Exploring Pathways to High Quality Connotative Development in Regional and Country Studies

Abstract

As an interdisciplinary field, regional and country studies play a significant role in serving national strategic needs through high-quality development. This paper explores pathways to promote high-quality, substantive development in regional and country studies, proposing four key strategies. First, emphasizing regional distinctiveness through systematic investigations into the political, economic, and cultural dynamics of specific areas, transforming institutional localness into academic globalness by developing unique strengths and deepening existing expertise to establish scholarly authority in specialized domains. Second, cultivating disciplinary uniqueness by breaking academic silos and constructing interdisciplinary methodological frameworks to develop irreplaceable research specializations. Third, establishing high-level think tanks to enhance policy advisory capabilities, addressing complex theoretical and practical challenges while facilitating knowledge translation. Fourth, innovating institutional mechanisms through flexible organizational structures, multidimensional evaluation systems, and agile resource allocation to unleash the discipline’s dual potential in serving national strategies and advancing academic frontiers. Research indicates that the coordinated implementation of these pathways can effectively enhance the academic depth, applied value, and sustainable development capacity of regional and country studies, thereby contributing to the construction of the philosophy and social science system with Chinese characteristics.