For more than a century, China culture has been facing the opportunities and challenges brought by modernity. Today, with the development of China's economy and the improvement of its comprehensive national strength, and with the deepening of globalization, the opportunities and challenges brought by modernity have not disappeared, but have become more and more prominent. In order to meet the challenge consciously and seize the opportunity actively, Kaifeng Scholar Project takes "the modernity construction of China culture" as its core direction, actively advocates cultural exchange, keeps an open global vision while inheriting its own traditions, adheres to the subjectivity of China culture while absorbing the advantages of other cultures, and innovates in inheritance and inherits in innovation to construct the modernity of China culture.

Kaifeng Scholar Program is a comprehensive and continuous support program for humanities scholars, which is committed to realizing the benign interaction between high-end social resources and academic resources through a series of innovative and influential practices. It selects and supports a group of most accomplished scholars in the humanities field, and is a high-end scholar support program; It advocates all-round support beyond financial support and is a feasible scholar support plan; It emphasizes the interaction and communication between all parties and is a cooperative scholar support program.

This project will select a group of outstanding humanities scholars, give them continuous funding, help them to participate in and organize high-level international exchanges and innovative cultural practices, and encourage them to conduct in-depth theoretical thinking and systematic research on the modernity construction of China culture on the basis of existing academic achievements, so as to think about society from college, communicate with the world from China, and lead the future from history.

Bring together a group of elite scholars with similar ideas, learn from each other and explore the way of culture. The first batch of Kaifeng scholars include Professor Chen Lai from Tsinghua University, Professor Dong Liu, Professor Li Bozhong, Professor Liu Yingsheng from Nanjing University, Professor Yao Dali from Fudan University, Professor ArifDirlik from Duke University in the United States, Professor Alan Macfarlane from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom, Professor Marianne Bastid-burguière from France College and Professor Victor H.Mair from the University of Pennsylvania.

Professor Chen Lai, originally from Wenzhou, Zhejiang. 1976 Graduated from Geology Department of Central South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (now Central South University); 198 1 Master of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Peking University; 1985 graduated from the philosophy department of Peking University with a doctor of philosophy. 1990 Professor, Philosophy Department, Peking University. At present, he is a professor in the Department of Philosophy of Tsinghua University, a doctoral supervisor, the president of the National Society for the History of Chinese Philosophy, the president of the Zhu Research Association, the president of the Feng Youlan Research Association, a member of the Social Science Committee of the Ministry of Education, and a member of the National Ancient Books Arrangement Planning Group. In addition, he also served as an adjunct professor in many universities such as Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Wuhan University, and visited famous universities such as Harvard University, Tokyo University, Kansai University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, City University of Hong Kong and Central University of Taiwan Province Province.

Professor Dong Liu was born in 1955. 198 1 Graduated from philosophy department of Nanjing University, 1985 was admitted to China Academy of Social Sciences. He studied under Mr. Li Zehou, completed his doctoral thesis on aesthetics in Song Dynasty in the summer of 1989, and obtained his degree in defense the following year. He has taught in the School of Foreign Languages of China Academy of Social Sciences and the Chinese Department of Peking University. At present, he is a professor in the Department of Philosophy of Tsinghua University and concurrently the vice president of the Institute of Chinese Studies, presiding over the daily affairs of the Institute, Wang Guowei's memorial lecture and workshops on Chinese studies.

Professor Liu Yingsheng was born in 1947. 198 1 Master of History, Nanjing University, 1985 Doctor of History, China Academy of Social Sciences. At present, he is a professor of history department of Nanjing University, director of the Center for Ethnic and Frontier Studies, a distinguished adjunct professor of Tsinghua University Sinology Institute and director of academic committee, and co-chairs the memorial lecture of Chen Yinque. He has long served as the president of China Yuan History Research Association, the vice president of China Mongolian History Society, the vice president of China Navigation History Research Association and the vice president of China Mongolian Studies Research Association.

Professor Derek was born in Turkey on 1940. He was originally a professor at Duke University in the United States, and recently retired as a knight professor of social sciences at the University of Oregon. He is not only a famous sinologist, but also a famous social theorist. He is proficient in Chinese and China history, as well as Marxism and post-colonialism. Because of this, he is not only regarded as a national treasure by contemporary Turks, but also regarded as the leader of this camp by the left wing among contemporary American sinologists.

Professor MacFarlane was born in India in 194 1. He was educated in England in his early years. He studied history and anthropology at Oxford University, the London School of Economics (LSE) and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of the University of London, and received his doctorate. Since then, he has worked in the Department of Social Anthropology of Cambridge University for 32 years as a professor and dean, and retired in 2009. He is also an academician of King's College, a member of the Royal Historical Society, a researcher and honorary deputy director of the Royal Institute of Anthropology, a member of the British Academy of Sciences and a member of the European Academy of Sciences. Teenagers are the future of the country and the hope of mankind. Mr. Liang Qichao once said, "Young people are wise, rich and strong." The rapid economic growth, the remarkable improvement of comprehensive national strength and the widespread popularization of basic education in China provide unprecedented development space for students. However, the division of modern disciplines is becoming more and more detailed, the cost of higher education is becoming more and more expensive, and the employment competition is becoming more and more fierce. The commercialization of the whole society has hindered their all-round and healthy growth to some extent. If the accompanying modern education popularizes the standardized production of talents close to the assembly line, Kaifeng still hopes that every student will have the opportunity to appreciate the ideal of "perfection" that may have been lost forever, or that no one may have ever realized it, and cultivate themselves, study and help the world under the illumination of this ideal.

Kaifeng Aid Project is committed to subsidizing students with excellent academic performance, assisting them to organize and participate in various forms of training, exchanges, public welfare activities and social practice, guiding them to establish a correct outlook on life and values, enhancing leadership, shaping all-round talents, and establishing a sense of social responsibility and mission. The maturity and perfection of China society cannot be separated from the establishment and perfection of civil society, and the harmonious development needs the full participation and promotion of a large number of non-profit organizations and talents with practical ability. Kaifeng Public Welfare Foundation always takes it as its bounden mission to contribute to the construction of public welfare society. At present, it has provided strong support for many projects, such as Youth Business China (YBC), Tsinghua University Kaifeng MPA Scholarship for Social Management, China Non-public Offering Development Forum, Community Management Research, and American NPO Operation and Management Delegation of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Kaifeng project will mainly focus on improving the sense of social responsibility of enterprises and individuals and making contributions to further creating a harmonious and fair society.

Kaifeng Public Welfare Foundation, as the governing body of China Social Organization Promotion Association of the Communist Youth League Central Committee, China Non-public Offering Forum and China Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship Foundation, not only attaches importance to "political and social cooperation", but also emphasizes "peer advancement" and advocates "public welfare innovation" in the process of building a social public welfare network. Since its establishment, the Foundation has continuously funded peer innovation, the development of public welfare leaders and the construction of public welfare networks, and strived to create a harmonious and sustainable public welfare ecological environment under the framework of government supervision and industry self-discipline.