[News from the News Center] On May 8, the expert group of Hebei provincial key research bases of humanities and social sciences paid visit to YSU and conducted research and evaluation on Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Coordinated Development and Management Innovation Research Center and Regional Economic Development Research Center.
The evaluation was organized and conducted by the Hebei Education Department. YSU Prof. Li Rong served as the head of the expert group, and Song Hua, researcher from Hebei Finance Department, Prof. Han Laiping from Hebei Normal University, Prof. Chen Zhiguo from Hebei University and Prof. Zhang Ying of Hebei Medical University the members of the group. Liu Shuzhou, researcher at the Science and Technology Office of the Hebei Education Department, was in charge of the evaluation, whichwas divided into two parts: report on the project progress and field visit. Before they came, YSU had submitted the self-evaluation report, and assessment formof the base to the expert group.
Zhao Xiaofeng, YSU Party Secretary, and Kong Xiangdong, YSU Vice President met with the expert group and exchanged views on the construction of YSU key research bases of humanities and social sciences.
The report meeting
At 8:30, the report meeting on the progress of key research bases of humanities andsocial sciences was held in the Second Reception Room, the Century Building. The experts of the research bases, the leaders of the relevant schools and the Social Science Office attended the meeting. Li Rong,Secretary of YSU Commission for Discipline Inspection, gave a welcome speech to the Liu Shujian and other members of the expert group and express thanks to the Hebei Education Department for the support over the years. Li pointed out that YSU attaches great importance to the research and evaluation of the bases, and she hoped to promote the construction through the evaluation, and to achieve better development in the future. The experts of the two bases reported the achievements from scientific research projects, scientific research results, domestic and international exchanges, talent team construction and running guarantee in the four-yearconstruction stage.
The expert group checks related materials.
The expert group paid field visit.
(Photos above from Social Science Office)
Later, the expert group checked the relevant supporting materials, and inspected the hardware facilities of the research base, including office, laboratory, and reference room. They affirmed the achievements of the two research bases during the construction period, pointed out the problems in highlighting the brand of the base, coordinating people inside and outside the university, and condensing research directions, and put forward professional suggestions for further improvement.
Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Coordinated Development and Management Innovation Research Center and Regional Economic Development Research Center will, following the suggestions raised by the expert group, promote the construction through the evaluation, give play to the brand role of the research base, and seek better development in sharpening academic directions, gathering research teams, encouraging collaborative innovation and producing high-level innovative results.
[Translated by Xing Tong]
