摘要
The Chinese Academy of Sciences South America Center for Astronomy (CASSACA),also known as China-Chile Joint Center for Astronomy (CCJCA),is one of the overseas research centers initiated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to develop cooperation in science and technology with other countries.Its sponsoring institution in China is the National Astronomical Observatories (NAOC)of CAS in Beijing,and it is hosted in Chile by the University of Chile's Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.