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About Renmin University Of China

Renmin University of China (Renmin University of China) is the first new formal university founded by the Communist Party of China. It is a comprehensive research-oriented national key university focusing on humanities and social sciences. It is directly under the Ministry of Education. establish. The predecessor of the school was North Shaanxi Public School, which was born in the war of resistance against Japan in 1937, and later North China United University, North University and North China University. On December 16, 1949, the eleventh political affairs meeting of the Central People’s Government Administration Council adopted the “Decision on the Establishment of Renmin University of China” based on the suggestions of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. On October 3, 1950, Renmin University of China, which was merged and formed on the basis of North China University, held a grand opening ceremony and became the first new formal university founded by the People’s Republic of China. Famous educators Wu Yuzhang, Cheng Fangwu, Yuan Baohua, Huang Da, Li Wenhai, Ji Baocheng, and Chen Yulu served as principals successively. The current party secretary is Professor Jin Nuo, and the president is Professor Liu Wei.

The school has 8 national key first-level disciplines, 8 national key second-level disciplines, ranking first in the country in the field of humanities and social sciences; 5 Beijing key first-level disciplines, 1 Beijing key interdisciplinary discipline, and 4 Beijing Municipal key secondary disciplines; 13 key research bases for humanities and social sciences in general higher education institutions of the Ministry of Education, ranking first in the country; 5 national basic disciplines talent training and scientific research bases, and 1 university student cultural quality education base; 2 Engineering Research Centers and Key Laboratories of the Ministry of Education, 4 National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Centers, 2 Beijing Key Laboratories, and 3 Beijing Philosophy and Social Science Research Bases. In the fifteenth consecutive national selection of 100 excellent doctoral theses, Renmin University of China was selected 29, accounting for 12% of the total number of selected humanities and social sciences, ranking first among all universities and research institutes.

In the national first-level discipline evaluation results announced by the Ministry of Education Degree Evaluation Center in 2017, the total number of A-category disciplines was 14, including theoretical economics, applied economics, law, sociology, journalism and communication, statistics, and business. Management, public management, and Marxist theory were rated A+, political science and philosophy were rated A, library information and archives management, Chinese history, Chinese language and literature were rated A-, and the number of A+ disciplines ranked fourth in the country. At the same time, the school’s science and engineering disciplines have also made rapid progress. The rankings, project funding, and the number of achievements in physics, chemistry, mathematics, psychology, and environmental sciences are all rising rapidly. Chemistry, engineering, and materials science are three disciplines. Has entered the top 1% of the Basic Science Indicators Database (ESI).

Renmin University of China always pays attention to the role of humanities and social sciences in understanding the world, inheriting civilization, innovating theories, consulting and educating people, and serving the society. While continuously developing and prospering academics, it actively exerts the role of “think tank” and “think tank”. Role, to study major political, economic, cultural and social issues, and to provide a strong theoretical guarantee and powerful intellectual support for the country’s economic construction and social development. Since the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, professors Xu Chongde, Wang Liming, Zeng Xiangquan, Huang Weiping, Shi Jichun, Qin Xuan, Li Jingzhi, Zhai Zhenwu, Yang Fengcheng, Guo Zhan and other professors have made reports for collective study of the Politburo of the Central Committee 11 times; Professor Xu Chongde is the ninth Since the first lecture on the legal system of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, the school has given 10 special lectures to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, including Gao Mingxuan, Long Yifei, Guo Shoukang, Wang Liming, Lin Jia, Liu Chuntian, Zhu Xinkai, and Wu Xiaoqiu. It is the university with the most scholars. A large number of teachers provide decision-making consultations for central leaders and central state agencies. The school has undertaken or participated in the “Marxist Theory Research and Construction Project”, “National Qing History Compilation Project”, “Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Overall Impact Assessment (OGGI)”, “Development of Cold Neutron Inelastic Scattering Spectrometer”, etc. Extra large and major projects. Since 2001, the school has obtained more than 20,200 projects at all levels, including the National Social Science Foundation, the National Natural Science Foundation, the Humanities and Social Sciences Planning Project of the Ministry of Education, and the Beijing Social Sciences Planning Project, with a total of more than 4.059 billion yuan in funding. Among them, the number of major projects approved by the National Social Science Fund ranks first in the country, and the number of major research projects in the humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education ranks first in the country. The number of academic papers published by school teachers continues to grow. From 2004 to 2019, the number of papers included in the Chinese Social Science Citation Index (CSSCI) has remained the first in the country for 16 consecutive years. Since 2010, the school has a total of 31 academic monographs selected into the “National Philosophy and Social Science Achievements Library”, ranking first among universities in the country.

Renmin University of China is an important platform for academic and cultural exchanges at home and abroad. As of September 2020, it has successively cooperated with Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University, University of Michigan, Cambridge University, Oxford University, Waseda University in Japan, and Sorbonne University in France. 304 universities and international organizations in 61 countries and regions including the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, Stockholm University in Sweden, and Vienna University in Austria have established academic exchanges with international organizations, and signed cooperation agreements with 25 universities (research institutions) in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. As of September 2020, as a Chinese partner, the school has participated in the construction of 9 Confucius Institutes overseas, including 5 in Europe, 2 in the Americas, and 1 each in Africa and Asia. Since 2009, the school has held a summer school (international primary school) every year. The school has also introduced, translated and published a large number of textbooks and academic works that meet the needs of my country’s reform and opening up, carried out a series of important exchanges and cooperation projects, and hosted or hosted a series of high-level international academic conferences including the World Sinology Conference. Awarded to Costa Rican President Solis, Bolivian President Morales, World Intellectual Property Director General Francis Gali, Nobel Prize winner and famous economist John Hasani, Robert Mondell, former Argentine President De La Rua, former Japanese Prime Minister Nobori Takeshita, Panamanian President Juan Carlos Barrera Rodriguez and other 14 internationally renowned personalities have the honorary doctorate title, and hired Nobel Prize winner and famous economist Joseph Si Tiglitz, Mitchell Spence, John Nash, Zelten, Thomas Schelling, United Nations Special Advisor on Economic Policy, Famous Economist Jagdish Bagworthy, Senior Deputy, World Bank President Nicholas Stern, famous thinker and educator Daisaku Ikeda, well-known figure in Taiwan’s religious circles, Master Hsing Yun, the founder of Fo Guang Shan, famous Chinese master Jao Zongyi, President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiadis, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Tsichvinsky, Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Abderdayev, and Professor Emeritus John Dunn of King’s College, Cambridge University, England, and other 83 eminent persons are honorary professors.