Different in nature.

The Youth Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China was specially established in China to promote the growth of young scientific and technological talents, encourage overseas scholars to return to work, and accelerate the training of a number of outstanding academic leaders who have entered the forefront of world science and technology.

The main duties and tasks of the Social Science Center of the Ministry of Education are to carry out research on theoretical issues of philosophy and social sciences, practical issues of building Socialism with Chinese characteristics and development trends of philosophy and social sciences.