Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
The Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS; ) was founded in 1958 and is China's oldest think tank for the humanities and social sciences. It is the country's second largest such institution, after the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in Beijing. Besides funds from the municipal government of Shanghai, the academy draws financial support from non-governmental sources at home and abroad.

Relationship with the Shanghai State Security Bureau 
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has stated that SASS frequently provides cover to intelligence operatives of the Ministry of State Security (MSS)'s Shanghai State Security Bureau. The FBI adds that the MSS "uses SASS employees as spotters and assessors."

See also

 Center of Jewish Studies Shanghai
 Chinese Academy of Social Science
 Chinese Academy of Science
 Scientific publishing in China

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Shanghai State Security Bureau
Research institutes in China
Education in Shanghai
Organizations established in 1958
1958 establishments in China
Science and technology in the People's Republic of China
Organizations based in Shanghai