Award Ceremony for Social Sciences in China Best Articles of 2022 Held in Beijing
Reporting from CSSN (Reporter: Gao Ying) — On June 21, the award ceremony for the Social Sciences in China 2022 Best Articles was held in Beijing. Zhen Zhanmin, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), member of the Party Leadership Group, and Director of the Editorial Committee of Social Sciences in China, attended the event. Fang Jun, Deputy Secretary-General of CASS and Editor-in-Chief of the Social Sciences in China Press, presided over the activity and announced the list of award recipients.
Leaders and experts, including Zhen Zhanmin, presented awards to the authors and author representatives of the winning articles. (Photo by CSSN reporter Zhu Gaolei)
The winners of the Social Sciences in China 2022 Best Articles were: "On the Communist Party of China's View of Modernization" (Wu Zhongmin, Issue 7, 2022); "The Ontology of the Verb and the Creator's Horizon" (Zhao Tingyang, Issue 8, 2022); "The Role of Government in Catching Up in Emerging Technological Industries: A New Perspective on Industrial Policy Research" (He Jun, Issue 11, 2022); "On the Transformation of Thinking in the Implementation of the Civil Code: From Special Law Thinking to Codification Thinking" (Wang Liming, Issue 3, 2022); "Reform and Opening-up and the Discursive Narrative of the Reconstruction of Chinese Sociology: Taking the Life Courses of 40 Sociologists as an Example" (Zhou Xiaohong, Issue 12, 2022); "The Reconstruction of the Concept of Knowledge and the Developmental Path of International Relations Theory: An Analysis Based on the Critique of Three Major Theories" (Qin Yaqing, Issue 9, 2022); "The Evolution of the Six Arts and the Formation of Classical Chinese Scholarship" (Wang Xiuchen, Issue 4, 2022); and "On the So-called Zhao-Mu System" [1] (Zhu Fenghan, Issue 1, 2022). Zhen Zhanmin and others presented awards to the authors and commissioning editors [2] of the winning articles.
Leaders and experts, including Zhen Zhanmin, presented awards to the commissioning editors of the winning articles. (Photo by CSSN reporter Zhu Gaolei)
Fang Jun introduced the selection process. He stated that the Party Leadership Group of CASS attaches great importance to and is deeply concerned with the selection of the Social Sciences in China Best Articles. Under the guidance of CASS leadership, the Social Sciences in China Press has successfully held two annual selection events since 2021, and the selection process and results have elicited a broad response within the academic community. Building on previous experiences, this selection optimized and improved its methodology. Through these revisions, the scientific and rigorous nature of the selection rules has become more prominent, providing an institutional guarantee for the selection of the Best Articles in a more fair, open, and impartial manner.
Fang Jun pointed out that the emergence of academic classics in the modern sense is the result of the interaction of numerous factors. Among these, the test of authors, readers, and history is paramount; journals and editors, acting as intermediaries, are also vital. While works selected as Social Sciences in China Best Articles may not necessarily become academic classics, the selection process itself represents an effort toward the birth of such classics. Inevitably, there may be deficiencies and shortcomings in the selection work, and it is hoped that colleagues in the academic community will offer valuable opinions and suggestions to help Social Sciences in China run more effectively, contributing to the accelerated construction of a philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics, the construction of China's autonomous knowledge system [3], and the building of a modern civilization of the Chinese nation.
Wu Zhongmin, author of "On the Communist Party of China's View of Modernization," and Li Lingjing, commissioning editor of "Reform and Opening-up and the Discursive Narrative of the Reconstruction of Chinese Sociology," spoke on behalf of the winning authors and editors, respectively.
Participants in the event included some expert representatives from the Final Selection Committee for the Social Sciences in China 2022 Best Articles, heads of relevant functional departments and research units of CASS, and relevant personnel from the Social Sciences in China Press.
Scene from the award ceremony. (Photo by CSSN reporter Zhu Gaolei)
It is reported that this selection for the Social Sciences in China Best Articles was officially launched in March 2023. The scope of selection covered all 124 articles published in Social Sciences in China in 2022, spanning ten disciplines: Marxist theory, philosophy, economics, law, sociology, political science (public administration), international studies, literature, journalism and communication, and history. The selection criteria focused on "insisting on the high degree of unity among political, ideological, and academic qualities; possessing original ideas, theories, and viewpoints; maintaining frontier relevance in problems and methods; and featuring substantial academic analysis." The aim is to better promote high-quality works and drive theoretical and academic innovation.