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Director’s Welcome
It is a great pleasure to welcome you to the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP). Taking this opportunity, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to all the staffs in the institute who contribute their efforts in the research work, as well as to your strong support in my work. During the past few years, we have been trying hard to fulfill our mission to help IAP become one of the first-class institutes in CAS.
The year 1999 was the beginning of a new era for the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IAP/CAS). Since that time, the propulsion of the Knowledge Innovation Project has vitalized IAP, which has a glorious history and has seen resplendent success. IAP has made much effort and improved than ever. On the one hand, IAP has streamlined its process of research, focusing on the frontiers of international studies and corresponding to the needs of the nation, strengthening the construction of a team of talent, and making great investments in its comprehensive capacity. On the other hand, IAP has created a benign environment for the development of its staff by strengthening the scientific, democratic and systematic construction of the institute, building an excellent administrative mechanism, and optimizing the performance assessment mechanism, which has greatly improved the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of the staff. With new vital force, the scientific and technological output has been greatly increased, excellent talent emerges all the time, the fruit of international cooperations has become prominent; and the institute’s creativity has been enhanced constantly. No doubt, all these achievements form the strong and stable base for IAP to advance further and develop itself into a world-class research institute.
I am convinced that the tomorrow for IAP will be even brighter than today. And I believe we will build IAP into a first-class research institute in the world with sustainable creative ability in the atmospheric science field; to build IAP into a scientific research team characterized with high-level knowledge, reasonable age structure, and full vigor and vitality; and to construct IAP into a modern, efficient and highly internationalized research system. IAP has another abbreviation: Innovation, Association, Progress, which form the core of IAP's spirit. We are confident that we could bring the best of ourselves to the outside world.
 Wang Huijun Director and Professor |
