Chinese Association of Social Psychology (CASP) is a non-governmental academic organization for Chinese social psychologists. The primary missions of the association are to give social psychologists opportunities to exchange their academic conceptions and research experiences, to promote research in social psychology, to develop social psychological theories, and to serve for the modernization of China.

The Chinese Association of Social Psychology, initially named as the Chinese Association of Social Psychological Research, was established in April of 1982, in Beijing. Soon the association changed to its current name in December of 1983, Professor Chen Yuanhui was the president of the first two terms of the association¡¯s executive council. In 1990 and 1995, the association voted its third and fourth terms of the council and Professor Shen Decan was elected as its president. In 2001, the fifth terms of the association¡¯s executive council was elected and Professor Feng Bolin was its president The association is composed of five divisions, including the Division of Theory and Instruction, the Division of Economical and Organizational Psychology, the Division of Ethnic and Cultural Psychology, the Division of Military Psychology, and the Division of Journalism and Communication Psychology.

After the establishment of the association, 16 provinces (autonomous regions, and municipalities) set up regional associations of social psychology. These regional associations are affiliated to the CASP. The association now has about 2,000 personal members working in universities or colleges, institutes of social sciences or humanities, as well as other relevant institutions. Journal of Social Psychology (quarterly) is the academic journal of the association and was initiated in 1990.