Introduction
The Institute of Sociology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) was founded on January 18, 1980. Being a national and the largest academic institution in the field of sociology in China, it is the earliest sociological institute after the restoration of sociological research and has been playing an important “think-tank” role. In addition, the Institute is the seat of the administrative agency and secretariat of three national associations – the Chinese Sociology Association, the Chinese Social Psychology Association and the Chinese Social Change Research Association. In the meanwhile, the office location of the first individual-named foundation of sociology – Beijing Lu Xueyi Sociological Development Foundation is also affiliated here. The first Director of the Institute is Professor Fei Hsiao-Tung, the famous sociologist, and his successors are Professor He Jianzhang, Professor Lu Xueyi, Professor Jing Tiankui and Professor Li Peilin respectively. The incumbent Director is Professor Chen Guangjin and the Deputy Directors are Sun Zhuangzhi, Zhang Yi and Zhao Kebin. At present, there are 81 employees in the Institute, including 18 research fellows, 27 associate research fellows and 21 assistant research fellows. Among these research personnel, 58 persons who once graduated from the famous universities at home and abroad have gotten a Ph D, and 6 persons of them have had the Post-Doctoral background.
The Institute of Sociology has 11 research departments, including Social Theory, Family & Gender, Organization & Community, Rural Area & Industrial Sociology, Social Policy, Social Psychology, Juvenile & Social Problem, Social Survey & Methodology, Social Anthropology, Social Development, and Incorrupt Government Studies & Social Assessment. In addition, it also has an Administrative Office and the Department of Scientific Research & Organization (including the information network center).
The Institute has several subordinate research centers including Social Survey & Data Processing, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Social Psychology, Rural Environment & Rural Society, and Community Informatization, and is in charge of the administrative affairs of the Research Center of Clean Government Building of CASS, the Research Center of Social Policy of CASS, the Research Center of Private Business Owner Group of CASS and the Research Center of the Investigation of National Conditions of CASS at the same time. Besides, it also has two editorial departments – Sociology Studies and Youth Studies, of which Sociology Studies is the core journal in the circle of Chinese sociology and the authoritative journal of the Philosophy & Social Science Innovation Project of CASS. In addition, the Institute has continuously published a number of research works, which include Social Blue Book: The Analysis and Prediction of Social Situation of China, Social Mentality Blue Book, Anti-Corruption Construction Blue Book, Charity Blue Book, Chinese Sociological Yearbook, Chinese Sociology, Social Policy Review, Chinese Social Psychology Review and Family & Gender Review, etc.
Since the establishment of the Institute of Sociology of CASS, it has undertaken nearly 600 research projects. Besides, the Institute has been charged with 55 projects sponsored by the National Social Scientific Fund in total, of which 3 are the major bidding projects, 12 are the key projects, 24 are the standard projects, 15 are the projects for young scholars, 1 is the research project for the development of the western regions and 1 is the post-funded project in specific. In addition, the Institute has also been engaged in 2 projects sponsored by the National Natural Science Fund. Furthermore, other research projects in which the Institute has participated include the tasks assigned by the central government, the approved projects of CASS, and the projects commissioned by the relevant ministries. The Institute is the support unit of the National Natural Science Fund.
Currently, CASS is carrying out the Philosophy & Social Science Innovation Project (PSSIP), emphasizing the idea of making the Academy powerful through scientific research, talents and administration. Up to present, the Institute of Sociology has undertaken 7 subjects of PSSIP. In specific, they are the Research on the Conditions & Index System of Social Quality in China, the Differentiation of Social Groups & the Governance of Urban Society: the Research on the College-Student Group, the Middle-income Group & the Business-owner Group, the Research on Family Stream & Its Policies Concerned in the Context of the New-Type Urbanization, Social Policies & the Modernization of Social Governance at the Grassroots, the Measurement and Index System of Social Mentality, the Governance of Rural Public Affairs, and Social Theories & Socialism. Currently, the Institute has 7 principal research fellows, 20 executive research fellows, 13 research assistants and 11 external assistant in the Project.
In the Institute, there are one person who is known as the national cultural master as well as the Four Kinds of First Batch Talents, two academicians of CASS, one person who is the scholar of Ten Thousands of People Plan implemented by the Organization Department of the Central Committee of CPC, one person who is the counselor of Beijing Municipal Government, four young & middle-aged scholars who have received the award of making outstanding contributions to the country and 27 persons who receive the State Council special allowance.
The Institute attaches great importance to the cooperation with domestic education departments, scientific research institutions and actual work departments, and has established a number of social investigation bases in the Qinan Community of Beijing, Sanhe County of Hebei Province, Taicang City of Jiangsu Province, Wenzhou City of Zhejiang Province, Jingzhou City of Hubei Province, Jinjiang City of Fujian Province, and the Dayaoshan Area of the Jinxiu Yao Nationality County of Guangxi Autonomous Region, etc. In addition, It has also cooperated with the University of Shanghai, Beijing Industrial University, the Normal University of Jiangxi and Ningbo University of Zhejiang Province to set up the Coordination Center of Social Governance on Megacities, the Coordination Center of Social Construction & Social Administration of Beijing, the Coordinative Innovation Center of Economic & Social Development of Jiangxi Province and the Research Center of Rule of Law & Harmonious Society. Besides, the Institute has made joint efforts with the Research Institute of the Chinese Social Governance of Beijing Normal University and some other academic institutions and universities to hold the Chinese Social Governance Forum every year.
The Sociological Department of the Graduate School of CASS is established within the Institute of Sociology. The Institute of Sociology has a national first-class Doctor Station, and at the same time, takes the responsibility of training Master Students in the field of social work. Besides, the Institute has set up a sociological postdoctoral research station to enroll the state-funded and project-funded postdoctoral fellows every year and has successfully held the Chinese Sociological Postdoctoral Fellows Forum for nine times.
The idea of the Institute of Sociology of CASS is “promote the sociological research sinicized and realize the construction of the Institute of Sociology internationalized”. In the meanwhile of the research on major theoretical and practical issues in the process of the construction of socialist modernization in China, the Institute has vigorously carried out foreign academic exchange activities which are demonstrated as the followings:
I. Conduct academic exchange activities with the world-famous universities and academic institutions such as Stanford University, John Hopkins University, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of North Carolina and the London School of Economics, etc. Only in the Year of 2015, there were 95 person-time research fellows at 53 batches to conduct academic exchange activities at abroad, and in the meanwhile, there were more than 100 foreign scholars to have a visit to the Institute.
II. Develop substantive exchange programs with foreign institutions. Take the first transnational research laboratory in China - the Laboratory of the Research on Sino-French Post-Western Sociological Theories & Field Studies for an example, it is one of the cooperative agreements signed by the Chinese and French governments when the President of France Francois Hollande made his visit to China in 2013. Besides, other exchange programs include “Sino-American Sociological Exchange Platform”, “the Laboratory of the Research on Sino-British Sustainable Consumption”, “the Laboratory of the Research on Social Welfare in China and the Scandinavian Countries”, “the Comparative Study on Sino-Russian Social Change”, “the Research on Silk Road Economic Zone-Oriented National Economic Reform & Social Development”, “the Comparative Study on Social Change of Emerging Market Countries: China and Hungary”, etc.
III. Publish journals and works in foreign languages. The institute has cooperated with the Springer Publishing Group of Germany to publish Chinese Sociology, the first sociological journal of China in English, and has published English monographs such as “the Comparative Study on Social Structure of BRICS”, “China’s Domestic & International Migration”, “Rural Social Welfare of China”, “People’s Livelihood of Contemporary China”, “the Study on Eco-migration in Ningxia Autonomous Region”, etc. at foreign publishing houses. In addition, the Institute has also published the monographs of “the Comparative Study on Sino-Russian Social Structure” and “the Comparative Study on Sino-Russian Youth” in Russian and the monograph of “the Resurgence of Japan” in Japanese.
IV. Hold the influential academic conferences at abroad, such as “The China Day” during the annual meeting of International Sociology Association held at Yokohama of Japan, the Chinese Social Science Forum held at Stanford University in 2012, the Chinese Social Science Forum held at John Hopkins University in 2014, the Round-Table Conference of Youth Studies held at the Brookings Institution of the US, the Symposium of Social Development of the Emerging Market Countries held at Warsaw of Poland in 2014, the Symposium of Sino-Spain Social Change held at Madrid of Spain in 2014, the Chinese Social Science Forum held at the University of Helsinki of Finland in 2015 and the Round-Table Conference of the Research on Social Governance held at the United Nations Development Research Institute located at Geneva of Switzerland in 2015, etc.
The Institute of Sociology has won many honorary titles such as “the Capital Civilization Unit”, “the Civilization Unit of China’s State Organs” and “the Advanced Trade Union Organization of the National System of Education, Science, Culture and Health”, etc. The Chinese Sociology Association affiliated to the Institute has been awarded the title of National Advanced Social Organization by the Ministry of Civil Affairs in 2015; and the Postdoctoral Research Station of the Institute of Sociology has been awarded the title of National Excellent Postdoctoral Research Station.
The Institute of Sociology always upholds its motto of “Do Everything from the Solid Knowledge and Share the Unity of Knowing and Doing” formulated by Mr. Fei Hsiao-Tung, the first Director of the Institute and carries forward its academic idea of “High Academic Reputation, Profound Academic Accomplishment, Correct Academic Style and Elegant Academic Temperament”. At present, the Institute is making its effort to lead the academic fashion, educate the talented persons and become the research pioneer of Chinese Sociology.
Institutional Setup
Director : Chen Guangjin
Deputy Director: Sun Zhuangzhi
Deputy Director: Zhao Kebin
Academic Committee
Chairperson: Chen Guangjin
Deputy Chairperson: Sun Zhuangzhi
Committee Members: (According to the alphabetical order of name and similarly hereinafter)
Li Chunling, Li Peilin, Luo Hongguang, Wang Chunguang, Wang Junxiu, Wang Xiaoyi, Wang Yanzhong, Wu Xiaoying, Xia Chuanling, ZhangLvping, Zhangyi.
Senior Professional Title Evaluation Committee
Chairperson: Chen Guangjin
Committee Members: Li Chunling, Li Peilin, Luo Hongguang, Wang Chunguang, Wang Tianfu, Wang Xiaoyi, Wu Xiaoying, Xia Chuanling, Yang Yiyin, Zhang Yi, Zhao Yandong.
The Research Department of Social Theory
Deputy Section Chief: Zhao Liwei
Department Members: Chen Tao, He Rong(female)
The Research Department of Social Survey & Methodology
Section Chief: Xia Chuanling
Department Members: Ma Yan(female), Zhao Feng
The Research Department of Family & Gender
Section Chief: Wu Xiaoying(female)
Deputy Section Chief: Ma Chunhua(female)
Department Members: Chen Wuqing, Shi Yunqing(female), Wang Jianhua
The Research Department of Organization & Community
Deputy Section Chief: Xiao Lin
Department Members: Shi Yuntong(female), Xiang Jinglin, Yu Jia( female)，Liu Yiran（female）
The Research Department of Juvenile & Social Problem
Section Chief: Li Chunling(female)
Deputy Section Chief: Tian Feng
Department Members: Lv Peng, Meng Lei(female), Zhu Di(female)
The Research Department of Rural Area & Industrial Sociology
Deputy Section Chief: Zhang Hao(who presides over the routine affairs), Zhang Qian(female)
Department Members: Fan Ping, Wang Xiaoyi
The Research Department of Social Development
Section Chief: Li Wei
Deputy Section Chief: Zhang Liping(female)
Department Members: Cui Yan, Fan Lei, Zou Yuchun(female)
The Research Department of Social Policy
Section Chief: Wang Chunguang
Deputy Section Chief: Fang Lijie(female)
Department Members: Li Zhengang, Liang Chen(female), Pan Yi(female),Wang Jing(female), Yan Ming(female), Zhang Wenbo(female)
The Research Department of Social Psychology
Section Chief: Wang Junxiu
Deputy Section Chief: Li Yuan(female)
Department Members: Chen Manqi(female), Gao Wenjun(female), Ying Xiaoping(female)
The Research Department of Social Anthropology
Deputy Section Chief: Wu Qiao(who presides over the routine affairs),Li Rongrong(female)
Department Members: Bao Jiang, Luo Hongguang, Zheng Shaoxiong
The Research Department of Incorrupt Government Studies & Social Assessment
Section Chief: Jiang Laiyong
Deputy Section Chief: Wang Tiantian(female)
Department Members: Wang Jifeng,
The Editorial Department of Sociological Studies
Section Chief: Yang Dian
Deputy Section Chief: Zhang Zhimin(female)
Department Members: Luo Lin(female), Mei Xiao(female), Wen Xiang, Yang Ke(female)
The Editorial Department of Youth Studies
Deputy Section Chief: Zhang Zhimei(female)
Department Members: Chen Xin, Zhao Lianfei, Shi Jinqun(female),Wang Bing
Administrative Office (be also responsible for the management of personnel affairs, Party affairs, etc.)
Section Chief: Lyv Hongxin(female)
Deputy Section Chief: Fu Xuejun
Office Members: Lyv Zhimin(female), Wei Xiaolei, Yin Wei, Zhou Qian
The Department of Scientific Research & Organization (be also responsible for the management of informatization)
Deputy Section Chief: Diao Pengfei
Department Members: Huang Lina(female), Li Le, Yang Jingjing(female)
The Name List of In-service Research Fellows of the Institute of Sociology of CASS
Name Gender Affiliated Department
Bao Jiang Male Social Anthropology
Chen Guangjin Male Leader of the Institute
Fan Ping Male Rural Area & Industrial Sociology
He Rong Female Social Theory
Jing Tiankui Male Academician
Li Chunling Female Juvenile & Social Problem
Luo Hongguang Male Social Anthropology
Luo Li
(Senior Editor) Female Sociological Studies
Pan Yi Female Social Policy
Sun Zhuangzhi Male Leader of the Institute
Wang Chunguang Male Social Policy
Wang Junxiu Male Social Psychology
Wang Xiaoyi Male Rural Area & Industrial Sociology
Wu Xiaoying Female Family & Gender
Yan Ming Female Social Policy
Zhang Zhimei
(Senior Editor) Female Youth Studies
Zhang Lvping Male Social Theory
Zhang Yi Male Leader of the Institute
The Institute-Leveled Research Programs of the Philosophy & Social Science Innovation Project of CASS
Program Principal Research Fellow
The Research on the Conditions & Index System of Social Quality in China Li Wei
The Differentiation of Social Groups & the Governance of Urban Society:
The Research on the College-Student Group, the Middle-income Group & the Business-owner Group Li Chunling
The Research on Family Stream & Its Policies Concerned in the Context
of the New-Type Urbanization Wu Xiaoying
Social Policies & the Modernization of Social Governance at the Grassroots Wang Chunguang
The Measurement and Index System of Social Mentality Wang Junxiu
The Governance of Rural Public Affairs Wang Xiaoyi
Social Theories & Socialism He Rong
The Ongoing NSSF-Sponsored (National Social Science Foundation) Research Subjects of the Institute of Sociology of CASS
Subject Type Starting Year Person in Charge
The Social Mechanism towards the Degradation of Grassland Ecosystem:
the State Governance & the Rebuilding of Community Project for Young Scholars 2010 Xun Lili
The Evasion & Countermeasures against Public Risks:
From the Perspective of Individual and Society Standard Project 2010 Wang Junxiu
The Research on the Development & Tendency of the Middle Class
in the Chinese Society Standard Project 2010 Li Chunling
The Research on the Mechanism which the Rural Social Capital
has an Influence on the Health of the Aged Project for Young Scholars 2011 Wang Jing
The Research on the Relationship between Politics and Commerce
in the Market of Production Elements: A key Case-Study Based
on “The North Shaanxi Oil Field Incident” Project for Young Scholars 2011 Lyv Peng
The Analysis of the Structure of Materialism & the Survey
on the Conditions of Materialism among the Masses of the People Standard Project 2011 Li Yuan
The Research on the Relationship among Group Emotion,
Group Identity and Action Tendency Project for Young Scholars 2011 Chen Manqi
The Research on Occupational Stratification in the Era
of Social Transition Standard Project 2012 Tian Feng
The Research on Community Involvement & Community Governance in the Era of Internet:
Take the New-Type Community Network as an Example Project for Young Scholars 2012 Xiao Lin
The research on the Effect of Population Change on Cohort Population Welfare
and the Relevant Policy Responses Project for Young Scholars 2012 Ma Yan
The Research on the Theory of Family Change
in the Transitional Society of China Standard Project 2012 Wu Xiaoying
Look for and Build up the System of Family Policy in China
in the Era of Social Transition Standard Project 2013 Ma Chunhua
The Research on the Measurement & Index of Social Mentality in China Key Project 2013 Yang Yiyin
The Research on the Relationship between the Cultural Differences
among the Generations of the Post 1970s, 1980s and 1990s
and the Networked Participation Standard Project 2013 Zhao Lianfei
The Research on the Development Tendency and Consumption Pattern
of the Middle-Income Group Project for Young Scholars 2013 Zhu Di
The Comparative Study on Rural Reconstruction Thoughts of Mr. Liang Shuming
and Mr. Fei Hsiao-Tung Project for Young Scholars 2013 Zhang Hao
The Research on the Cultural Construction of Class Differentiation
in the Era of Social Transition from the Perspective of the Consumption
and Production of Cultural Symbol Project for Young Scholars 2014 Meng Lei
The Research on the Subject Building of Sociology in the Era of the Republic of China
and Its Contemporary Significance Project for Young Scholars 2014 Wen Xiang
The Research on the Lifestyle of New Worker’s Community
and The Local Differences of Labor Relations Project for Young Scholars 2014 Wang Jianhua
The Research on the Formation & Mechanism
of Social Consensus Project for Young Scholars 2014 Gao Wenjun
The Methodology of the Research on Daily Life Standard Project 2015 Zhao Feng
The Anthropological Research on the Relationship between Public Good
and Public Feelings in the Context of Social Transition Standard Project 2015 Li Rongrong
The Research on the Contributing Factors, Characteristics & Tendency of
the Phenomenon of a Common-Law Marriage Project for Young Scholars 2015 Yu Jia
From Moral-Science to Sociology: The Reconstruction of the Heritage of Social Theories
and Its Practical Significance to Contemporary China Project for Young Scholars 2015 Chen Tao
The Research on the Occurrence of Daily Regime Sourced
from the Hierarchical Reproduction of the Bottom-Class Children
in the Midwest Region in the Process of the Chinese Urbanization
and the Relevant Intervention Strategies Project for Young Scholars 2015 Li Tao
The Building of a New Urban Acquaintance Community:
From the Perspective of Community Service Project for Young Scholars 2015 Shi Yuntong
The Research on the Change of Social Structure & Social Class Major Project 2015 Li Peilin
The Transnational Laboratories of the Institute of Sociology of CASS
Laboratory Person in Charge Overseas Cooperation Organization
The Laboratory of the Research on Sino-French
Post-Western Sociological Theories & Field Studies Li Peilin CNRS
The Laboratory of the Research on Sino-British Sustainable Consumption Chen Guangjin The University of Manchester, UK
The Laboratory of the Research on Social Welfare in China
and the Scandinavian Countries Jing Tiankui The University of Helsinki, Finland
The Laboratory of the Research on Sino-Japanese Population Ageing &
Its Quantitative Studies Xia Chuanling The Ochanomizu University, Japan
The Laboratory of the Research on Social Governance in China
and CEE Countries Chen Guangjin The Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Slovak Republic
The MOST Program of UNESCO Zhao Kebin UNESCO
A List of Academic Conferences to Be Hosted by the Institute of Sociology of CASS in 2016
Conference Time Place
The Annual Conference of the R06 Committee of International Sociology Association May, 2016 Beijing, China
The Symposium of BRICS’ Social Governance June, 2016 Cape Town, South Africa
The Symposium of Economic Development & Social Policy September, 2016 Prague, Czech Republic
The Symposium of Social Change & Social Structure Transition in China and Russia September, 2016 Kazan, Russia
The Sociological Youth Forum (Li Lin Forum, 2016) October, 2016 Beijing, China