Beijing
China
Operator: EFEO
Established: 1997
Premises: Chinese Academy of Sciences

Head : Marianne Bujard

École française d'Extrême-Orient
Institute for the History of Natural Science
Chinese Academy of Sciences
137, Chaoyang mennei dajie
100010 Beijing
People's Republic of China
Tel/fax +86 10 6400 6999
efeo2002@yahoo.com.cn

Beijing

The Centre is currently part of a cooperative undertaking with the History of Science Institute. Other major partners include the Archaeology Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing University, the Normal University, and Tsinghua University.

Principal activities

  • Hydraulic systems and society in northern China
  • Taoism and local society: liturgical structures in central Human
  • Epigraphy and oral history of Beijing temples
  • Architecture and history of Ming and Qing coastal defences
  • Cultural and social history of printing and publishing in Huizhou