CASS launches evaluation center for humanities and social sciences

The Chinese Evaluation Center for Humanities and Social Sciences (CECHSS) held its opening ceremony at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in Beijing on September 3. CASS President Wang Weiguang, Vice-President Zhao Shengxuan and Secretary General and Director of CECHSS Gao Xiang attended the ceremony.

The CECHSS is committed to building an authoritative evaluation system for Chinese philosophy and social sciences, taking the high ground and gaining control of discourse power in the field.

The center consists of the Department of Comprehensive Services, Department for Organizational (Think Tank) Evaluation, Department for Journal and Research Result Evaluation, Department of Evaluation Date, and the Editorial Department of the Evaluation Report on Chinese Social Sciences.

Five tasks have been stipulated for this year, including holding the “First National Forum on Social Sciences Evaluation,” releasing the Global Evaluation Report on Core Think Tanks, and publishing the Chinese Evaluation Report on Journals of Humanities and Social Sciences.

 CASS President Wang Weiguang (right) and Vice-President Zhao Shengxuan jointly unveil a plaque at the CECHSS opening ceremony. Photo by Zhu Gaolei

 CASS President Wang Weiguang delivers an important speech. Photo by Zhu Gaolei

 CASS Vice President Zhao Shengxuan speaks at the ceremony. Photo by Zhu Gaolei

 CASS Secretary General Gao Xiang chairs the meeting. Photo by Zhu Gaolei

 A scene of the meeting. Photo by Zhu Gaolei

Translated by Chen Mirong

Revised by Tom Fearon