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Introduction to the Research Office of the History of the International Communist Movement

About the Institute

The History of the International Communist Movement Research Office is one of the three research offices under the Department of International Communist Movement Studies at the Institute of Marxism Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). Its primary research focuses include the fundamental issues of the history of the international communist movement; the synthesis of historical experiences and lessons from the movement; the study of major events and figures within its history; and research into the contemporary world communist movement. The office currently consists of four researchers: one Senior Researcher (Grade II) [1], one Associate Researcher, and two Assistant Researchers.

Director of the Research Office: Pan Xihua Members of the Research Office: Pan Jin’e, Wang Zifeng, Wang You

In recent years, the office has leveraged its participation in the Institute’s "Innovation Projects" [2] to drive the training and development of its research team. The collective projects in which the Research Office has recently participated include:

  1. The Institute’s Category-A Innovation Project: "Historical Mirrors of the International Communist Movement" [3].
  2. The Institute’s Category-A Innovation Project: "Research on New Developments in Global Socialist Trends and Movements."
  3. A sub-project of the General Academic History of Chinese Marxism: "The Academic History of the International Communist Movement."
  4. Drafting Volumes 2, 3, and 7 of the History of the Development of Marxism.
  5. Compiling the textbook Theory and Practice of Reform in Foreign Socialist States.

During the process of participating in these innovation projects, the Research Office has published collective works, the most representative of which is A Concise Chronology of the History of Socialist Development (edited by Lin Jianhua, Contemporary China Publishing House, December 2022).

Furthermore, by assisting the Research Department in hosting domestic and international academic conferences, such as the "International Communist Movement Forum," the office has broadened its academic horizons and strengthened team cohesion. Through the implementation of investigative research [4] regarding the disciplinary construction of the international communist movement, the office actively offers suggestions and strategies to promote the development of the field.