Acoustical Society of China (ASC) is the only professional society in acoustics in China, and a nongovernmental organization affiliated to China Association for Science and Technology. As a union of acoustical scholars throughout China, ASC dedicates to the development of science and technology in the field of acoustics, and to the promotion of popularization and exchange of relevant knowledge.

ASC was established in 1985, based on the Sub-Society of Acoustics, Chinese Physical Society, and the Applied Acoustical Society, Chinese Institute of Electronics. The membership is about 4900 at present. It has 10 branch societies and 14 provincial societies keeping abreast of developments and needs of the membership in their specialized fields or local areas. Those branches include physical acoustics, underwater acoustics, environmental acoustics, audio engineering, speech/hearing and music acoustics, biomedical ultrasonic engineering, detection ultrasonics, sono-electronics, nonlinear acoustics,acoustic media and information. There are 6 working councils for different affairs of the society, including the scientific communication, scientific popularization, organization, international affairs, technical consultancy, and youth member affairs. The society publishes 3 academic journals, i.e., ACTA ACUSTICA (both in Chinese and English), Noise and Vibration Control (in Chinese), and Applied Acoustics (in Chinese). The society has established 2 acoustical awards since 2008, i.e., the Dah-You Maa Acoustical Award and the Best Paper Award for Chinese Youth Conference on Acoustics(CYCA).

ASC is also very active in the international professional affairs in acoustics. It has been a Member Society of the International Institute of Noise Control Engineering (I-INCE) since 1982, of the Western Pacific Acoustics Conference (WESPAC) since 1988, of the International Commission on Acoustics(ICA) and International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) allied in UNESCO, since 1998, and of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV) since 2009. ASC successfully organized a series of international conferences, including the 16^thand 37^th International Congresses on Noise Control Engineering (INTER-NOISE'1987 and '2008), the 14^th International Congress on Acoustics (ICA’1992), the 1^st joint World Congress on Ultrasonics - Ultrasonics International (WCU/UI'2005), and many bilateral conferences on acoustics.