Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics (CSAA) is academic, non-profit national legal entity based on voluntary membership of scientists and engineers in the field of aeronautics and astronautics. CSAA was established and legally registered in February 1964, providing service related to aeronautics and astronautics for its members. It is member of the China’s Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and full member society of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS) on behalf of the Chinese scientific and technological community.
CSAA now has 350 corporate members and over 130,000 officially registered individual members. There are 56 technical committees, covering nearly all the aeronautical disciplines. Eight member stations were established in member-condensed area to better provide service. Local societies of aeronautics and astronautics were established in 20 provinces, regions and municipalities.