2022 Work Report for CWAS of UESTC

Four Monographs by CWAS of UESTC

SSCI/SCI and CSSCI 23 Papers in Total

Funded Research Projects （16 in total）

Think Tank Reports (adopted 8 Reports in total), 18 Articles released in Column on “West African Studies” in Huanqiu.com 

and 2 Essays released by China &Africa.

 UESTC Lectures on West African Studies (5 Lectures in total), sponsoring and organizing 2022 Forum on West African 

Studies(4th ) and Symposium(2nd) on International and Regional Studies and in support of the First Forum of 50 Experts on 

China Regional Country Studies.

Adjunct Professor of UESTC Li Anshan was nominated as associate member of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco.

Looking forward for more fruitful and productive 2023

Once again with our joint efforts!

About Center for West African Studies of UESTC

1.Introduction

TheCenter for WestAfrican Studiesof University of Electronic Science andTechnology of China(CWASof UESTC)isaresearch center jointly established byUniversity ofElectronic Science andTechnology of China (UESTC), University ofGhana (UG),University of Cape Coast(UCC), Ghana Institute of Management andPublicAdministration (GIMPA),University of Education, Winneba (UEW), andUniversityfor Development Studies(UDS)in April 2017. The Center is based in theSchool ofPublic Affairs andAdministration at UESTC and is headed by ProfessorShuRongZhao.

Theestablishment ofCWAS is animportant initiative of UESTC to pursue China’s “Philosophy andSocial Sciences‘Going Global’Strategy” and a beneficial practice forUESTC to buildaninternational interdisciplinary research system and a new typeof high-level“Think Tank”.

InMarch 2021, theCWAS of UESTCwas accredited by the Ministry of Education ofChina as the Centerfor Nationaland Regional Studies for Universities.

2.ResearchDirection

ResearchTargets:Focusingon Ghana, Benin, Senegal, and other major West Africancountries and WestAfricanregions.

ResearchAreas:China-WestAfrica politic science, economic and social development,publicadministration,education, literature and culture, etc.; China-WestAfricaeconomic and tradecooperation; China-West Africa intergovernmentalrelations.

3.Missionand Goals

TheCenter for WestAfricanStudies, together with five member institutions ofuniversities inGhana, UESTCAlumni in West Africa for West African Studies, andthe GhanaChinese Chamberof Commerce, strives to create a "1 + 1 + 1"newresearch model ofChina-Africa cooperation, which integrates a TalentTrainingBase, an Academic ExchangePlatform and a Think Tank for West African studies.Itaims to:

(1)To serve as a Talent Training Base. The Center helps to expand the source of international students from West Africa and enrich themulti-levelinternational student training system of UESTC for undergraduate,master, and doctor. Also, itcarries out overseas cadre training, teacher training,customized ICT and engineering training, and summer practice programs for students in West Africa,and devotes itself to building a diversified and distinctive overseas talent training base which integrates academic education,on-the-job training and practical training, and cultivates local talents for Chinese enterprises to address economic and social development problems.

(2)To build an Academic Exchange Platform.Through regularly holding international academic conferences such as Forum on West African Studies,organizing China-Africa Friendship—Academic—Culture Exchanges Month,and promoting overseas exhibitions of 3Dplatforms for cultural resources and China-West Africa International Industry-Academia-Research Cooperation Project,the Center is committed to building a platform for China-Africa exchanges and cooperations in various fields such as academics, humanities,science and technology, and enhancing the influence and cultural soft power of Chinese universities and enterprises in Africa.

(3)To establish a Think Tank for West African studies. The Center is committed to research on economic, political, and humanistic exchanges in West Africa by utilizing the disciplinary strengths and featured research of its members both in China and abroad. It works to strengthen cooperations with West African think tanks such as the Imani Center for Policy Education (ranked 113 in global think tanks) and the Institute for Statistics, Social and Economic Research (ranked 164 in globalthink tanks) as part of efforts to enhance joint research, and collectively publish and undertake research projectson WestAfrican studies. The Center also aims to propose policy advice to the Chinese government and West African countries, provide high-level think tank services for China in fields coveringtalent training, science and technology services,economic and business management, and public and political governance.And, it also strives to become an influential think tank center for West African studies.

4.Memberships

WestAfrican Members：

UniversityofGhana（UG），University of Cape Coast(UCC)，GhanaInstituteof Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), UniversityofEducation,Winneba(UEW)，University ofDevelopmentStudies(UDS)，West African AlumniAssociation.

UESTCMembers：

School of Public Affairs and Administration, School of Management and Economics，School of Foreign Languages，School of International Education，School of Marxism，Office of Scientific Research & Development,School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering,School of Information and Software Engineering.

5.Websitesand Wechat Official Account

ChineseWebsite：https://cwas.uestc.edu.cn/sy.htm

EnglishWebsite：https://cwas.uestc.edu.cn/English/Home.htm

WechatOfficialAccount：gh_bfde9ecc926a

6.ContactUs

Tel：0086-028-61831756/61831706

E-mail：cwasuestc@163.com

Address：Office450, Center for West AfricanStudies, Qingshuihe Campus, University of ElectronicScience and Technology of China, No. 2006, Xiyuan Avenue, High-Tech Zone (WestDistrict),Chengdu, China.