Granted by Hebei Federation of Social Science Circles, the base was founded at YSU on Dec. 14th, 2010. YSU Prof. Weidong Meng from School of Economics and Management was appointed director. Its major research fields include theory and practice of local government reform, e-government and its affairs, public policy and regional economic management, educational economy and management, science and technology policy and management, government administration and comparative public administration, social management innovation, and leisure management. The base set up a management committee and an academic board with the help of YSU social science division, while School of Humanities and Law is responsible for everyday affairs.

Directed by YSU Prof. Chunling Li from School of Economics and Management, the center aims to solve major engineering and technology problems of coal logistics to function as a research base, a personnel training center, a new technology demonstration center, and a national engineering and technology research center, playing its due role in promoting technology innovation, management upgrading and national advancement of coal logistics. The center is jointly founded and supported by QHD Port Co., Ltd and YSU, supervised by Hebei Science and Technology Department.

Directed by YSU Prof. Zhijie Song from School of Economics and Management, the center was founded in 2012.Gangmmin Weng, Quanlin Li and Zhijie Song are in charge of the three research fields respectively: Hebei tourism economy and its management, Hebei logistics economy and its management and Hebei public administration and technology innovation. The base is attached to Hebei Science and Technology department, while its expenditure is mainly from project funds and university construction budget.

Applied by YSU School of Arts and Design and granted by Hebei Industry and Information Technology Department, the center was founded in May, 2015 with its offices in School of Arts and Design. Directed by Prof. Guoqiang Li from School of Arts and Design and supported by the faculty and facility from School of Arts and Design, the center carries on research on Hebei industrialization policy of industrial design, senior personnel training and innovation model, enterprises docking program development, and industrial design training activities in Hebei province. Since its foundation, the center has undertaken 21 cooperative programs with enterprises, contract value topping 1.15 million yuan. 55 patents of utility model and appearance and 7 provincial level research projects were granted. Over 200 prizes were awarded both at home and abroad, including Red Dot Award in Germany, Lite-on Award in Taiwan and CUIDC (China Universities Industrial Design Competition).

Approved by Hebei Cultural Department, the base was founded in 2013 and directed by Xin Cong, associate professor from School of Humanities and Law. Its research fields include Hebei regional culture and ancient Chinese literature research, folk literature and culture research. Research contents include the relationship between Hebei culture and ancient Chinese dramas, novels, poetry and essays; Hebei-related classic masterpieces; and Hebei folk literature and culture research. The base is attached to YSU School of Humanities and Law.

Founded in June 2013, the base is one of the first 13 intangible cultural heritage research bases directly attached to Hebei Provincial Culture Department. There are 16 researchers, including 4 professors and 2 doctors, with YSU Prof. Shanjun Zhao in charge. Its research fields include protection and inherence of Hebei intangible cultural heritages related to The Great Wall; collection, sorting, inherence and protection of eastern Hebei folk songs and Hebei temples and mural painting of theatrical towels; digital protection pattern research for Hebei folk and custom culture; and the value and research model of Hebei intangible cultural heritage.

Granted by Hebei Provincial Education Department and directed by YSU Prof. Meng Weidong from School of Economics and Management, the center is one of the first key research bases of university humanities and social sciences, receiving 400,000 yuan expenditure from Hebei Provincial Education Department every year. Its major research fields are synergistic management of environment; synergistic development of economy and higher education; local government cooperation; technology innovation of equipment manufacturing industry and synergistic development; synergistic development of port cities in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei region; and the revitalization of Hebei coastal areas and the undertaking of industries from Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei region. The research base set up a research room and a reference room in Room 1512, the Century Building of YSU, while its management committee and academic board are supported by YSU social science department.

Attached to Hebei Provincial Education Department, the center is one of the first key higher learning research bases of humanities and social sciences, receiving 400,000yuan special research expenditure from Hebei Provincial Education Department. Directed by Prof. Weiyang Yu from School of Economics and Management, the base carries out researches in four directions: Hebei coastal area and city development, service pattern innovation of Hebei modern port logistics, Hebei coastal smart tourism and relevant industries, and the strategic transformation and management improvement of enterprises in coastal areas.

Applied by YSU School of Arts and Design in Sep. 2014 and granted by Hebei Provincial Education Department, the center was founded in Jan. 2015. Directed by Prof. Guoqiang Chen from School of Arts and Design and supported by the faculty and facility from School of Arts and Design, the center mainly focus on researches of Hebei industrialization policy for industrial design, senior personnel training and innovation pattern research, enterprises docking program development, and industrial design training within Hebei province.

Founded by and attached to Hebei provincial party committee publicity department in Oct. 2015 and supported by YSU School of Marxism Studies, the base is directed by Prof. Xinhua Wang from School of Marxism Studies. Its major research fields include theory and practice of socialism with Chinese Characteristics, effectiveness research of ideological and political education for undergraduates, education reform of ideological and political theory courses in universities and colleges.

Led by YSU and directed by Prof. Weidong Meng from School of Economics and Management, the center integrates social resources including Hebei Industry and Information Technology Department, Hebei Port Group Co., Ltd, QHD municipal party committee research labs, QHD tourism office and QHD development zone management committee and 9 provincial research platforms including research center for synergetic development management innovation for Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei region, Hebei service economy and management research base, local government reform and development research center, Hebei industrial design innovation research center, YSU industrial design center and 2 research bases of Hebei intangible cultural heritage.

As anew think tank for Hebei provincial party committee and government, the center has 1 chief expert—Prof. Bangfan Liu; several permanent experts responsible for research reports and communication messages, holding conferences and lectures, and managing the think tank; and several project experts responsible for researches of political consultant projects. Cooperating with QHD municipal party committee policy research labs, the center undertakes 33 important political consultant projects entrusted by QHD municipal party committee with an expenditure of 200,000 yuan. Guided by national and Hebei regulations about new think tank, led by Hebei provincial party committee and government and supervised by Hebei Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science, the center is to be an innovative think tank organization in terms of its mechanism, management, platform and operation.