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Yang Guangbin

Professor

yanggw@ruc.edu.cn

Biography
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Dr. Yang Guangbin is the Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Dean of the School of International Studies at Renmin University of China. He is also the Chief Expert of the Central Marxist Theory Project, and the distinguished Professor of the Chang Jiang Scholars Programme of the Ministry of Education (2009). Additionally, his exceptional contributions in the field of philosophy and social sciences led to his selection as a National Leading Talent in 2016. Dr. Yang also holds the role of the Editor-in-Chief of National Governance Research.

Dr. Yang has served as the Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Political Science, a Member of the expert group of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, a Consultant of the expert group of People’s Daily, a Member of the National Social Science Fund Review Group, a Part-time Professor of Party School of the Central Committee of CPC and many other universities, and an Academic Committee Member of the Chen Shuqu Comparative Political Development Research Centre at Fudan University.

Education Background

1981-1985, School of Political Science, Henan University, Bachelor of Laws

1985-1988, School of International Politics, Peking University, Master of Laws

1992-1993, University of Sussex, Visiting Scholar

1997-1998, School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Fulbright Visiting Scholar

During his time there, he also completed a postgraduate certificate program in American Diplomacy.

1999-2002, School of International Relations, Renmin University of China, Doctor of Political Science

Work Experience

1988-present, School of International Relations, Renmin University of China, successively working as the teaching assistant, lecturer, associate professor, and professor (second level)

Fall 2003, School of International Relations, University of Denver, USA, lecturer on China’s Political and Economic Changes Summer 2007, the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, Senior Visiting Scholar

Research Fields and Academic Achievements

Prof. Yang’s studies focus on political theory and methods, comparative politics (world politics), contemporary Chinese government and politics, domestic political economy and foreign relations of China. He has published seven academic monographs, three research textbooks, about 100 academic papers in Chinese and English, two of which were published in Chinese Social Sciences, and nearly 100 commentaries on Chinese politics, world politics, and political theory. Quite a number of theoretical research results have been very influential in academic, social and academic fields. His academic achievements include but are not limited to the following:

 Discipline development

1) Prof. Yang has contributed a lot to pioneering and establishing the study on China's comparative politics. The newly published Comparative Politics: Theory and Method (2016) is considered to have broken through the research system of the comparative politics dominated by the United States and have started the framework of China’s comparative politics. 2) Introduction to Political Science (Fourth edition) is one of the two famous textbooks with the largest circulation in this field in China. 3) Introduction to Chinese Politics and Politics is a teaching reference book for Chinese politics courses in many overseas universities.

 Democratic theory

Prof. Yang puts forward the concept of the homogenization condition of democracy. This concept has changed the prevailing views in China on democracy, especially Western-style democracy, and proposed an alternative democratic model of “governable democracy.” (See Returning Democracy (2014); The Concept and Practice Democracy (2015); Chinese Democracy: Trajectory and Trend (1978-2020) (2015); Governable Democracy: Chinese Politics System---Democratic Logic of Decision-Making Process (forthcoming)

 The world political system

Prof. Yang constructed a world political system consists of a starting point, a process structure and a status quo structure, and its significance is to promote the formation of an autonomous way of thinking. (See on “The World Political System: Concurrently on the Historical and Logical Starting Point of the Construction of Autonomous Chinese Social Sciences,” in CASS Journal of Political Science, vol. 1, 2017)

 The concept of party-centrism

In the social science system, prof. Yang has proposed party-centrism, which is relative to the social-centrism and state-centrism. This concept has been used and studied in depth in a number of academic papers and doctoral theses. The theoretical system of social sciences is a product of the experience of state building, and party-centrism is a concept refined based on the path of China and other developing countries. (See State and System in Institutional Changes (2011))

 Restatement of the basic concepts of political science

1) Prof. Yang reinterpreted the concept of democratic centralism and enriched its meaning with the Chinese model. (See “Democratic Centralism as a Chinese Model,” in Political Science Research, vol. 6, 2015) 2) Reconstructed the theory of legitimacy, contributing new meanings to the legitimacy of the ruling party. (See “The Abuse and Restatement of the Concept of Legitimacy,” in CASS Journal of Political Science, vol. 2, 2016)

 National governance capabilities

Based on the research of comparative political development, Prof. Yang theorized the proposition of ‘modernization of national governance system and governance capacity’ and constructed a research paradigm for analysing national governance capacity. (See On the General Theory of State Governance ---A New Paradigm to Explore the Study of World Politics, in Teaching and Research, vol. 1, 2017)

 Chinese politics

Representative results of Prof. Yang’ s studies include Chinese political epistemology, interest group classification research, and the theory of stages of Chinese political development.

 The transformation of political research paradigm

The study of political science, especially Chinese political science, has been always centred on the change of political system. However, the enlightenment from comparative political development, Chinese history and culture, and actual governance achievements is that the focus of politics should shift to national governance, that is, to complete the transition of the paradigm from “seeking change” to “seeking governance.” (See “The Transformation of the Research Paradigm of Political Science: From ‘Seeking Change’ to ‘Seeking Governance’,” forthcoming)

 Interdisciplinary research

Prof. Yang put forward the political law system, which is to study Chinese politics from the perspective of law, in order to get rid of the impression of “power tactics” in political science, and to cooperate with the construction of “the rule of law in China.” Major scientific research projects undertaken in recent years:

 Major scientific research projects undertaken in recent years:

Several Major Issues Regarding China’s Democratic Politics, a major project specially commissioned by the National Social Science Fund of China, 2016

Research on Comprehensive and Deepening Reform Oriented by a “Just Society”, a major bidding project of the National Social Science Fund of China, 2016

Research on Several Major Ideas and Realistic Issues Concerning Freedom, a major project under the Research and Development Project on Central Marxist Theory, 2016

The Falsification of Several Popular Propositions of Democratic Theories, a major commissioned project of the National Social Science Fund of China, 2014

Study on Legality Theory, a major basic theoretical research project of Renmin University of China, 2016

Research on the Relationship between Administrative Operation Mode and People’s Congress, a project commissioned by the Beijing Federation of Social Sciences for decision-making consultation, 2016

Reflection and Rebuilding of State Theory, a major basic theory research project of Renmin University of China, 2011

Undergraduates courses (in Chinese)

Introduction to Political Science

Postgraduate courses (in Chinese)

Comparative Politics: Theory and Methods

Academic Literature of Political Science

Research Methods of Political Science and International Issues

Frontiers of Political Science