The Center for Central American and the Caribbean Studies (CCACS) at the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), established in August 2006, is to coordinate ILAS scholars’ research on Central America and the Caribbean, facilitate the dissemination of the knowledge about the two sub-regions in China, furnish the Chinese business sector with their market information, and promote the friendship between the peoples in China and in Central America and the Caribbean.

 

    The Center’s research interests cover political, economic, diplomatic, social and cultural affairs of Central America and the Caribbean. It endeavors to promote academic work by organizing conferences, symposiums or lectures. It also seeks to develop academic relations with its counterparts in Central America and the Caribbean.