How to Promote the Development of Western Sinology

First of all, we should understand the history and tradition of sinology research in various countries. Every country has its own history and tradition in studying China, and finding out its history and tradition should be the basic requirement for dialogue with it. In recent years, Chinese academic circles have made initial achievements in this field. International Sinology, World Sinology and Sinology Studies have become important academic positions, and various books such as Overseas China Studies Series and International Sinology Studies Series have been welcomed in academic circles. We have a preliminary understanding of China's cultural research tradition around the world.

Secondly, we should pay attention to the academic and cultural background of overseas China cultural studies. The study of China in the west is carried out under the academic background of the west, and their basic theories, frameworks and methods are mostly western. Therefore, the study of foreign China culture should be analyzed and studied from a cross-cultural perspective, which is a basic starting point.

Finally, actively carry out academic interaction with overseas China studies to build academic self-confidence and self-awareness. In today's world academic discourse, whether it is humanities or social science research, western academic discourse occupies a dominant position. China research, a research field that originally required us to master the right to speak, is still dominated by researchers in western China internationally, which is very obvious in the field of social science research. This situation has improved in recent years, but the basic pattern has not changed. Therefore, our first step towards the world is to learn about China's cultural studies overseas, and the first wave of academic debate we face may also be with western sinologists. In explaining the civilization and culture of China and the development of contemporary China, a set of theories and methods have been formed in the field of China studies in the west, some of which are very enlightening to us and worth pondering. Therefore, cultural self-confidence is a basic position when dealing with foreign sinologists.