As an important platform for Guizhou to promote the creative transformation and innovative development of China's excellent traditional culture, in 2023, Confucius Institute has achieved new results in academic exchanges, think tank construction, and brand building. In this year, Confucius Institute deeply excavated the wisdom deposits of traditional culture, actively built a matrix of nine major training brands, continuously strengthened cooperation and exchanges with academic circles at home and abroad, and jointly explored the modern value and significance of excellent traditional Chinese culture, which further enhanced the influence of Confucius Institute at home and abroad.
Dig deep into the contemporary value of Yangming culture
Focus on building a Confucius Academy Civilization Forum
On November 11th, the scene of the Confucius School Civilization Forum of "Yangming Mind and Entrepreneurship".
In 2023, in order to promote cultural exchanges, promote traditional Chinese culture, and dig deep into the contemporary value of Yangming culture, the Confucius Institute successfully held the first Confucius Academy Civilization Forum. With the theme of "Yang Ming Psychology and Entrepreneurship", the forum focused on economic trends from an international perspective and the innovation and application of Yang Ming culture in the fields of economic theory, management philosophy, corporate culture, etc., and more than 200 guests from all over the country including well-known scholars, economists, and entrepreneur representatives conducted in-depth exchanges on topics such as business management, entrepreneurship cultivation, and private economic development. The forum has aroused widespread attention and positive comments from all walks of life, with a total of more than 4,000 pieces of information on the forum's open channels and more than 70 million reads of manuscripts through statistical channels.
The big names gathered and sat down and discussed
Continue to deepen the Four Seasons Debate Conference
In 2023, the Confucius Institute will continue to deepen the Four Seasons Debate Conference, focusing on major topics such as cultural "two innovations", "tradition and modernity", and Yangming culture, and invite well-known experts and scholars to exchange and discuss different topics on the spot.
On April 22, the 2023 Confucius Institute Spring Debate Conference was held
On August 8, the 2023 Confucius Academy Summer Debate Conference was held
On October 16, the 2023 Confucius Academy Autumn Debate Conference was held
On November 18, the 2023 Guiyang Confucius Academy Winter Debate Conference was held
The theme of the Spring Debate Conference is "Chinese Traditional Etiquette and Modern Society", with Professor Pan Bin of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics as the academic moderator, and Professor Ding Ding of Shandong Normal University as the guest of debate; the theme of the Summer Debate Conference is "Is Yangming Xinxue the Confucian Version of Buddhism", Professor Dong Ping of Zhejiang University is the academic host, and the famous scholar Professor Gu Jiu is invited as the debater; and the theme of the Autumn Debate Conference is "Etiquette and Righteousness: The Inheritance and Development of Chinese Ritual and Music Civilization" Professor Yin Hui of Yuelu College of Hunan University served as the academic moderator, and Professor Wu Fei of Peking University was specially invited to be the guest of debate; the theme of the Winter Debate Conference was "On the Merit and Demerit of Wine", Professor Gong Huanan of East China Normal University was the academic host, and Professor Guo Xiaodong of Fudan University was specially invited to be the guest of debate. The diverse ideas of academic experts collide with the spark of wisdom here, and further strengthen the dissemination of traditional culture.
Enhance and build a Chinese classic workshop
Helping to cultivate outstanding talents
The Chinese civilization has a long history, is rooted in the heart of the Chinese nation is a common spiritual wealth, but also a blood lineage, the soul of the culture, the inheritance and promotion of the excellent traditional Chinese culture is an important part of the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the new era. In 2023, the Confucius Institute will further improve and optimize the selection mechanism, learning mechanism, and discussion mechanism on the basis of the first Chinese Classics Workshop. With more in-depth research on the core classics of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, we will cultivate high-end talents who are proficient in Chinese academics, and at the same time promote the Confucius Institute to further play a high-end academic role and promote the innovative development and innovative transformation of excellent traditional Chinese culture.
On August 3, the opening ceremony of the second Chinese classics workshop of Confucius Institute was held in Guiyang Confucius School Cultural Communication Center
The second Chinese classics workshop invited Professor Shu Dagang of the International Institute of Confucianism of Sichuan University, Professor Liao Kebin of the Department of Chinese of Peking University and many other well-known authoritative experts and scholars in China to give classes. A total of 120 young scholars from all over the country signed up, including 8 postdoctoral fellows and 107 doctoral students. According to the comprehensive factors such as the entrance papers submitted by the scholars, the Confucius Institute finally selected 30 students to carry out a week-long study and discussion of Chinese classics in the Confucius School, focusing on people-oriented thought, "Zhou Yi", "Book of Filial Piety", ancient poetry, Chinese drama literature, medieval music, pre-Qin Confucius thought, classical bibliography and other contents. It is favored by the majority of young scholars.
Intensify the management of scientific research
Continuously enhance the influence of the separate topics of Chinese studies
In 2023, Confucius Institute will strengthen its scientific research management and draft the "Implementation Rules for the Management of Separate Projects of Chinese Studies in Guizhou Philosophy and Social Science Planning", which further refines the declaration, project establishment, implementation and acceptance of project management, so that all aspects of the work have rules to follow.
Guizhou Province's 2023 Philosophy and Social Science Planning Sinology Separate Project Proposed List
A total of 23 separate projects of Chinese culture were successfully completed throughout the year, and the results of the project were well received by experts, with an excellent completion rate of 82.6%, and the overall quality was significantly better than that of other types of provincial projects, and 61 articles were published in CSSCI source journals, which were very fruitful and the quality of academic research was excellent, which positively enhanced the influence of the separate project of Chinese culture in the domestic academic community.
Earnestly grasp the output work
Continuously optimize the residency training mechanism
In 2023, the Confucius Institute will revise the "Management Measures for Research Assistantships of Confucius Institute" and the "Measures for the Management of Research Assistantships and Scholarships of Confucius Institute", and earnestly grasp the work of stationing in the trainees. In 2023, a total of 68 experts, scholars and young researchers will apply for residency and training, and nearly 20 sessions will be organized, such as exchange seminars for resident trainees, Confucius University lectures, and Confucius School lectures.
On December 16th, the signing ceremony between the Confucius Institute of Guiyang Cultural Communication Center and the Chinese Institute of Creative Writing of Shanghai University and the unveiling ceremony of the "Chinese Creative Writing Research Base of Shanghai University" was held at the Conference Center of the Confucius Institute of Chinese Culture
In July this year, Professor Zhang Quanming of Central China Normal University, a resident scholar, published a paper "The Characteristics and Effectiveness of Clean Government Measures in the Song Dynasty" in the People's Forum in the name of "Researcher of Guiyang Confucius Institute for Advanced Study".
Give full play to the role of the Academic Committee of the Confucius Institute
Contribute to academic research and branding
Since 2023, the Academic Committee of Confucius Institute has played the role of an academic organization, actively performed the functions of decision-making, deliberation, evaluation and consultation, and made important contributions to the development of Confucius Institute's academic career.
On August 6, the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Academic Committee of Confucius Institute was held at the Conference Center of Confucius Institute International Training Park for Chinese Culture
In terms of academic brand building, the academic committee members strongly support and participate in the brand activities such as public lectures, forums and conferences, and academic exchanges carried out by the Confucius Institute. Since the beginning of this year, the Academic Committee has given five lectures on Yangming culture, the Confucius Institute established by Chairman Guo Qiyong has funded a group of young scholars to carry out academic activities, and the Confucius Institute Chinese Classics Workshop, initiated by Chairman Guo Qiyong and planned by Professor Zhang Wenjiang, has been successfully held for two sessions.
In terms of academic research, the Academic Committee continued to guide the compilation of the Yangming Yearbook 2022, and actively applied for 33 topics for the 2023 Chinese Studies Separate Topic.
Collaboration with universities
Efforts should be made to deepen academic exchanges and cooperation
2023 Confucius Academy Academic Workshop - The Relationship between the Collation and Research of "Minzang".
In 2023, Confucius Institute and Wuhan University will steadily promote the large-scale ancient book compilation and compilation project of "Minben Literature Collection" (formerly known as "Minzang"). Since the official launch of the project in 2021, Confucius Xuetang and Wuhan University have jointly established an editorial board, its editorial department and office, and plan to spend about 10 years systematically collecting and sorting out traditional folk literature from the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties to the late Qing Dynasty, so as to promote the "creative transformation and innovative development" of folk thought. It is planned to compile and publish about 500 copies. At present, the project has received strong support from the National Committee for the Collation of Ancient Books in Colleges and Universities, and is actively applying for the "14th Five-Year Plan" key project of the inheritance and development of Chinese excellent traditional culture and the national key publication planning project of ancient books.
Peking University-Guiyang Confucius Institute Academic Co-creation Series Activities were held
Since 2023, Guiyang Confucius Academy and Peking University have jointly held the "Peking University-Guiyang Confucius Academy Academic Co-creation Series Activities"; cooperated with Yuelu College of Hunan University to implement the large-scale cultural project "Xishan Yuelu"; and jointly organized and released the "Top Ten High-frequency Words of Chinese Excellent Traditional Culture Online in 2022" with Wuhan University, Chinese University and Shenzhen University.
The "Shanghai University Research Base for Chinese Creative Writing" was unveiled
On December 16, 2023, Confucius Institute in Guiyang and the China Institute of Creative Writing of Shanghai University jointly signed a strategic agreement. The Chinese Institute of Creative Writing of Shanghai University has set up the "Shanghai University Chinese Creative Writing Research Base" in the Confucius Institute of Chinese Culture International Training Park in Guiyang, promoted the establishment of the "Famous Creation Studio", and introduced famous writers and scholars such as He Jianming to settle in, laying the foundation for in-depth cooperation between the two sides.
At the same time, it plans to build the Confucius Institute of Chinese Culture International Training Park with the International Confucian Federation, and signs a strategic cooperation framework agreement with the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and the "National Conditions Research Base of the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences" and the "Excellent Traditional Culture Research Base of the University of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences" are listed in the Confucius Academy at the same time.
In addition, it also hosted the 2023 Confucius Academy Academic Workshop - "The Relationship between the Compilation and Research of Minzang", and hosted or co-organized the theoretical seminar on "In-depth Study and Implementation of the Spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's Important Speech at the Symposium on Cultural Inheritance and Development and Building the Modern Civilization of the Chinese Nation" and the plenary meeting of the Leading Group and Academic Committee of Major Cultural Projects in Guizhou Province, the academic seminar on "Research on the Problem Domain of the Development of Literary Theory with Chinese Characteristics", and the Research Society of Local Studies and "Guizhou Studies".
Vigorously cultivate its own research talents
Actively promote the construction of think tanks
Since 2023, the Confucius Institute has vigorously cultivated its own research talents, and given full play to the role of the Confucius Institute as a platform, concentrated its superior forces, and carried out in-depth research on topics such as people-oriented thought, Yangming culture, ecological civilization construction, and social governance around the relevant key work of the province and city, and actively made suggestions and suggestions.
The first batch of achievements of the "Civil-based Literature Collection".
Organize the compilation of "300 Sentences of Ancient Chinese Ecological Wisdom", which will be published in February 2023, organize experts and scholars to compile the "Yangming Cultural Development Plan (2023-2028)" and report it to the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee, and the "" completed by the Institute for Advanced Study of Confucius School in Guiyang<中共贵州省委贵州省人民政府关于营造更好发展环境支持民营企业改革发展的实施意见>The third-party evaluation report on the implementation was approved by the leaders of the Provincial Party Committee, and the special research report on "Giving Play to Comparative Advantages, Integrating into the National Strategy, and Striving to Promote the Practice of Chinese-style Modernization in Guizhou" was submitted to the Reform Office of the Provincial Party Committee, and the major research project of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China in 2023 was successfully completed, and the project was successfully completed. He has written academic monographs and papers such as "Philosophical Thoughts of Ethnic Minorities in Guizhou", "Ten Lectures on the Culture of Ethnic Minorities in Guizhou", "Essentials of Wasted Politics", "Economic Edition", "Disaster Relief", "Ten Years of Research on Tunpu Culture", etc.
Undertake the mission of cultural construction
Revision and upgrade of the Yearbook of Yangming Studies
Yangming Studies Yearbook
In 2023, the Confucius Institute for Advanced Study will comprehensively upgrade the "Yangming Studies Yearbook", the only yearbook on Yangming Studies at home and abroad compiled and published by the Confucius Institute for Advanced Study for six consecutive years, integrate well-known experts and scholars at home and abroad as academic consultants, form an expert steering committee, give full play to the authoritative effect of well-known scholars themselves, and further improve the compilation level and enhance the authority of the Yangming Yearbook through the guidance, review and control of the content of the Yangming Yearbook by well-known scholars. Communication power and influence, and use this as a platform to integrate the resources of Yangming research institutions and scholars across the country, carry out a series of Yangming research and promotion activities, and build it into an academic brand for the transformation and application of Yangming culture. In November 2023, the "Yangming Yearbook 2022" and the "<阳明学年鉴>Promotional Video" were simultaneously released at the first Confucius Academy Civilization Forum.
Looking back at 2023, Confucius Academy has actively built a matrix of nine major training brands and handed over a brilliant report card. Looking forward to 2024, Confucius Institute will adhere to the policy of "two innovations" in culture, further make good use of the Confucius Institute of Chinese Culture International Training Park, continue to improve and build training brands such as "Confucius Civilization Forum", "Confucius Four Seasons Debate Conference" and "Confucius Chinese Classics Workshop", further optimize the training mechanism for experts and scholars, actively promote the transformation of achievements in separate topics of Chinese Studies, and continue to promote the "Integration of Folk Literature" and other major academic projects, and constantly consolidate the foundation of the construction of the academic position of the Confucius School, move forward bravely, and concentrate on setting sail to write a new chapter of study.
Reporter Li Pingping