摘要
<正>The Chinese Associaon for Laboratory Animal Sciences(CALAS) was founded in 1987. Qian Xin-zhong, the former minister of the Ministry of Health, was the president of the fi rst session of the Council. CALAS has now completed seven sessions of the Council. The current president is Prof. Chuan Qin, the director of the Instute of Laboratory Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences(CAMS) & Peking Union Medical College(PUMC).