Congratulation to Center for West Africa Studies of UESTC has been elected as a member of Committee of Alliance for Construction of International and Regional Studies for Universities. 

The committee has 22-unit members and a specially appointed chief advisor. The committee is headed by Professors Luo Lin and Zhao Zhongxiu, with Professors Wang Shengjin, Ding Jun and Fan Hongwei as co-directors and Professors Ju Hailong and Zhu Yongbiao as vice-directors.

The main work of the committee is to promote the development of the Centre for Regional Country Studies in the direction of Chinese-specificism, as well as hosting or commissioning occasional events such as local development advocacy lectures and organizing other national academic events.

Introduction ：

The Center for West African Studies of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (CWAS of UESTC) is a research center jointly established by University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), University of Ghana (UG),University of Cape Coast (UCC), Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA),University of Education, Winneba (UEW), and University for Development Studies (UDS) in April 2017. The Center is based in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at UESTC and is headed by Professor Zhao Shurong.The establishment of CWAS is an important initiative of UESTC to pursue China’s “Philosophy and Social Sciences‘Going Global’ Strategy” and a beneficial practice for UESTC to build an international inter disciplinary research system and a new type of high-level“Think Tank”.In March 2021, the CWAS of UESTC was accredited by the Ministry of Education of China as the Center for International and Regional Studies for Universities.