The main functions of Guangxi Academy of Social Sciences

Scientific research is the focus of the Guangxi Academy of Social Sciences. While attaching great importance to basic theoretical research, it also highlights and strengthens applied strategy research, serves the scientific decision-making of the party committee and government, provides consulting services to all sectors of society, and has achieved fruitful scientific research results. By the end of 2006, it had published a total of 428 academic monographs, 5,299 academic papers, completed 1,372 research reports, translated 329 books, edited 961 academic materials, and published 223 academic reference books, popular science books and information books. Since the establishment of the Institute, 353 scientific research achievements of *** have won outstanding research achievement awards at the provincial or ministerial level or above, including 3 "Five One Projects" awards from the Central Propaganda Department and 13 "Five One Projects" awards in Guangxi, ** *2 awards for works selected for the "Five One Project" of the Youth League Central Committee, 3 National Youth Social Science Outstanding Achievements Awards, 9 first prizes for Guangxi Social Science Research Outstanding Achievements, 125 second prizes, and 150 third prizes. 4 Guangxi Literary and Art Bronze Drum Awards, 2 first prizes, 5 second prizes, and 6 third prizes in the Guangxi District Government’s First Decision-making Consultation Achievement Award, and 29 other provincial and ministerial awards. Over the years, *** has presided over 140 projects funded by the National Social Science Fund, autonomous region social science planning research projects, and Guangxi soft science research projects. Since the autonomous region party committee and government established major bidding projects in 2004, our institute’s scientific researchers have undertaken 10 major research projects in the autonomous region. In addition, our institute’s scientific researchers have also undertaken 185 research projects commissioned by local party and government departments, enterprises and institutions.

Foreign academic exchanges. Guangxi Academy of Social Sciences attaches great importance to establishing academic exchange relationships with domestic and foreign social science research institutions. Since its establishment, the institute has successively carried out academic exchange activities and established scientific research cooperation relationships with the United States, France, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Japan, the Czech Republic, Mexico, Zimbabwe, Russia and other countries as well as Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Through scholar exchanges, it has organized Bilateral academic seminars, mutual invitation of scholars to give lectures, and cooperative research have promoted scientific research and expanded academic influence.

Main publications. The journals sponsored by the Guangxi Academy of Social Sciences include "Academic Forum" and "Economic and Social Development", and the institutes sponsored by the academy include "Southeast Asia" and "Coastal Enterprises and Technology". The "China-ASEAN Yearbook" and "Guangxi Blue Book" series are published every year.