Since the establishment of the National Social Science Fund, with the great attention of the CPC Central Committee and the strong support of relevant parties, the total amount of the fund has been increasing, the coverage and influence have been expanding, the disciplines and project settings have been expanding, the project management system has been improving day by day, a large number of in-depth and weighty research results have been launched, and a large number of academic leaders with solid foundations have been trained. The guidance, authority and demonstration role of the national social science fund projects are becoming more and more obvious.

According to statistics, the total fund has increased from 5 million yuan per year at the beginning of its establishment to 600 million yuan in 20 10, and the number of annual project applications has increased from less than 3,000 to 27 17 1 funded projects this year, from less than 500 to 2,285, and the number of evaluation experts in discipline groups has increased from 65,438+.

Since its establishment, the National Social Science Fund has invested a total of 2.65 billion yuan, funded 24,283 projects of various types, and launched more than 45,000 research results, of which more than 3,500 achievements have been awarded at or above the provincial and ministerial levels. Especially since the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, many achievements have been incorporated into the relevant decisions of the Party and the state. In the past three years alone, the central leaders and responsible comrades of relevant departments in the State Council have given more than 300 instructions on the results report of the national social science fund project. Generally speaking, the National Social Science Fund has made positive contributions to promoting the prosperity and development of philosophy and social sciences, consolidating the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field, and serving the overall situation of the party and the state.

With the substantial increase in the projects and funds of the National Social Science Fund, the tasks of social science fund management are getting heavier and heavier, the requirements are getting higher and higher, and the responsibilities are getting bigger and bigger. We should adapt to the new situation and new tasks, seize the opportunity, reform and innovate, and strive to improve the scientific level of the management of the national social science fund in accordance with the requirements of "adhering to correct orientation, highlighting national standards, paying attention to scientific management, and serving experts and scholars", so as to ensure that the benefits of management and use will be improved simultaneously after the fund grows substantially, and give full play to the orientation of the national social science fund projects.