Professor Geng Mingzhai is the director of the Institute of Institutional Change and Economic Development, whose main research field is the interaction between institutional change and economic development. In recent years, remarkable progress has been made in the research fields of China's regional development theory and policy, the industrialization of underdeveloped plain agricultural areas, the adjustment of industrial structure and ownership reform in the central and western regions under the background of company and regional development and economic globalization. Professor Miao Changhong is the director of the Institute of Ecology and Sustainable Development, which integrates geography, ecology, economics and other disciplines, focusing on the ecology and sustainable development of the Yellow River. In recent years, remarkable progress has been made in the basic theoretical research of ecology and sustainable development, the interactive relationship between ecology and sustainable development in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and its regulation. Professor Niu Jianqiang is the director of the Yellow River Civilization Research Institute. Taking the inheritance and development of Yellow River civilization as the research direction, this paper focuses on the historical, cultural and institutional changes in the Yellow River basin, especially in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and provides historical basis for the overall study of Yellow River civilization and sustainable development. Professor Gao Youpeng is the director of the Central Plains Institute of Culture and Folklore. Therefore, focusing on "the inheritance and development of the Yellow River civilization", the research on folk culture in the Central Plains is highlighted. Its advantage lies in the integration of culture, literature, history, folklore and philosophy.
In the past two years, the Center has published more than 60 academic papers/kloc-0, of which more than 20 papers/kloc-0 have been included in CSSCI and CSCD source journals, and some papers have been reprinted by Xinhua Digest and NPC Copy Materials. Publishing academic monographs and compiling more than 20 teaching materials; He has undertaken more than 40 provincial and ministerial projects, including nearly 30 newly approved projects and nearly 6 million yuan in research funding; In 2005, Professor Li Xiaojian, director of the research center, undertook the key project of the National Natural Science Foundation "Study on the Coordinated Social and Economic Development in Central Agricultural Areas under the Interaction between Farmers and Geographical Environment", and Professor Miao Changhong, executive director of the center, undertook the key project of philosophy and social sciences in Henan Province "Study on the Regional Economic Development Strategy of Scientific Outlook on Development and Henan". In 2006, the center was newly approved for five national philosophy and social science planning projects and three national natural science planning projects; The center has won more than 20 academic awards at or above the provincial and ministerial level; Experts from home and abroad were invited to give lectures at the center for more than 30 times, researchers from the center were invited to give lectures at the center for more than 40 times, and participated in international and domestic academic conferences for more than 50 times. Among them, Professor Qin, Deputy Director of the Center, was invited to give lectures at Jinggangshan Cadre Management College in China. During the period, the center sent seven researchers to visit foreign universities; The center hosted and hosted 5 academic conferences at home and abroad, which was well received by the academic community; In addition, the center's core periodical is the Yellow River Forum, which is published once every quarter, soliciting contributions for the whole country, with rich sources and comprehensive contents, involving history, geography, literature, folklore, economy, region, folk literature and art, etc.
In the past four years, the researchers in the center have made outstanding achievements in basic theory and applied research. He has published more than 60 books and 465 academic papers, including 3 SSCI source journals, 225 CSSCI source journals and 35 CSCD source journals. Approved the National Social Science Fund 1 1 and 5 natural science funds, including major projects 1; Submit 18 government report; More than 60 academic achievement awards; Hosted and hosted 9 academic conferences at home and abroad, invited domestic and foreign experts to give lectures at the center for more than 50 times, and the researchers of the center went out to give lectures for more than 80 times, and 9 researchers visited foreign universities. The first volume of China Yellow River Report and the large-scale series of Historical Changes of Yellow River Civilization were published as planned. The Yellow River Civilization and Sustainable Development Research Center (Series I and II) vigorously promotes scientific research and actively carries out various forms of application services. The researchers of the center have undertaken a number of projects entrusted by state departments, provincial party committees and governments and local cities, which have been adopted by relevant departments and won favorable comments. For example, the center also actively participated in the formulation and consultation of the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" in Henan Province, and put forward good suggestions on the formulation and revision of relevant plans in our province, which were adopted by the provincial development and reform commission; In the process of formulating the Outline of the Overall Development Plan of Central Plains Urban Agglomeration, Professor Geng Mingzhai, a researcher of the center, took the lead in putting forward the idea of "Zheng-Bian Integration" and compiled "Research on the Theory and Countermeasures of Some Basic Problems of Zheng-Bian Integration", which was approved by Zhang Dawei, Vice Governor of Henan Province and adopted by Kaifeng Municipal Government, laying a theoretical foundation for the implementation of "Zheng-Bian Integration". The Planning, Design and Countermeasures for the Sustainable Development of Daye Town, which was commissioned by Daye Town Government, deeply analyzed various problems existing in the process of relying on coal resources to develop the economy in Daye Town, and put forward three paths to realize the sustainable development of this area, which was unanimously praised and adopted by Daye Town Government. In addition, the researchers of the center have been interviewed by TV, newspapers and other media for many times to expand the academic influence of the center. Among them, Professor Gao Youpeng, deputy director of the center, put forward the Declaration on Defending the Spring Festival before the Spring Festival in 2006, which aroused strong social repercussions. On New Year's Eve in 2006, Professor Gao Youpeng was invited to talk about "Spring Festival" in CCTV's Spring Festival special program "Lecture Room", and was also invited to talk about "the significance of the Spring Festival" on Radio Paris International. Guangming Daily invited 65438+/kloc-0 on June 28th. The Henan branch of "Journey to the Great River-Environmental Protection China 2005 Yellow River Miles" sponsored by China National Geographic Magazine, Phoenix Net, China News Service, Southern Metropolis Daily, Huashang Daily, Southern Weekend and Bund Pictorial is located in the center. The center has also undertaken the task of building a data center in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and a database of folk cultural resources in Henan Province. The national scientific data can be shared with the scientific data of the engineering earth system, and the center is independently developing a characteristic database of documents in the Yellow River basin to ensure the scientific research of the center. Guided by Scientific Outlook on Development, around the theme of "Yellow River Civilization and Sustainable Development", according to the spirit of "Management Measures for Key Research Bases of Humanities and Social Sciences in Colleges and Universities (Revised Edition in 2006)" and "Opinions of the Ministry of Education on Vigorously Improving the Research Quality of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Colleges and Universities", the Center has formulated the "Eleventh Five-Year" scientific research plan, and strived to create the inheritance and development of the Yellow River civilization. Along the three characteristic research directions of institutional change and economic development in the Yellow River region and ecology and sustainable development in the Yellow River basin, we will promote the cross-integration of arts and sciences, form a theoretical framework of Yellow River civilization and sustainable development, and produce a number of landmark achievements with important influence at home and abroad. During the 11th Five-Year Plan period, the Center will focus on the comprehensive research on the formation and changes of the Yellow River civilization, the tourism culture and its changes in the Yellow River basin, the social transformation at the grass-roots level in Henan since Ming and Qing Dynasties, the construction of a database of folk cultural resources in Henan, the culture along the Yellow River, farmers' behavior and the development of agricultural areas, the social embedding and regional innovation model in the Yellow River basin, and the driving forces of economic transformation in central cities in the Yellow River basin. Research on process and sustainable development model, interactive mechanism of urbanization and ecological spatial pattern evolution in urban agglomerations of the Yellow River Basin and coordinated development of regional economy in the Yellow River Basin. It is planned to publish China Yellow River Report Series, Yellow River Civilization and Sustainable Development Research Series, Yellow River Civilization Formation and Development, Yellow River Culture and Contemporary Social Development, and Yellow River Basin Ecology and Sustainable Development Series.