The 2023 National Social Science Western Project was announced on September 19, 2023.

According to a query on Sohu.com, at 15:35 on September 19, 2023, the website of the National Office of Philosophy and Social Sciences announced the list of projects approved by the National Social Science Fund for the Western Region this year. This year ***, 428 projects were announced, coming from 159 scientific research institutes. There are two universities with 10 or more approved projects, namely Northwest Normal University with 12 projects and Yunnan University with 10 projects. In terms of subject distribution, ethnology has 77 subjects, far more than other subjects.