Nankai  News Network (reporter, Lu Yang): Four research projects in Nankai  University have gained approval according to the results (the first  official results) released recently by National Social Science  Foundation Program 2015, ranking the top of the list together with  Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Sun Yat-sen University.

The four projects are as follows:  A Study on the Coordination Mechanism and Policy for the Open  Strategies for Inward and Outward Foreign Direct Investment of China undertaken by Professor Xian Guoming of economics, A  Study on the Innovation Mechanism of Collaboration Development  of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region in the Field of Transportation,  Environment and Industry undertaken by Professor Zhou Jingkui of economics, A Comparative Study on Ways for Political Development in Non-western Countries undertaken by Professor Tanrong from Zhou Enlai School of Government, and The  National Social Science Fund of China Major Research Project on Global  Economic Governance System and China’s Strategy Integrating International and Domestic Rules undertaken by Professor Zhao Longyue from Zhou Enlai School of Government.

It  is known that the approved establishment of National Social Science  Foundation Program was passed by the leading group of National Planning  Office of Philosophy and Social Science in 2004. This program is of the  highest level, the most heavily funded and highly authoritative in the  field of the social sciences, which was classified into three  categories: application and countermeasures, basic theory, and  inter-disciplinary courses. In 2015, there are 69 projects gained  approval from the National Social Science Foundation Program.