The School of Sociology and Anthropology of Sun Yat-sen University was jointly established by the former Department of Sociology and Social Work and the Department of Anthropology from June 5438 to February 2008. Its discipline has a long history and a solid foundation. Many famous sociologists and anthropologists in China teach here, such as Shi Luguo, Deng Chumin, Gu Jiegang, Xu Dishan, Zhu, Rong Zhaozu, Hu Tigan, Yan and Fu Shanglin. From generation to generation, endless.

Sociology of Sun Yat-sen University is one of the first sociology disciplines rebuilt in China after the reform and opening up. 198 1 awarded a master's degree in sociology and a doctorate in 2000. In 2007, it was approved as a key discipline in Guangdong Province, and was allowed to set up a postdoctoral research mobile station, which is a national key training discipline. Sociology has shown a good trend of rapid development since its restoration and reconstruction. It is not only the center of sociology research in South China, but also has an important influence on sociology in China. By virtue of its geographical proximity to Hong Kong, it will play the role of a bridge between China sociology and Hong Kong and international sociology. In the discipline evaluation organized by the Ministry of Education in 2008, sociology (first-class discipline) of Sun Yat-sen University ranked third in China.

In scientific research, there are several distinctive research directions: urban and community research, population and social development, economic sociology, consumer sociology and labor research. Among them, urban sociology theory, development sociology, industrial cluster, consumer sociology, migrant workers, urban villages, Hong Kong and Macao society, population during the Great Leap Forward period and other research fields have had an important impact in academic circles.