Enhancing the International Communication Capacity of Contemporary Chinese History Research

[Editor’s Note] This year marks the 30th anniversary of the founding of *Contemporary China History Studies*. As the only professional academic journal dedicated to the study of the history of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in China, since its inaugural issue in January 1994, the journal has adhered to the editorial policy of “studying history to comprehend change, advising governance and educating people,” upholding the correct political direction, academic orientation, and value orientation, adhering to historical materialism, firmly grasping the main theme, main line, mainstream, and essence of PRC history, and publishing a large number of high-quality research results on PRC history. It has made significant contributions to promoting the construction of the “three major systems” [1]1 The “three major systems” (三大体系) refer to the disciplinary system, academic system, and discourse system of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics. of PRC history research, building an independent Chinese knowledge system, and flourishing philosophy and social sciences. At the same time, it has actively explored and attempted to strengthen international academic exchange and external academic dissemination, achieving certain results and accumulating experience, and winning recognition and high praise from domestic and international academic circles. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of its founding, in order to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the CPC and the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s congratulatory letter on the 30th anniversary of the founding of the PRC History Society, to further unite the vast number of PRC history research workers across the country, continuously improve research standards, innovate propaganda methods, and promote the high-quality development of the journal, the journal specially invited former editors-in-chief Zhang Xingxing and Liu Guoxin, two researchers, to discuss the journal’s development process and editorial experience for the benefit of readers. In the future, the journal will continue to unite with the majority of academic colleagues, guided by the latest achievements in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times, keeping in mind the responsibility and mission of the “national team” [2]2 “National team” (国家队) here refers to the leading, core group of researchers officially designated to conduct research on the history of the People’s Republic of China, implying a position of authority and responsibility. of PRC history research, adhering to integrity and innovation, publishing more high-quality academic achievements that are substantial, high-level, possess ideological penetration, and can be regarded as “trustworthy history” and “good history,” inspiring people to strengthen historical confidence and enhance historical initiative, consolidating a strong position for researching and publicizing PRC history, continuously promoting and perfecting the construction of the “three major systems” of PRC history research, enhancing international communication capacity and influence, and striving to open up new horizons in PRC history research.

［编者按］今年是《当代中国史研究》创刊30周年。作为国内唯一的国史研究专业学术期刊，自1994年1月创刊以来，本刊秉承“研史通变，资政育人”的办刊方针，坚持正确的政治方向、学术导向和价值取向，坚持历史唯物主义，牢牢把握国史的主题主线、主流本质，刊载了大量高质量的国史研究成果，为推动国史研究“三大体系”建设、建构中国自主知识体系、繁荣哲学社会科学做出重要贡献，同时也为加强国际学术交流和对外学术传播进行了积极的探索和尝试，取得了一定的成绩和经验，赢得了国内外学界的认可和高度评价。在创刊30周年之际，为深入学习贯彻党的二十大精神和习近平总书记致国史学会成立30周年贺信精神，进一步团结全国广大国史研究工作者，不断提高研究水平，创新宣传方式，推动刊物高质量发展，本刊特邀请曾担任主编的张星星和刘国新两位研究员畅谈刊物发展历程和办刊经验，以飨读者。今后，本刊将继续团结广大学界同仁，以马克思主义中国化时代化最新成果为指导，牢记国史研究“国家队”的责任担当，坚持守正创新，刊发更多有分量、高水平且具备思想穿透力、堪称“信史”“良史”的优秀学术成果，激励人们坚定历史自信、增强历史主动，筑牢研究和宣传国史的坚强阵地，不断推动和完善国史研究“三大体系”建设，提升国际传播力和影响力，努力开辟国史研究新境界。

Strengthening the construction of international communication capacity, promoting foreign people-to-people and cultural exchanges through multiple channels, telling China’s story well, spreading China’s voice well, and promoting mutual learning among human civilizations are important tasks proposed by the Party and the state. As the only professional academic journal in China dedicated to the study of the history of the People’s Republic of China, *Contemporary China History Studies* bears significant responsibility and possesses many unique academic advantages in interpreting the Chinese path, summarizing Chinese experience, telling China’s story well, and spreading China’s voice well. During the 12 years from 2008 to 2019 when I served as the editor-in-chief of *Contemporary China History Studies*, I made some active explorations to strengthen the foreign academic exchange and academic dissemination of contemporary Chinese history research, striving to enhance the international communication capacity of contemporary Chinese history research, and achieved some modest results and superficial experience. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the founding of *Contemporary China History Studies*, I am organizing and summarizing some of my superficial insights, hoping to contribute some wisdom to enhancing the international communication capacity of contemporary Chinese history research.

加强国际传播能力建设，通过多种途径推动对外人文交流，讲好中国故事，传播好中国声音，促进人类文明互鉴，是党和国家提出的一项重要任务。《当代中国史研究》作为国内唯一的新中国史研究专业学术期刊，在阐释中国道路、总结中国经验、讲好中国故事、传播好中国声音等方面负有重要责任，也具有许多独特的学术优势。在2008—2019年我担任《当代中国史研究》主编的12年间，为加强当代中国史研究的对外学术交流和学术传播做了一些积极探索，努力提升当代中国史研究的国际传播力，取得了一些微薄成绩和粗浅经验。值此《当代中国史研究》创刊30周年之际，把我的一些粗浅体会加以梳理和总结，希望能够对提升当代中国史研究的国际传播力贡献一些智慧。

I. Attending International Academic Activities, Fully Utilizing Overseas Academic Platforms

一、出席国际学术活动，充分利用海外学术平台

On the eve of taking over as editor-in-chief of *Contemporary China History Studies*, I was invited to attend the “General Assembly of Member Organizations of the International Committee of Historical Sciences” co-hosted by the International Committee of Historical Sciences (ICHS) and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. This conference was held in Beijing from September 15 to 18, 2007, with the participation of members of the ICHS Executive Bureau and representatives of historians from 27 countries across five continents: Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Oceania. During the conference, in addition to the ICHS Executive Bureau meeting and the General Assembly of Member Organizations, the Chinese Historical Society also hosted an international academic symposium titled “The Current State and Future of Chinese History,” aimed at promoting a better understanding among foreign historians of the development status and future prospects of Chinese historiography. According to the division of labor and requirements of the Chinese Historical Society, I wrote an English paper titled “The Current State of Research on the History of the People’s Republic of China” and delivered an approximately 30-minute report in English to the ICHS members and representatives from various countries, introducing the rise and development of research on the history of the PRC, the main academic achievements obtained, some major issues in the research, and several thoughts on strengthening and deepening research on the history of the PRC. The Chinese version of “The Current State of Research on the History of the People’s Republic of China” was published in *Contemporary China History Studies* Issue 2, 2008, and was fully reprinted in the Renmin University of China’s photocopied newspaper and periodical materials *History* Issue 9, 2008.

在接任《当代中国史研究》主编前夕，我受邀出席了国际历史科学委员会和中国社会科学院共同主办的“国际历史科学委员会成员组织大会”。这次大会于2007年9月15—18日在北京举行，国际历史科学委员会执行局成员和来自亚洲、欧洲、美洲、非洲、大洋洲5大洲27个国家的史学界代表出席会议。大会期间除召开国际历史科学委员会执行局会议和国际历史科学委员会成员组织大会外，还由中国史学会主办了一场“中国历史学的现状与未来”国际学术讨论会，目的在于促进国外历史学者更好了解中国历史学的发展现状和未来展望。按照中国史学会的分工和要求，我为会议撰写了《中华人民共和国史研究的现状》英文论文，并用英语向国际历史科学委员会成员和各国代表做了约30分钟的报告，介绍了中华人民共和国史研究的兴起和发展、取得的主要学术成果、研究中的一些重大问题，以及加强和深化中华人民共和国史研究的若干思考。《当代中国史研究》2008年第2期刊载了《中华人民共和国史研究的现状》中文版，中国人民大学复印报刊资料《历史学》2008年第9期予以全文转载。

More than two years later, as a member of the Chinese Historical Society delegation, I attended the 21st International Congress of Historical Sciences held in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, from August 22 to 28, 2010. This was the first time a scholar of contemporary Chinese history, i.e., the history of the People’s Republic of China, attended the International Congress of Historical Sciences. The International Congress of Historical Sciences is held every five years by the ICHS and is an academic gathering of historians from around the world. In 1985, the Chinese Historical Society officially joined the ICHS as a national member and subsequently organized delegations to attend the 16th to 20th International Congresses of Historical Sciences. More than 100 countries participated in the 21st Congress, with over 1,500 officially registered delegates and some additional free participants, totaling more than 2,000 people. The most significant achievement of the Chinese delegation’s participation in this congress was the successful passage of the proposal for the 22nd International Congress of Historical Sciences to be held at Shandong University in China, following procedures such as the bidding country’s—the Chinese delegation’s—presentation to the congress and voting by the Executive Committee. This was the first time the International Congress of Historical Sciences was held outside of Western Europe and the Americas, carrying very important significance and influence. *Contemporary China History Studies* Issue 6, 2010, published in the form of a journal news item, the “China Wins the Right to Host the 22nd International Congress of Historical Sciences” and the academic dynamics of the journal’s editor-in-chief participating in the Chinese Historical Society delegation. During the conference, in addition to participating in the collective activities of the Chinese Historical Society delegation, I also attended and paid attention to thematic sessions such as “National History and the Globalization of History,” “National Identity and Dominant Memory,” “The Importance of History to Politics and Culture,” “Images, Mass Media, and History,” “Personal Biography and Microhistory,” and “History in the Face of Controversial Memory” based on my academic interests, exchanged ideas with relevant scholars, broadened my academic horizons, widened my research perspective, and gained further understanding of the research dynamics and academic frontiers of international historiography.

两年多后，我作为中国史学会代表团成员，出席了2010年8月22—28日在荷兰首都阿姆斯特丹举行的第21届国际历史科学大会，这是当代中国史即中华人民共和国史研究学者第一次出席国际历史科学大会。国际历史科学大会由国际历史科学委员会每5年举行一次，是世界各国历史学者的学术盛会。1985年，中国史学会作为国家会员正式加入国际历史科学委员会，并相继组织代表团出席了第16届至第20届国际历史科学大会。参加第21届国际历史科学大会的国家有100多个，正式注册会议代表1500余人，另有部分自由参会人员，总人数超过2000人。中国代表团出席此次大会的最主要成果，是经过申办国——中国代表团的大会陈述、执行委员会投票等程序，成功通过了第22届国际历史科学大会在中国山东大学举办的议案。这是国际历史科学大会第一次在欧美西方国家之外举办，有着非常重要的意义和影响。《当代中国史研究》2010年第6期以本刊讯的形式，刊发“中国获得第22届国际历史科学大会主办权”及本刊主编参加中国史学会代表团出席会议的学术动态。会议期间，除参加中国史学会代表团的集体活动外，我还根据学术兴趣分别出席和关注了“国家历史与历史的全球化”“国家认同与主导性记忆”“历史对政治和文化的重要性”“影像、大众传媒与历史”“个人传记与微观史”“面对争议性记忆的历史”等专题会议，与有关学者进行了交流，开阔了学术眼界，拓宽了研究视野，对国际历史学的研究动态和学术前沿有了进一步了解。

From January 8 to 10, 2015, at the invitation of Professor Joseph Siracusa of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia and Professor Frank Gavin of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States, I went to Melbourne, Australia, to attend the international academic symposium “Reassessing the Global Nuclear Order: Past, Present, and Future,” co-hosted by RMIT and MIT. There were a total of 42 official delegates at this international symposium, including 21 American scholars, 14 Australian scholars, 2 New Zealand scholars, 1 scholar each from Vanuatu, the United Kingdom, and Austria, and 2 Chinese representatives (myself and Professor He Congnian from the College of Defense Studies, National Defense University). I primarily based my paper and submitted essay, “China’s Public Declarations on Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Strategy,” on materials such as the *Statement of the Government of the People’s Republic of China* issued after China’s successful first nuclear test in October 1964, speeches by Hu Jintao at the first Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., USA in April 2010, and at the second Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea in March 2012, speeches by Xi Jinping at the third Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague, the Netherlands in March 2014, and China’s defense white papers published by the State Council Information Office. Because the Chinese scholars received the conference invitation and submitted their papers somewhat later, the conference was unable to arrange a formal presentation; I made a brief impromptu speech during the discussion session, introducing the main viewpoints and content of my paper. The attending scholars highly praised the Chinese government’s consistent stance of being the first to make a solemn commitment not to be the first to use nuclear weapons, actively supporting and joining the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, advocating for the comprehensive prohibition and thorough destruction of nuclear weapons, and firmly safeguarding global and regional nuclear security.

2015年1月8—10日，应澳大利亚皇家墨尔本理工大学约瑟夫·希拉库萨教授和美国麻省理工学院弗兰克·盖文教授的邀请，我赴澳大利亚墨尔本出席了由皇家墨尔本理工大学与麻省理工学院合作举办的“全球核秩序再评估——过去、现在与未来”国际学术研讨会。出席这次国际研讨会的正式代表共42人，其中美国学者21人，澳大利亚学者14人，新西兰学者2人，瓦努阿图学者、英国学者、奥地利学者各1人，中国代表2人（我和国防大学防务学院的贺从念教授）。我主要依据1964年10月中国成功进行第一次核试验后发表的《中华人民共和国政府声明》，2010年4月胡锦涛在美国华盛顿第一届核安全峰会上的讲话、2012年3月在韩国首尔第二届核安全峰会上的讲话，2014年3月习近平在荷兰海牙第三届核安全峰会上的讲话，以及国务院新闻办公室发布的中国国防白皮书等相关资料，撰写和提交了论文《中国核政策与核战略的对外宣示》。由于中国学者接到会议邀请和提交论文时间稍晚，大会未能安排正式发言，我在会议讨论环节做了简要的即席发言，介绍了论文的主要观点和内容。与会学者对中国政府率先做出不首先使用核武器的郑重承诺、积极支持和加入核不扩散条约、主张全面禁止和彻底销毁核武器、坚定维护全球和地区核安全的一贯立场给予高度赞扬。

Actively going abroad to participate in international academic exchanges and striving for the right to speak on international academic platforms are of great significance for enhancing the international communication capacity and influence of contemporary Chinese history research. It is necessary to vigorously improve one’s own academic literacy, research level, and capacity for foreign exchange, to make extensive friends in foreign and overseas academic circles, to adopt flexible and diverse methods and means of exchange, to grasp international academic trends and frontiers, to align with the academic concerns of different regions, countries, and groups, and to enhance the effectiveness of foreign academic exchanges and communication.

主动走出去参加国际学术交流，争取在国际学术平台的发言权，对提升当代中国史研究的国际传播力和影响力有着十分重要的意义。要大力提升自身的学术素养、研究水平和对外交流能力，在国外、境外相关学术圈广交朋友，采用灵活多样的交流方式和方法，把握国际学术动态和学术前沿，贴近不同区域、不同国家、不同群体的学术关注，增强对外学术交流和传播的实效性。

II. Developing an Overseas Author Base and Publishing Research Results of Overseas Scholars

二、发展海外作者队伍，刊发海外学者研究成果

The Institute of Contemporary China Studies (hereinafter referred to as the Institute) places great emphasis on foreign academic exchanges. It has long-term scientific research cooperation and exchange agreements with the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (now renamed the Institute of China and Modern Asia), and has signed letters of intent for academic exchange with the National Institute of Korean History and the Institute of Chinese Studies of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. In September 2004, on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the Institute established the International Advanced Forum on Contemporary Chinese History, held every five years. It subsequently held the second, third, and fourth forums in 2009, 2014, and 2019, making it an institutionalized international exchange platform with considerable academic influence. The Institute’s foreign academic exchanges and institutionalized international exchange platforms have created favorable conditions for *Contemporary China History Studies* to strengthen its foreign academic exchanges and to develop contributions from internationally renowned scholars.

当代中国研究所（以下简称当代所）非常重视对外学术交流，与俄罗斯科学院远东研究所（现已更名为中国与现代亚洲研究所）长期签订有科研合作交流协议，与韩国国史编纂委员会、越南社会科学院中国研究所签订有意向性学术交流协议。2004年9月，中华人民共和国成立55周年之际，当代所创设了每5年召开1次的当代中国史国际高级论坛，并于2009年、2014年、2019年相继举办第二、第三、第四届当代中国史国际高级论坛，使其成为有较高学术影响力的制度性国际交流平台。当代所的对外学术交流和制度性国际交流平台，为《当代中国史研究》加强对外学术交流，发展海外知名学者为刊物供稿，创造了有利条件。

Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences and former Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Mikhail L. Titarenko, was one of the foreign scholars who visited the Institute most frequently and was a co-founder of academic exchanges and cooperation between the Institute and the Institute of Far Eastern Studies. In September 2009, Titarenko attended the Second International Advanced Forum on Contemporary Chinese History held by the Institute. *Contemporary China History Studies* published his paper “The International Significance of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China and the Experience of China’s Reform” in its sixth issue that year. I visited the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences twice, in May 2006 and June 2012, and was warmly received by Titarenko on both occasions. In November 2015, Titarenko was awarded the “World China Studies Contribution Award.” Titarenko, the team of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies under his leadership, and other Russian scholars became an important author base for *Contemporary China History Studies*. Issues 2 and 4 of *Contemporary China History Studies* in 2010 successively published “Research on the History of New China in Russian Academic Circles in the Last Ten Years” by V. N. Usov of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies and “Main Principles of China’s Foreign Policy (1949–2007)” by K. M. Gerasimova; Issue 2 in 2011 published “Research by Russian Scholars on the History of the Korean War” by Yu. V. Vanin of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Issue 4 in 2013 published “Contemporary Chinese Studies in the Russian Pacific Coast Region” by V. L. Larin, Director of the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnology of the Peoples of the Far East, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Issues 5 in 2013 and 4 in 2014 published “China’s Modernization Experience: Some Domestic and International Perspectives” by D. A. Smirnov of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies and “Administrative System Reform: China’s Path to Success” by Alexander Yershov.

俄罗斯科学院院士、远东研究所原所长季塔连科是到访当代所次数最多国外学者之一，是当代所同远东研究所学术交流与合作的共同开创者。2009年9月，季塔连科出席了当代所举办的第二届当代中国史国际高级论坛，《当代中国史研究》于当年第6期刊载了他的论文《中华人民共和国成立的国际意义和中国改革的经验》。我于2006年5月和2012年6月两次赴莫斯科访问俄罗斯科学院远东研究所，都得到季塔连科的热情接待。2015年11月，季塔连科荣获“世界中国学贡献奖”。季塔连科和他领导下的远东研究所团队及其他俄罗斯学者成为《当代中国史研究》重要的作者群体。《当代中国史研究》2010年第2期和第4期，先后刊载了远东研究所乌索夫撰写的《俄罗斯学术界最近10年对新中国历史的研究》和格拉西莫娃撰写的《中国对外政策主要原则（1949—2007年）》；2011年第2期刊载了俄罗斯科学院东方学研究所Ю.В.瓦宁撰写的《俄罗斯学者关于朝鲜战争历史的研究》；2013年第4期刊载了俄罗斯科学院远东分院远东历史考古和民族学研究所所长В.Л.拉林的论文《俄罗斯太平洋沿岸地区对当代中国的研究》；2013年第5期和2014年第4期，发表了远东研究所Д.А.斯米尔诺夫撰写的《中国现代化经验：国内外的一些观点》和亚历山大·叶尔绍夫撰写的《行政管理体制改革：中国成功之道》。

Professor Ezra F. Vogel of Harvard University in the United States was a highly internationally renowned scholar of Chinese studies. He stayed at the Institute as a visiting scholar in 2006 and 2007 to collect materials for his research on the “Deng Xiaoping Era,” and was also invited to participate in the Institute’s academic activities on multiple occasions, giving academic lectures to the Institute’s researchers. On October 27, 2017, I had the honor of chairing Professor Vogel’s academic lecture at the Institute, where he humorously and earnestly said that the Institute was his “work unit” in Beijing. In September 2009, Vogel attended the Second International Advanced Forum on Contemporary Chinese History, and *Contemporary China History Studies* published his article “Deng Xiaoping and China’s Opening to the Outside World: Sino-US Relations, 1977–1979” in its sixth issue. In November 2013, I led an academic delegation from the Institute to visit the United States. Vogel warmly received us at his home at Harvard University and arranged for our delegation to visit and inspect the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Yenching Library at Harvard University. That year, Vogel was awarded the “World China Studies Contribution Award.” In September 2019, although Vogel was unable to attend the Fourth International Advanced Forum on Contemporary Chinese History, he sent a video speech titled “1949: The 70th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese Communist Party” for the forum.

美国哈佛大学教授傅高义是有很高国际知名度的中国研究学者，他在2006年和2007年两度以访问学者名义在当代所长住，为他的“邓小平时代”研究搜集资料，还多次应邀参加当代所的学术活动，为当代所研究人员做了学术报告。2017年10月27日，我有幸主持了傅高义教授在当代所的学术报告会，他诙谐又认真地说当代所是他在北京的“单位”。2009年9月，傅高义出席了第二届当代中国史国际高级论坛，《当代中国史研究》第6期刊载了他撰写的《邓小平与中国的对外开放——1977—1979年的中美关系》。2013年11月，我率当代所学术代表团赴美访问，傅高义在哈佛大学的家中热情地接待了我们，为我们一行联系了对哈佛大学费正清中国研究中心、燕京图书馆等部门的访问考察。那一年，傅高义获得了“世界中国学贡献奖”。2019年9月，傅高义虽然未能出席第四届当代中国史国际高级论坛，但他为论坛发来了“1949年：中国共产党胜利70周年”的视频讲话。

In November 2007, Yoo Young-yeol, Chairman of the National Institute of Korean History, visited the Institute and signed a letter of intent for academic exchange with the Institute, promoting academic exchanges with South Korea. In October 2008, I led an academic delegation from the Institute to visit South Korea, delivering an academic lecture titled “The Institute of Contemporary China Studies and Research on the History of the People’s Republic of China” for the National Institute of Korean History, and visiting relevant research institutions at Seoul National University, Korea University in Seoul, and Kyungpook National University and Keimyung University in Daegu. At Seoul National University, we visited Professor Chung Jae-ho, Director of the Institute of Chinese Studies and Chair of the Department of Political Science and International Relations. Professor Chung earned his PhD from the University of Michigan, was a visiting scholar at Renmin University of China in 2007, is proficient in Chinese, and is also an editorial board member of the English-language *China Quarterly*. He presented me with his English-language article “A Review of Contemporary Chinese Political Studies in South Korea.” With the author’s permission, I arranged for Zhan Heng, a graduate student in the Department of National History, to compile and translate it into Chinese, which was published in Issue 2 of *Contemporary China History Studies* in 2009. Through this visit to South Korea, we also invited Professor Lee Jeong-nam, a research professor at the Asiatic Research Institute of Korea University, to attend the Second International Advanced Forum on Contemporary Chinese History held the following year.

2007年11月，韩国国史编纂委员会委员长柳永烈访问当代所，与当代所签订了学术交流意向书，促进了与韩国的学术交流。2008年10月，我率当代所学术代表团访问韩国，为韩国国史编纂委员会做了《当代中国研究所与中华人民共和国史研究》的学术报告，访问了首尔的首尔国立大学、高丽大学和大邱的庆北大学、启明大学的相关研究机构。在首尔国立大学，拜访了该校外交系主任、中国研究所所长郑在浩教授。郑在浩在美国密歇根大学取得博士学位，2007年在中国人民大学做访问学者，通晓中文，同时又是英文《中国季刊》的编委。他把用英文撰写的《韩国的当代中国政治研究述评》赠送给我，经过作者允许，我安排国史系研究生詹珩将该文编译为中文，刊登在《当代中国史研究》2009年第2期。通过此次访韩，我们还邀请到高丽大学亚细亚问题研究所研究教授李正男出席了翌年举办的第二届当代中国史国际高级论坛。

In addition, papers by foreign scholars published in *Contemporary China History Studies* include: “Chinese and Zhou Enlai Views of Japanese Students: A Case Study of Soka University” by Professor Takashi Kawasaki of Soka University in Japan (Issue 3, 2008); “60 Years of Chinese Diplomacy: Retrospect and Prospect” by Professor Emeritus of Tokyo Metropolitan University and former Japanese Chair of the Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century, Tatsumi Okabe (Issue 2, 2010); “A Historical Investigation of the Central Investigation Department of the Chinese Communist Party” by Professor Michael Schoenhals of Lund University in Sweden (Issue 2, 2010); “Making Policy through Experimentation: China’s Unique Experience” by Professor Sebastian Heilmann of the East Asia and Pacific Research Institute at the University of Trier in Germany (Issue 3, 2010); “Current Status and Prospects of Contemporary Chinese History Research in Vietnam” by Do Tien Sam, Director of the Institute of Chinese Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (Issue 5, 2013); and “Reform and Development of China’s Social Security System and the Chinese Dream” by Phung Thi Hue, Deputy Director of the Institute of Chinese Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (Issue 5, 2014). The articles written by these internationally renowned scholars provide multi-perspective observations and analyses of contemporary Chinese history and have played a very positive role in enhancing the international influence of contemporary Chinese history research.

此外，《当代中国史研究》刊发的国外学者的论文还有：日本创价大学教授川崎高志撰写的《日本学生的中国观和周恩来观——以创价大学的调查为例》（2008年第3期），日本东京都立大学名誉教授、日中友好21世纪委员会原日方首席委员冈部达味撰写的《中国外交60年：回顾与展望》（2010年第2期）；瑞典隆德大学教授沈迈克撰写的《关于中国共产党中央调查部的历史考察》（2010年第2期）；德国特利尔大学东亚太平洋研究所韩博天教授撰写的《通过试验制定政策：中国独具特色的经验》（2010年第3期）；越南社会科学院中国研究所所长杜进森撰写的《越南中国当代史研究的现状与展望》（2013年第5期），越南社会科学院中国研究所副所长冯氏惠撰写的《中国社会保障制度改革发展与中国梦》（2014年第5期）。这些国外知名学者撰写的文章，提供了对当代中国史多视角的观察和分析，对提升当代中国史研究的国际影响力起到了很好的作用。

III. Strengthening Foreign Academic Exchanges and Organizing Overseas Academic Conferences

三、加强对外学术交流，组织召开海外学术会议

Collaborating with foreign research institutions to hold academic seminars is also an important form of conducting international academic exchange and enhancing international communication capacity and influence. On June 15, 2012, the Institute of Contemporary China Studies, the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies, and the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences jointly held an international academic seminar in Moscow on “Sino-Russian Relations and Their Domestic and International Factors (1991–2011).” More than 30 scholars from the Institute of Contemporary China Studies, the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies, the China Institute of International Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Economics, and the Russian Ministry of Regional Development attended the meeting. Zhu Jiamu, former Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Director of the Institute of Contemporary China Studies, and Mikhail Titarenko jointly presided over the opening ceremony and the conference summary. *Contemporary China History Studies* published an overview of the conference in a special column in its 2012 issue No. 5, and published abstracts of the Chinese scholars’ papers. The main papers included Zhu Jiamu’s “Review and Prospects of Sino-Russian Friendly and Cooperative Relations,” Ding Ming’s “Review and Analysis of 20 Years of Sino-Russian Relations,” Xu Yijie’s “Review and Prospects of Sino-Russian Economic and Trade Cooperation,” Liu Guoxin’s “Brief Discussion on 20 Years of Sino-Russian Cultural Exchange,” Zhang Xingxing’s “Sino-Russian Military Cooperation Outside the Framework of an Alliance,” Sun Cuiping’s “East Asian Factors in Sino-Russian Relations (1992–2002),” and Zhou Hong’s “Review of Research on the Sino-Russian Strategic Partnership of Coordination.” According to the plan agreed upon by the Chinese and Russian sides, the second phase of the international seminar on “Sino-Russian Relations and Their Domestic and International Factors (1991–2011)” was held in Beijing on June 28, 2013. More than 20 scholars attended, including Chinese scholars from the Institute of Contemporary China Studies, the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies, the China Institute of International Studies, and the China Institute for International Strategic Studies, and Russian scholars from the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Asian and African Studies of Moscow State University, and Transbaikal State University. I presided over the meeting. The holding of the two phases of the meeting had a positive impact on strengthening research on the history of Sino-Russian relations, correctly understanding and summarizing the achievements and experience gained in 20 years of Sino-Russian relations, deepening academic exchange between scholars of the two countries, and promoting the healthy development of the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era.

与国外相关研究机构合作召开学术研讨会，也是开展对外学术交流、提升国际传播力和影响力的一种重要形式。2012年6月15日，当代所、俄罗斯东欧中亚研究所与俄罗斯科学院远东研究所在莫斯科联合举办了“中俄关系及其国内国际因素（1991—2011年）”国际学术研讨会。来自当代所、俄罗斯东欧中亚研究所、中国外交部国际关系研究所和俄罗斯科学院远东研究所、经济研究所及俄罗斯地区发展部等机构的30余位学者出席会议。中国社会科学院原副院长兼当代所所长朱佳木和季塔连科共同主持了会议开幕式与会议总结。《当代中国史研究》2012年第5期以专栏的形式登载了会议概况，摘要发表了中方学者的与会论文。主要有朱佳木的《中俄友好合作关系的回顾与展望》、丁明的《对中俄关系20年的回顾与探析》、徐轶杰的《中俄经贸合作的回顾与展望》、刘国新的《20年来中俄文化交流简论》、张星星的《非同盟框架下的中俄军事合作》、孙翠萍的《中俄关系中的东亚因素（1992—2002年）》、周红的《中俄战略协作伙伴关系研究述评》。根据中俄双方商定的方案，“中俄关系及其国内国际因素（1991—2011年）”国际学术研讨会第二阶段会议于2013年6月28日在北京举行，来自当代所、俄罗斯东欧中亚研究所、中国国际问题研究所、中国国际战略学会的中方学者和俄罗斯科学院远东研究所、莫斯科国立大学亚非学院、后贝加尔国立大学的俄方学者共20余人出席会议，会议由我主持。两个阶段会议的举行，对加强中俄关系史研究，正确认识和总结中俄关系20年取得的成就和经验，深化两国学者的学术交流，推进中俄新时代全面战略协作伙伴关系健康发展具有积极影响。

In July 2008, Do Tien Sam [4]4 Do Tien Sam (杜进森) is a Vietnamese scholar who served as Director of the Institute for Chinese Studies at the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. paid an official visit to the Institute of Contemporary China Studies, and the two sides signed a letter of intent on academic exchange and cooperation, which promoted the rapid development of academic exchanges between the two sides. In December, coinciding with the 30th anniversary of China’s reform and opening up, Zhu Jiamu led an academic delegation to Hanoi, Vietnam, to attend the international seminar “Achievements and Experience of 30 Years of China’s Reform and Opening Up,” hosted by the Institute for Chinese Studies of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. In addition to scholars from China and Vietnam, scholars from Japan and the Hong Kong region of China also attended. Participants conducted extensive discussions and exchanges on the great achievements and basic experience of China’s reform and opening up over 30 years in the economic, political, cultural, and social fields, especially successful practices such as special economic zones, local development, social equity, cultural education, and maintaining peace and stability. *Contemporary China History Studies* published an academic summary of this international seminar on “Achievements and Experience of 30 Years of China’s Reform and Opening Up” in its 2009 issue No. 1, introducing the basic overview and main content of the conference, expounding on the central issues discussed at the conference, and promoting the dissemination of the results of academic exchange. In November 2018, on the eve of the 40th anniversary of China’s reform and opening up, I led an academic delegation from the Institute of Contemporary China Studies to conduct academic exchanges again with the Institute for Chinese Studies of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences and the Southern Institute of Social Sciences. The Institute for Chinese Studies of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences is located in the capital, Hanoi, and the Southern Institute of Social Sciences is located in Ho Chi Minh City. We successively held academic seminars with the leaders and scholars of the two institutes, focusing on China’s reform and opening up and Vietnam’s *doi moi* (renovation). I and delegation members Song Yuehong, Li Wen, Zhang Jincai, Yao Li, and Wang Qiaorong respectively gave a brief introduction from the aspects of the reform of the Party and state leadership institutions, political construction, economic construction, legal system construction, social construction, and peaceful diplomacy, outlining the achievements and experience gained in the 40 years of China’s reform and opening up, especially the comprehensive deepening of reform and promotion of high-standard opening up since the 18th National Congress of the CPC [5]5 The 18th National Congress of the CPC was held in November 2012, marking the beginning of Xi Jinping’s leadership and the launch of a. Vietnamese scholars introduced Vietnam’s economic and social development situation and the problems encountered since *doi moi*, promoting exchange and mutual learning between reform and opening up and *doi moi*. This form of academic exchange enables us to more clearly recognize the great achievements of China’s development from an international comparative perspective, more deeply grasp the special laws of China’s economic and social development, and more effectively resolve the various new situations, new problems, and new challenges encountered on the path forward.

2008年7月，杜进森对当代所进行正式访问，双方签订了学术交流合作意向书，推动了双方学术交流的快速发展。12月，正值中国改革开放30周年，朱佳木率学术代表团赴越南河内，出席由越南社会科学院中国研究所主办的“中国改革开放30年的成就与经验”国际研讨会。出席会议的除中越两国学者外，还有来自日本和中国香港地区的学者。与会人员就中国改革开放30年在经济、政治、文化、社会等方面取得的巨大成就和基本经验，特别是经济特区、地方发展、社会公平、文化教育和维护和平稳定等成功实践，进行了广泛的讨论交流。《当代中国史研究》2009年第1期刊发了这次“中国改革开放30年的成就与经验”国际研讨会的学术综述，介绍了会议的基本概况和主要内容，阐述了会议讨论的中心问题，促进了学术交流成果的传播。2018年11月，在中国改革开放40周年前夕，我率领当代所学术代表团，再次与越南社会科学院中国研究所和南方社会科学研究所进行了学术交流。越南社会科学院中国研究所位于首都河内，南方社会科学研究所位于胡志明市。我们先后与两个研究所的领导和学者，围绕中国的改革开放和越南的革新开放进行了学术座谈。我和代表团成员宋月红、李文、张金才、姚力、王巧荣分别从党和国家领导机构的改革、政治建设、经济建设、法制建设、社会建设、和平外交等方面，概要介绍了中国改革开放40年特别是中共十八大以来全面深化改革、促进高水平对外开放取得的成就和经验，越南学者介绍了革新开放以来越南的经济社会发展情况和遇到的问题，促进了对改革开放和革新开放的交流互鉴。这种学术交流方式可以使我们从国际比较中更清楚地认识中国发展取得的巨大成就，更深刻地把握中国经济社会发展的特殊规律，更有效地破解前进道路上遇到的种种新情况新问题新挑战。

IV. Expanding Overseas Academic Dissemination, Publishing the English Edition of *Contemporary China History Studies*

四、扩大海外学术传播，出版《当代中国史研究》英文刊

Publishing the English edition of *Contemporary China History Studies* was an important decision made by Zhu Jiamu during his tenure as Director of the Editorial Committee of *Contemporary China History Studies*, and he attached great importance to and provided careful guidance for this work. In November 2009, he helped the editorial department establish contact channels with the Social Sciences Academic Press, providing favorable conditions for advancing the publication of the English edition. To do a good job in the editing and publishing of the English edition, I participated in a training course for editors-in-chief of English-language journals organized by the General Administration of Press and Publication and the China Periodicals Association, and obtained a qualification certificate for editors-in-chief of English-language journals through examination.

出版《当代中国史研究》英文刊，是朱佳木在担任《当代中国史研究》编委会主任期间做出的重要决策，并对这项工作给予了高度重视和精心指导。2009年11月，他帮助编辑部与社会科学文献出版社建立起联系渠道，为推进英文刊出版工作提供了有利条件。为做好英文刊的编辑出版工作，我参加了新闻出版总署和中国期刊协会举办的英文期刊主编培训班，通过考试取得了英文期刊主编资格证书。

At that time, the International Publishing Division of the Social Sciences Academic Press had only recently been established, with limited staff and heavy workloads, and various business channels were just being set up, so the work progressed slowly. After repeated negotiations and screening, it was finally decided to entrust Brill Academic Publishers in the Netherlands with the translation, editing, publishing, and distribution of the English edition of *Contemporary China History Studies*. After selecting the papers for the first volume of the English edition, the tasks of translation, editing, and proofreading were all very complex, and we could only advance step by step, solving problems one by one. It was not until early 2015 that the first volume of the English edition of *Contemporary China History Studies* was finally published. From the first contact with colleagues from the International Publishing Division of the Social Sciences Academic Press in November 2009 to discuss the publication of the English edition, to the publication of the first volume, it took a full five years. During this period, Zhang Meng and the other editors of the editorial department put in a great deal of effort and hard work.

当时，社会科学文献出版社的国际出版分社成立不久，人手不多，工作繁忙，各项业务渠道刚刚建立起来，工作推进比较缓慢。经过反复商谈筛选，最终决定委托荷兰博睿学术出版社负责《当代中国史研究》英文刊的翻译、编辑、出版和发行工作。选定英文刊第一辑的论文篇目后，翻译、编辑、校对等各项工作都非常复杂，只能一步一步向前推进，一个问题一个问题逐步解决，迟至2015年初终于出版了《当代中国史研究》英文刊第一辑。从2009年11月第一次与社会科学文献出版社国际出版分社的同志接洽英文刊出版问题，到第一辑刊印问世用了整整5年时间。这中间编辑部张蒙和各位编辑付出了大量心血和汗水。

The first volume of the English edition of *Contemporary China History Studies* is a comprehensive collection, containing 14 papers in total, with two papers each on political history, economic history, cultural history, social history, defense history, diplomatic history, and review articles. The excitement over the publication of the first volume of the English edition had barely subsided when cold water was poured on us. A well-known foreign scholar reported to the editorial department that the English translation of the English edition of *Contemporary China History Studies* was “terrible,” completely incompatible with this serious academic journal. It was learned that the person responsible for editing the English edition, in order to pay less in translation fees, had hired some foreign students who lacked both a professional foundation in contemporary Chinese history and adequate English proficiency to do the English translation work, resulting in many problems such as inaccurate, non-standard, and unidiomatic English expressions. We promptly reported this situation to the International Publishing Division of the Social Sciences Academic Press. The International Publishing Division reported it to the representative of Brill Academic Publishers in China. The representative had to report it back to the publisher in the Netherlands, which then forwarded it to the person responsible for English editing. We really had no confidence in how effectively this problem could be resolved through such a chain.

《当代中国史研究》英文刊第一辑，是一部综合性文集，政治史、经济史、文化史、社会史、国防史、外交史和述评类的论文各2篇，一共收入14篇论文。英文刊第一辑出版的热乎劲还没有过去，一盆冷水又兜头浇来。一位国外知名学者向编辑部反映，《当代中国史研究》英文刊的英译文“太烂了”，与这本严肃的学术期刊完全不相配。据了解，负责英文刊编辑的人为了少付翻译费，找了些既没有当代中国史专业基础、英文水平也半斤八两的留学生来做英文翻译工作，导致出现不少英文表述不准确、不规范、不流畅等问题。我们及时向社会科学文献出版社国际出版分社反馈了这一情况，国际出版分社向荷兰博睿学术出版社驻华代表反映，驻华代表要反馈到荷兰的出版社，出版社再转到负责英文编辑的人，这在多大程度上能妥善解决这一问题，我们确实没有把握。

The second issue of the English-language edition was published in 2016, changing from a comprehensive collection of essays to a thematic collection, which centrally included 14 academic papers on China’s agricultural reform and rural transformation. After receiving the sample copy of the second English-language issue, we discovered that the English-language compiler had added a 21-page “Introduction” at the front of the collection, titled “Rethinking China’s Agricultural and Rural Development: Western and Chinese Perspectives.” The addition of an “Introduction” written by the English-language compiler to our carefully selected collection was not included in the originally signed publication contract, nor was it communicated to the Chinese side in advance, nor had it been reviewed and approved by the Chinese side. We immediately raised the matter through the Social Sciences Academic Press to the representative of Brill Academic Publishers in China, pointing out that it was improper for the English-language publisher to unilaterally add other content to the collection selected by the Chinese side without informing the Chinese side. Brill Academic Publishers expressed respect for the Chinese side’s opinion and stated that in such cases they would in future submit the material in advance to the International Publishing Division of the Social Sciences Academic Press and the editorial department of *Research on Contemporary Chinese History* for review and approval. To strengthen control over the political direction, academic orientation, and translation quality of the English-language edition of *Research on Contemporary Chinese History*, we worked with the International Publishing Division of the Social Sciences Academic Press to formulate a specific rectification plan. First, strict selection criteria were proposed for English-language translators to effectively improve the quality of English translation. Second, strict control over the content of the English-language edition was strengthened; English-language compilers and the English-language publisher were not permitted to add content that had not been reviewed. Third, supervision of the publication and printing procedures was strengthened; after compilation, the manuscript required the signatures of the editorial department of *Research on Contemporary Chinese History* and the International Publishing Division of the Social Sciences Academic Press approving “publication” before it could be formally printed and distributed. Although this rectification delayed some subsequent publication time, it provided more appropriate guarantees for ensuring and enhancing the publication quality of the English-language edition of *Research on Contemporary Chinese History*.

英文刊的第二辑于2016年出版，从综合性论文集改成了专题性文集，集中收录了中国农业改革和农村转型的14篇学术论文。我们收到英文刊第二辑的样刊后发现，英文编译者在该文集的前面加入了一个长达21页的“导言”（Introduction），标题为“中国农业和农村发展再认识：西方和中国的观点”。在我们慎重编选的文集中加入英文编译者撰写的“导言”，这并不在原先签订的出版合同之中，且事先未向中方告知，也未经中方审阅同意。我们随即通过社会科学文献出版社向荷兰博睿学术出版公司驻华代表提出交涉，指出英文出版方在未告知中方的情况下，擅自在中方编选的文稿中添加其他内容，是不妥当的。博睿学术出版公司方面表示，尊重中方的意见，遇有此类情况将提前送给社会科学文献出版社国际出版分社和《当代中国史研究》编辑部审阅同意。为加强对《当代中国史研究》英文刊政治方向、学术导向、翻译质量的把控，我们会同社会科学文献出版社国际出版分社制定了具体的整改方案。一是对英文译者提出严格的选用标准，切实提高英文翻译质量；二是加强对英文刊内容的严格把控，英文编译者和英文出版方不得在文集中添加未经审阅的内容；三是加强出版刊印程序的监管，编译完成后的文稿需经《当代中国史研究》编辑部、社会科学文献出版社国际出版分社签署“同意出版”方可正式印行。这一整改虽然延误了一些后续出版时间，但为确保和提升《当代中国史研究》英文刊的出版质量提供了更妥善的保证。

In 2019, the third issue of the English-language edition of *Research on Contemporary Chinese History*, with the theme of the development of contemporary China’s medical and health undertakings, was printed and published. I, together with colleagues in the editorial department, also jointly selected the contents for the fourth issue of the English-language edition, with the theme of contemporary China’s marriage system reform and women’s liberation. At the end of 2019, I completely stepped down from the position of editor-in-chief of *Research on Contemporary Chinese History*, which I had held for 12 years.

2019年，以当代中国医疗卫生事业发展为主题的《当代中国史研究》英文刊第三辑刊印出版。我和编辑部的同志还共同编选出以当代中国婚姻制度改革和妇女解放为主题的英文刊第四辑的篇目。2019年底，我彻底卸去担任12年的《当代中国史研究》主编职务。

*Research on Contemporary Chinese History* is an important platform for conducting international academic exchange and enhancing international communication capacity. To fulfill this duty and mission and to build a world-class academic journal, there is still a long way to go. On the basis of adhering to the correct political direction and academic orientation, we must earnestly sum up experience, continuously explore and innovate, and broadly unite scholars of contemporary Chinese history from both domestic and international circles, in order to make more active contributions to enhancing the international communication capacity and international influence of research on contemporary Chinese history, and to explaining the Chinese path, summarizing Chinese experience, telling the Chinese story well, and spreading the Chinese voice well. I wish to dedicate this article to the late Professor Ezra Vogel and Academician Mikhail Titarenko, who gave great support and made important contributions to *Research on Contemporary Chinese History*!

《当代中国史研究》是开展对外学术交流、提高国际传播能力的重要平台，要履行好这一职责和使命，建设国际一流的学术期刊，还有很长的路要走。要在坚持正确政治方向和学术导向的基础上，认真总结经验，不断探索创新，广泛团结海内外各方面当代中国史研究学者，为提升当代中国史研究的国际传播力和国际影响力，为阐释中国道路、总结中国经验、讲好中国故事、传播好中国声音，做出更加积极的贡献。愿以此文献给对《当代中国史研究》给予大力支持、做出重要贡献、已故的傅高义教授、季塔连科院士！

(Author’s brief introduction: Zhang Xingxing, Distinguished Professor at the University of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, former editor-in-chief of *Research on Contemporary Chinese History*)

（作者简介：张星星，中国社会科学院大学特聘教授、《当代中国史研究》原主编）

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