| Type: | Professional organization |
| Key People: | Gong Qihuang |
| Chinese Optical Society | |
| Abbreviation: | COS |
| Founded Date: | December 20, 1979 |
| Founder: | Wang Daheng Gong Zutong Qian Linzhao |
| Location: | Haidian District, Beijing, China |
| Area Served: | China |
| Focus: | Optics and photonics |
| Num Members: | 15,000 |
| Parent Organization: | China Association for Science and Technology |
Chinese Optical Society (; abbreviated COS) is a professional association of individuals with an interest in optics and photonics. It sponsored the Chinese Optics Letters, a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on optics. As of 2019, the society has 21 specialized committees and 7 working committees with more than 15,000 individual members.
The Chinese Optical Society was established by Wang Daheng, Gong Zutong and Qian Linzhao on December 20, 1979. In 1987, it became a member of the International Commission for Optics (ICO).[1]
| No. | Name | Chinese name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese: 王大珩 | |||
| 2 | Wang Daheng | Chinese: 王大珩 | ||
| 3 | Wang Daheng | Chinese: 王大珩 | ||
| 4 | Chinese: 母国光 | |||
| 5 | Mu Guoguang | Chinese: 母国光 | ||
| 6 | Zhou Bingkun | Chinese: 周炳琨 | ||
| 7 | Zhou Bingkun | Chinese: 周炳琨 | ||
| 8 | Chinese: 龚旗煌 | [2] |