Prof. Huaiyin HOU

Life as the Foundation of Social Education

Huaiyin Hou is a Changjiang Distinguished Professor appointed by the Ministry of Education, a second-level professor (as professors in China fall into four levels), and a doctoral student supervisor at the School of Educational Science, Shanxi University. He is also the Director of the China Social Education Research Institute at Shanxi University and receives a Special Government Allowance from the State Council, a prestigious honor awarded to outstanding professionals and technical experts in China.

Professor Hou is the principal investigator for more than 20 projects funded by the National Social Science Fund of China, including a major project titled "Development and Innovation of the Modern Chinese Educational System with Chinese Characteristics." He has edited a series of 12 books titled "70 Years of Educational Science in the People's Republic of China," published 17 academic monographs and textbooks, and authored over 300 academic papers in journals. Many of his papers have been reprinted in Xinhua Digest and Renmin University of China Photocopies of Materials from Newspapers and Periodicals. He was recognized as an "Important Author of Reprinted Periodicals and Materials" by the Academic Achievement Evaluation Research Center and the Book and Newspaper Information Center of Renmin University of China.

In 2024, Professor Hou served as a key member of the Chinese Educational Science Project organized by the National Office for Education Sciences Planning. He has received several awards, including the Second-Class Award in the Eighth Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (Humanities and Social Sciences), and the Third-Class Award in the Fourth, Seventh, and Ninth Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (Humanities and Social Sciences). He also received the Second-Class Award in the Fifth National Education Science Research Excellent Achievement Awards, and the Third-Class Award in the Third National Education Science Research Excellent Achievement Awards. Additionally, he has won the first prize of the Shanxi Social Science Excellent Achievement Award six times.

Professor Hou is active in several academic associations, serving as a member of the Education Basic Theory Discipline Planning Group of the National Office for Educational Science Planning, Deputy Director of the National Education Basic Theory Academic Committee, Vice President of the China District Education Shizhi Seminar, and Deputy Director of the Academic Committee of the Chinese Society for Taoxingzhi Studies.