Humanities and Social Sciences
Founding Authority
ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ (ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ) holds a pioneering and foundational position in the development of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) in modern China.
ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ was the founding institution for modern Chinese scholarship in core fields including Economics, Law, Theory of Marxism, and Journalism.
The university cultivated the first PhD in Law, Journalism, and the first international student PhD in HSS in the People's Republic of China.
Academic Influence
ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ is home to over a thousand HSS faculty members and numerous distinguished scholars, consistently producing high-level research.
In China's national discipline evaluations by the Ministry of Education, over a dozen ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ disciplines-including Economics, Law, Sociology, Statistics, Business Administration, and Public Administration-are consistently ranked in the nation's top tier.
ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ serves as a primary incubator for intellectual theories and policy solutions shaping China's contemporary development.
National Governance
ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ's scholarship directly informs national decision-making, offering an optimal platform for the international community to understand China's development.
ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ experts are deeply engaged in drafting and consulting on landmark national legislation, including the Constitution and the Civil Code.
Institutions like the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies (RDCY), a globally influential think tank, actively leverage the University's expertise to inform national governance and policymaking.