On the afternoon of November 4, the launch ceremony of the "China Journalism and Communication Independent Knowledge System Alliance" and the "2023 Dean Forum of Chinese and Foreign Journalism and Communication Schools" were held at Renmin University of China（RUC）. Jointly organized by the School of Journalism of Renmin University of China, the School of Journalism and Communication of Tsinghua University and the Journalism and Communication Committee of the Chinese Society of Higher Education, the forum brought together experts and scholars from more than 40 institutions, including Peking University, Communication University of China, Fudan University, Jinan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Zhejiang University, Wuhan University, Nanjing University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Universities jointly initiated the establishment of the "China Journalism and Communication Independent Knowledge System Alliance", and carried out discussions and exchanges around the theme of "Practice and Theory: The Path and goal of the construction of China Journalism and Communication Independent knowledge System".

Lin Shangli, President of Renmin University of China, and Feng Shizheng, Vice President of Renmin University of China, attended the launch ceremony. The ceremony was presided over by Zhang Huifeng, secretary of the Council of the Journalism School of Renmin University of China.

Many important speeches delivered by President Xi put forward new requirements for the discipline construction, knowledge production and talent training of journalism and communication. 

Lin expressed the hope that the School of Journalism of Renmin University of China can work with other colleges and universities to build the "Chinese Journalism and Communication Knowledge System Alliance" into a knowledge palace and an innovation stage, promote the in-depth development of journalism and communication research, education and practice in China, and build an independent disciplinary system, academic system and discourse system of journalism and communication with Chinese characteristics. 

At the launch ceremony, the proposal of "China Journalism and Communication Independent Knowledge System Alliance" was read out. Lin Shangli, Feng Shizheng and representatives of the alliance’s sponsoring colleges jointly pressed the launch button to announce the official establishment of "China Journalism and Communication Independent Knowledge System Alliance", opening a new chapter in the construction of China Journalism and Communication Independent Knowledge System.