In September 1999, by the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau and the approval of the Central Bureau for Comparative Politics and Economic Research Center was formally established, and today, Comparative Politics and Economic Research Center has gone through a 10-year history, is about to enter a new stage of development. In the past 10 years, in the YU Ke-ping, director of the researchers, led by all the Center's serious academic research, and actively participate in the cause of reform and development, after 10 years of hard work at home and abroad has gradually become significantly influenced by think-tanks. It can be said, the center's growth and China's reform and development of fate, the Center involved in the cause of reform and development, while the progressive development and growth. Next, I overview the development of research centers, development experience and future prospects, etc. to be summarized in three areas.
Center for Comparative Political and Economic Studies, The Development
Comparative Political and Economic Research Center is relying on the formation of the Institute of Contemporary Marxism, non-profit academic research institutions. Research Center was first established clearly its own goals, which is to conduct research and engage in decision-making consultation as the main task of working through their own academic research for the central decision-making services, and for the socialist modernization, and strive to become home and abroad the impact of think tanks. 10 years, Wei Jian-Cheng, the Secretary and members of Bureau and the correct leadership and strong support from YU Ke-ping, Professor Director of the Center all the Center's researchers led by emancipating the mind, pioneering and innovative, all worked so hard, the center of all aspects of work have achieved a spectacular success.
(A) is active follow-up of international academic forefront of efforts to study China's real problems in academic research has achieved fruitful results.
Center researchers have concentrated on academic research, has made great academic achievements. The past 10 years, the Center researchers have published papers in China and abroad a total of more than 700 articles, monographs published over 50 book, edited 111, translated the 30.
Center researchers have not only committed to do "heaven of knowledge", also making efforts to do, "earth of knowledge," the main focus of academic research to track and research cutting-edge contemporary international academic question two aspects of the realities of China initiated.
In the follow-up study of contemporary international academic front, the Center has published the "forefront of the contemporary Western academic papers on", "contemporary Western mainstream academic masterpiece译丛", "Deliberative Democracy译丛", "the world's political system," and other series of books, the first introduced in the country to introduce and globalization, governance and good governance, risk society, social capital, civil society and the third sector, Deliberative Democracy, Third Way, social innovation and social enterprises and other cutting-edge contemporary international academic theory. At present these theories have been or are becoming widely accepted by the academic community of academic discourse.
Center researchers dedicated to the study of modern China is of great practical significance of the theoretical issues of great theoretical significance and practical problems. Centered around the government innovation, democratic governance, and ecological civilization, and other major theoretical and practical issues research, has published "Essays on Reinventing Government, Peking University," "ecological civilization Series", "Chinese Democracy Governance Research Series" and other series from the book, laid the Center in the relevant field of research academic status.
Center for scholars in the following research on the issue gained widespread academic recognition: civil society, governance and good governance, globalization, and political innovation, and dynamic stability, incremental democracy, risk society, local democracy, democratic governance, inner-party democracy, clean government and so on. They have been or are becoming influential experts and scholars in these fields.
(B) The Center actively seek external support to undertake the task a lot of issues and policy advisory work, becoming active in home and abroad as an important think-tank.
Center as a think-tank of China attaches great importance to measures of research and applied research, with a view to the process of China's social development have a positive impact. Actively seek external support for this center, organized a large number of research projects and decision-making consultation work. According to incomplete statistics, the research center in the past 10 years, host and participate in various subjects up to 200 items, the 30 research centers in less than a complete an annual average of more than 20 items of the subject.
Research Center, a positive commitment to the National Social Science Fund major issues, the central leadership of departments and relevant national ministries delegate or bidding issues, through their own research projects for the central decision-making departments to provide advice. Center since its inception hosted and participated in the Central Office, the Central Organization Department, the Central Propaganda Department, the Central Policy Research Office of Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Finance, in the compilation of Office, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Education and other central ministries and commissions of the countermeasures research on many important issues. Center is charged with the important issues in this regard include: globalization and national sovereignty; the new era of political development and political reform; the ruling party changes in governance and constitutional construction of research; to promote innovation in government management studies; contemporary governance and global governance issues; economic globalization and national sovereignty; system, the transition period of social stability; corruption and anti-corruption research; deepening the social management system research; Chinese civil society organizations, registration and management reform. Centers with their own high-quality research report on the achievement of the aim of serving as a central decision-making.
Research Center actively develop cooperation with local authorities, in cooperation with local authorities to achieve a mutually beneficial win-win situation. Centers, with Shanghai Pudong Kong, Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, Xiamen Special Economic Zone, Chengdu, and a series of reform and opening up one step ahead of the local government has established close cooperative relations bear a great deal of research in this area. Center commitment in this respect the important topics include: Overseas Scholars on the Chinese special economic zones; a socialist ecological civilization studies; inner-party democratic system innovation.
Research Center has also worked for international organizations, domestic and international support of various foundations, as well as cooperation with famous foreign universities to engage in a variety of major research projects. Center in this area as the major topics include: Chinese local government reform and innovation, research and award programs; Chinese civil society in the development of the institutional environment; reform and opening up of China's non-governmental organization and governance; rural governance in international comparison; villagers analysis of the political culture of self-government ; Chinese governance changes in 30 years; Chinese governance assessment framework. It is particularly worth mentioning is that "China's Local Government reform and innovation, research and Award Scheme" has become the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau of Comparative Political and Economic Research Center in a beautiful card. This project has so far launched four "China Local Government Innovation Award" The adjudication process, there is more than 500 projects of local governments to declare the 1182 Local Government Innovation Award for the last four China. "China's Local Innovation Award" in promoting reform and innovation in local government played a very active role. Center "China's Local Government Award" selected on the basis of in-depth research, development out of "The Chinese government innovative research brief", "China Local Government Innovation Case Study", "China's Annual Report on Reinventing Government", "The Chinese Government Innovation communication "(electronic version) series of academic products, open innovation and the Chinese government website, hosted the Sixth China Forum on Reinventing Government to improve the center's community visibility. Research undertaken by UNDP-funded "China's Governance Framework for Assessment" project in the country equally groundbreaking, Yu-ping to the development of "China Governance Framework for Assessment" in the country had a very good social effects.
(C) is active and important think tanks at home and abroad to establish cooperative partnerships to make their own academic research base in China, to the world, in the dialogue and exchanges and cooperation in the development and growth itself.
Center to study contemporary China's political, economic and social responsibility issues, while relying on domestic resources, the world to carry out Chinese studies, efforts to promote academic research in China into the world.
Center for a total of 10 years, sponsored or co-sponsored a national symposium 38 times, 11 times the International Symposium. Centered on the globalization and modernization of China, the Beijing consensus and the Chinese model, theory and practice of government innovation and social innovation, governance assessment of China held a series of major themes such as international and domestic academic conferences to promote dialogue and exchange of scholars at home and abroad. The past 10 years, the Center researchers to the United States, Britain, Germany, Japan and other countries to visit more than 200 times. Center researchers figure more and more in China and the international academic arena, more and more and more given his own voice.
Center researchers also note that in English and other languages of Chinese scholars, especially in downtown display of research results. Organized by the Center published a "well-known scholar of contemporary China Essays," the papers on the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2009 is resonating well praised by the central leadership. Center researchers published in English Xueshulunwen more than 10 articles, six books published in English, the Center researchers, a number of books have been translated into Japanese, French, German and other languages published. Center for Scholars through the use of internationally accepted academic language of international academic exchange, external display since the reform and opening up China's progress and achievements to enhance the world's understanding of China. The same time, exchanges with international counterparts, the Center also constantly upgrade their academic research.
Center positive and important think tanks at home and abroad to carry out cooperative research and academic exchanges at home and abroad has many well-known partners, they include: The party and the government's policy research department, the Central Party School and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and other research institutions, Peking University, Tsinghua University University, Renmin University of China, Zhejiang University, Shenzhen University and other domestic colleges and universities, the Chinese Society of Economic Reform, China (Hainan) Reform Development Institute and other important think-tanks, the United States Harvard University, Russia St. Petersburg University, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, Germany, Du Iraq Johannesburg University, Waseda University, Japan and other foreign universities. Distinguished guests here are our long-term partner, is our old friend, for all the support given to the Center a long time we express our heartfelt gratitude.
(D) The Center is doing the subject at the same time produce results to develop a pool of talent to form a unity and cooperation and diligent and efficient research team.
When the newly established center, a total of more than 20 researchers, of whom the vast majority of the researchers to obtain master's degree, doctorate researchers accounted for 40% of the proportion, they have at least proficient in a foreign language, the main research areas involving civil society , China's politics, corruption, comparative economic systems, globalization, social capital and so on. After 10 years of history, these researchers in related areas of research have made some contribution, in academia formed a certain extent. Present, the Center more than 80% of researchers has obtained through in-service study for a doctorate, more than half of researchers are studying abroad experience. Center has formed a unity and cooperation and diligent and efficient research team, in the academic group won a good reputation. Center, many researchers have employed as many domestic famous universities part-time professor and doctoral tutor, academic members of the Committee or the Academic Advisor, Center for Prof. Ke-Ping Yu also served as a visiting professor at colleges and universities of foreign countries, and an honorary doctorate. Some scholars have become the center of their field of study has a certain impact experts. Center for young researchers through participation in research projects and field studies, as well as abroad, training and other means of sending people to grow up rapidly. Center has formed an academic from different age groups and academic leaders formed the backbone of the academic echelon, has tremendous potential for further development. Central leadership by example, strive to create a relaxed freedom, united and harmonious, transparent participation, fairness, impartiality, expertise and resources in a good academic atmosphere of the Center researchers to play a talent tempered and has provided a broad stage.
Comparative Political and Economic Research Center's development experience
Comparative Politics and Economic Research Center Naishi a microcosm of Chinese-style think tank, which has a certain representation of the development process, the development experience is worth a careful review. Taken together, the Center has been able to grow and to some extent, play the role of think tanks, mainly in the following six areas of experience:
First, always adhere to "as the central decision-making services, for the socialist modernization," the purpose of an independent, objective and high-quality policy research and decision-making at all levels of party and government decision-making advice to win this primary user group's trust and support .
Second, we must track the forefront of international academic and research policy of attaching equal importance to China's practical problems, the strategy of research and provide a solid theoretical support and a solid empirical basis.
Third, always adhere to the scientific method of comparative study on China and the foreign country, between different regions of the domestic economic, political and social development, institutional mechanisms and innovative practices to carry out multi-disciplinary, cross-regional comparative study, in comparison to explore way to solve China's problems.
Fourth, we always adhere to its base in China, to the world the direction of development, centering on the core task of contemporary Chinese studies with the dialogue and exchanges and cooperation with counterparts at home and abroad in its own voice to enhance their research.
Fifth, always adhere to both hands out the achievements and talent development strategies, to young researchers take the stage exerted pressure on them and create a favorable academic atmosphere, forging unity and cooperation of the research team full of combat effectiveness to achieve results and talent out of a double harvest.
Sixth, always adhere to emancipating the mind, pioneering and enterprising spirit, according to mandate changes in the situation and promptly adjust the research center's organizational structure, institutional mechanisms and research priorities, and strive to achieve with the times, full of vigor.
Comparative Political and Economic Research Center of the Future
In the center the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the center person in charge of all the Center's researchers participate in and support of the Center's organizational structure has been a major adjustment, set up a government innovation and research, social innovation and research, democracy and governance research, comparative Economic Research, ecological civilization, and social survey research laboratory and six other research, the appointment of six key research person in charge: they are: Yang Xuedong, Zhou Hongyun, Chen Gang, LAI Rong, Feng Lei and Xue-Lian Chen. And further defined the main direction for future research centers, each laboratory have established their own core research team.
In the party's 17 successful conclusion of the Fourth Plenary Session and the 60th anniversary of National Day celebration just around the corner with great rejoicing, the reason we hold this symposium to discuss China's development issues think tank, and thus to mark the 10th anniversary of the establishment of more centers, the purpose of is to boost morale, new start, and you think-tank friends at home and abroad to join hands to promote China's progress, and together to meet the Chinese think tank better tomorrow.