Academia Sinica held its biennial Convocation of Academicians from July 1st to July 4th culminating in the announcement of the 2008 list of Academicians on July 4th 2008. This year, total of 19 new Academicians were elected.

Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (8)

Steven Gwon Sheng Louie, Thomas S. Huang, Victor Zue, Ralph T. Yang, Shung-Wu(Andy) Lee, Paul T. P. Ho,
Lin I, Yuan-Pern Lee

Division of Life Sciences (7)

Li-Huei Tsai, Cheng-Ming Chuong, Wah Chiu, Kuan-Teh Jeang, Jen Sheen, Jen-Kun Lin, Hung-wen Liu

Division of Humanities and Social Sciences (4)

Jin-Chuan Duan, Chin-Shing Huang, Ping Wang, Guangda Zhang