The Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) () is an agricultural university located in

Haikou Haikou (; ), also spelled as Hoikow is the capital and most populous city of the Chinese province of Hainan. Haikou city is situated on the northern coast of Hainan, by the mouth of the Nandu River. The northern part of the city is on the ...

City, Hainan Province, China. The academy was founded in 1954 in Guangzhou. It later moved to

Danzhou Danzhou () is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of the Chinese island province of Hainan. Although called a "city", Danzhou administers a large area which was called Dan County or Danxian () until 1993. The administrative seat and ur ...

, Hainan, and then to its current location in the south part of Haikou, beside the Hainan Medical College. Today, the academy has more than 3,000 staff members, 2,000 of which are involved in research work.

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* {{authority control Universities and colleges in Hainan Organizations based in Haikou 1954 establishments in China