Xiamen University's political science discipline celebrates its centenary

On September 12, the 100th Anniversary Development Conference of the Political Science discipline at Xiamen University was held at Xiamen University. Representatives from Peking University, Tsinghua University, Renmin University of China, as well as relevant research, scientific, and publishing institutions attended the event. Centered on the theme “A Century of Political Science, Continuing the Torch,” they reviewed the discipline’s centurylong history and discussed the development of China’s independent knowledge system in political science. According to reports, since its establishment in 1926, the Political Science discipline at Xiamen University has gone through phases of foundation, adjustment, restoration, and development. It has continued to build up strengths in political theory, comparative politics, local governance, international politics, and global governance, forming an academic tradition that combines local concern with an international perspective. In his speech, Xiamen University President Hu Wenping said that the university hopes the Political Science discipline will continue to uphold the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, strengthen theoretical research, promote interdisciplinary innovation, and play a greater role in areas such as global governance. At the conference, the Xiamen University Political Science Centennial Series was also released, an academic heritage ceremony was held, and two roundtable forums were organized on the development of Chinese political science and the opportunities and challenges facing the discipline.