An Introduction to the China Society of Political Economy
The China Association of Political Economy (CAPE) is a national first-level academic society [1] under the supervision of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and formally registered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China. It is dedicated to theoretical research and academic exchange in the field of political economy.
CAPE is a nationwide, academic, non-profit social organization formed voluntarily by domestic scholars. It is a national social science academic society that maintains key contact with the National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences [2]. The members and directors of the Association are all teaching and research professionals from universities and research institutes engaged in the theory, practice, and policy research and teaching of Marxist political economy.
The predecessor of CAPE was the China Society for Systematic Research on Socialist Economic Laws (abbreviated as the China Society of Economic Laws), which was formally established in November 1983. On December 9, 2018, with the approval of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China (Civil Letter [2018] No. 182), the China Society for Systematic Research on Socialist Economic Laws was formally renamed the China Association of Political Economy.
The mission of CAPE is to persist in taking Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the Theory of Three Represents, the Scientific Outlook on Development, and Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as its guidance. Its aims include: conducting in-depth research on major theoretical issues in Marxist political economy and major practical issues in the economic development of contemporary China and the world; fully exerting the cohesion and influence of academic organizations over domestic scholars of political economy; conducting in-depth research on Xi Jinping’s economic thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a New Era; providing intellectual support for socialist modernization; and serving the theoretical innovation of political economy with Chinese characteristics.
The administrative agency of CAPE is the CASS Institute of Marxism Studies. Its current President is Research Fellow Hou Weimin, Director of the CASS Center for Research on Marxist Economic and Social Development. Professor Cheng Enfu, Member of the CASS Academic Division [3], Chief Professor of the University of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and renowned Marxist economist, serves as the Honorary President. A large group of prominent domestic Marxist economists serve as advisors to the Association, including CASS Specially Invited Consultant Liu Guoguang, CASS Honorary Member of the Academic Division Yu Zuyao, Professor Hong Yuanpeng of Fudan University, Professor Wu Xuangong of Xiamen University, and Professor Li Jianping of Fujian Normal University. The Secretariat of CAPE is permanently located at the CASS Institute of Marxism Studies. Research Fellow Wang Zhongbao, Executive Editor-in-Chief and Director of the Editorial Department of the World Review of Political Economy, serves as the Secretary-General.
The official journal of CAPE is Political Economy Research (International Serial Number ISSN: 2096-9090; domestic serial number CN: 31-2176/F0), with Professor Cheng Enfu serving as the Editor-in-Chief.
Currently, CAPE holds a major national academic symposium annually; since its establishment, it has successfully held thirty-three annual academic conferences and numerous specialized seminars. The Association also edits and publishes the Research Report on China's Political Economy (published by Economic Science Press) every year. CAPE has made significant theoretical contributions to the innovation and development of Marxist political economy—particularly political economy with Chinese characteristics—and to China's socialist economic construction.
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Contact Phone: 010-85195750 Email: cape@cass.org.cn Address: Secretariat of the China Association of Political Economy, Institute of Marxism Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, No. 5 Jianguomennei Street, Beijing (Postcode: 100732)