in Chinese)
　　International Physics Education Newsletter (semi-annual, in Chinese and English)
　　Acta Sinica Quantum Optica (quarterly, in Chinese)
　　Chinese Journal of Light Scattering (quarterly, in Chinese)
　　Chinese Journal of Atomic and Molecular Physics (quarterly, in Chinese and English)
　　Modern Physics (bimonthly, in Chinese)
　　Chinese Journal of Low Temperature Physics (quarterly, in Chinese and English)
　　Nuclear Physics Review (quarterly, in Chinese)

Prizes Awarded by CPS:
　　HU Gang-fu (HU Kang-fuh) Prize (for Experimental Techniques)
　　RAO Yu-tai (YAO Yu-tai) Prize (for Optics, Acoustics, Atomic and Molecular Physics)
　　YE Qi-sun (YEH Chi-sun) Prize (for Condensed Matter Physics)
　　WU You-xun (WOO Yui-hsun) Prize (for Nuclear Physics)
　　WANG Gan-chang (WANG Kan-chang) Prize (for Particle Physics and Inertia Confinement Nuclear Fusion)
　　XIE Xi-de () Prize (for Women in Physics)
　　HUANG Kun () Prize (for Solid Physics and Semiconductor Physics)

Conferences and Academic Meetings Sponsored by CPS:
　　　　Domestic ~ 50/year, International ~ 10/year


Office of the Chinese Physical Society
P.O. Box 603, Beijing 100190, P.R. China
Tel./Fax:   86-10-82649019
Email:   cps@aphy.iphy.ac.cn
CPS Website:   www.cps-net.org.cn