The autumn press conference of China’s Independent Knowledge System results was held in Shenzhen on the morning of Nov.13, after the first press conference of China’s Independent Knowledge System results was held in Beijing on May 17, 2023.

Renmin University of China (RUC), Tsinghua University (TSU), Zhejiang University (ZJU), Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE), Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) and Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences released the latest results respectively. Lin Shangli, President of RUC, Wang Yi, Vice President of RUC, Xiang Xiaomei, Vice President of Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences, attended the press conference. The press conference was held at the Shenzhen Research Institute of RUC and the Institute for Advanced Social Sciences (Shenzhen).

Lin Shangli expressed his gratitude to the representatives of participating universities and philosophical and social sciences. He said that as the leader in the field of higher education of humanities and social sciences in China, RUC is willing to work together with all member universities to continue to produce more high-level academic achievements, and contribute more Chinese wisdom, Chinese theories and Chinese solutions to promote the progress of human civilization and world peace and development.

Wang Yi released the results of law discipline of RUC. He said that the discipline backbone teachers of RUC have deeply participated in the compilation of China’s civil code and the drafting of major civil and commercial judicial interpretations, and actively popularize and publicize the civil code. RUC’s teachers have participated in the translation of the civil code, published a series of high-level papers in the international first-class legal journals, and made positive contributions to the construction, interpretation and promotion of China's independent knowledge system of civil law.

Sun Xiaopeng, project manager of the Research Center for Industrial Development and Environmental Governance of  TSU, released the International Science and Technology Innovation Center Index Report; Ma Shuzhong, dean of China Digital Trade Research Institute, ZJU, released three special results; Li Yu, professor of Law School of SUFE, published the book Business Trust Law; Liu Zhiwei, former director of the Historical Anthropology Research Center of SYSU, released historical anthropology research results with Chinese characteristics; Xiang Xiaomei released the results of three series of books, “Chinese Path to Modernization”, “Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Opening Up Pattern” and “Regional Coordination and Common Prosperity”.

Representatives of universities and philosophy and social sciences from the “Building China’s Independent Knowledge System University Alliance” attended the conference, and representatives of teachers and students, media journalists and experts and scholars exchanged views on the relevant results released at the conference.

In the afternoon, the theme seminar of “The Path and Method of Building China’s Independent Knowledge System” was held, and experts and scholars from universities and research institutes such as RUC, TSU, and ZJU conducted in-depth discussions.