With researchers from various disciplines at Seoul National University, The Institute for China Studies is endeavoring to study modern China by orchestrating such wide range of academic capabilities.

 

Since the establishment of the institute, we have been studying China in terms of politics and international politics, economics and international economics, sociology, social welfare, anthropology, literature, history, and geography as well. Examples of main research fields of the scholars who are working with us are as follows.

□ Political system and process in China
□ History of modern politics in China
□ Relationships between South Korea and China, North Korea and China, and the United States and China
□ Economy of China
□ Industrial structure in China
□ China and international trade
□ Labor-management relations in China
□ Social changes in China
□ Cities and rural areas in China
□ Social welfare systems in China
□ Modern Chinese literature
□ Chinese popular culture
□ Modern and contemporary history of China
□ Long term study on regional communities in China
□ Minority and border area governance in China
□ Environmental issues in China
□ Territory and urban planning in China