Is there a real social science in China?

There are both historical and practical reasons for the faculty system in China Academy of Social Sciences. The reason for this reality is that China has always had an institutional thinking of "attaching importance to science and engineering but neglecting humanities". After 1949, some humanities and social sciences were banned, and the related research process was interrupted. It is an indisputable fact that humanities and social sciences have not received due attention until today.

Just to give an example, there are 1.545 academicians of China Academy of Sciences and China Academy of Engineering (excluding foreign academicians), while there are only 57 academicians of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and only 1.90 retired honorary members. This number should be followed by a bracket "including the deceased". You know, among the first batch of faculty and staff announced by Chinese Academy of Sciences 1955, there are 6/KLOC-0 faculty and staff in the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences. If you have the patience to sort out the ages and majors of the people on this list, you can see more facts about this team. In short, it is two words: poverty.

As the highest academic institution in the field of humanities and social sciences, China Academy of Social Sciences should also adopt the academician system. Only in this way can we attach importance to humanities and social sciences and respect experts and scholars in this field. Of course, this is also to better develop humanities and social sciences and play its positive role.

Over the years, many people have noticed this problem and debated it endlessly. Needless to say, the reasons for approval are quite ridiculous. For example, some people think that the scientific content of humanities is very low and its academic achievements are difficult to measure; Others think that domestic scholars of humanities and social sciences are poor in level and basically have no academic innovation, so be it. The former is due to ignorance of humanities and social sciences; The latter rhetoric involves the level of what should be and what should be. In this regard, I think it is necessary for the Academy of Social Sciences to establish an academician system. As for the present situation of humanities and social sciences in China, that is another question. What's more, as mentioned above, the Academy of Social Sciences has not established an academician system so far, which also limits the normal development of humanities and social sciences in China.

At present, it can be said that it is a good opportunity to reform the membership system of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. First, domestic society pays more and more attention to humanities and social sciences. It is generally recognized that a powerful country needs not only the development of science and technology, but also the promotion of humanistic spirit. Second, building a strong cultural country and attaching importance to humanities and social sciences are the proper meanings in the title; Thirdly, aiming at the reform of academic institutions, it has become a social consensus to reduce administrative intervention and highlight academic orientation. In this regard, it can be said that it is timely to start the mechanism reform of the Academy of Social Sciences.

The faculty system with China characteristics is not only easy to be misunderstood, but also unfavorable for communication and dialogue with international academic circles. The Academy of Social Sciences implements the academician system, and forms a tripartite structure together with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering, which will become a symbol of the maturity of the highest academic institution in China.