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The establishment ofCWAS is animportant initiative of UESTC to pursue China’s “Philosophy and Social Sciences‘Going Global’ Strategy” and a beneficial practice forUESTC to build aninternational interdisciplinary research system and a new typeof high-level“Think Tank”.
In March 2021, theCWAS of UESTCwas accredited by the Ministry of Education of China as the Centerfor Nationaland Regional Studies for Universities.
2.Research Direction
ResearchTargets:Focusing on Ghana, Benin, Senegal, and other major West Africancountries and WestAfrican regions.
ResearchAreas:China-West Africa politic science, economic and social development,publicadministration, education, literature and culture, etc.; China-WestAfricaeconomic and trade cooperation; China-West Africa intergovernmentalrelations.
3.Mission and Goals
The Center for WestAfricanStudies, together with five member institutions of universities inGhana, UESTCAlumni in West Africa for West African Studies, and the GhanaChinese Chamberof Commerce, strives to create a "1 + 1 + 1" newresearch model ofChina-Africa cooperation, which integrates a Talent TrainingBase, an Academic ExchangePlatform and a Think Tank for West African studies.It aims to:
(1)To serve as a Talent Training Base. The Center helps to expand the source ofinternational students from West Africa and enrich themulti-level internationalstudent training system of UESTC for undergraduate,master, and doctor. Also, itcarries out overseas cadre training, teachertraining, customized ICT andengineering training, and summer practice programsfor students in West Africa,and devotes itself to building a diversified anddistinctive overseas talenttraining base which integrates academic education,on-the-job training andpractical training, and cultivates local talents forChinese enterprises toaddress economic and social development problems.
(2)To build an Academic Exchange Platform.Through regularly holding internationalacademic conferences such as Forum on West African Studies,organizingChina-Africa Friendship—Academic—Culture Exchanges Month, andpromoting overseas exhibitions of 3Dplatforms for cultural resources andChina-West Africa InternationalIndustry-Academia-Research Cooperation Project,the Center is committed tobuilding a platform for China-Africa exchanges andcooperations in variousfields such as academics, humanities, science andtechnology, and enhancing theinfluence and cultural soft power of Chineseuniversities and enterprises inAfrica.
(3)To establish a Think Tank for West African studies. The Center is committed to researchon economic, political, and humanistic exchanges in WestAfrica by utilizing thedisciplinary strengths and featured research of itsmembers both in China andabroad. It works to strengthen cooperations with WestAfrican think tanks suchas the Imani Center for Policy Education (ranked 113in global think tanks) andthe Institute for Statistics, Social and EconomicResearch (ranked 164 in globalthink tanks) as part of efforts to enhance jointresearch, and collectivelypublish and undertake research projects on WestAfrican studies. The Center alsoaims to propose policy advice to the Chinesegovernment and West Africancountries, provide high-level think tank services forChina in fields coveringtalent training, science and technology services,economic and businessmanagement, and public and political governance. And, italso strives to becomean influential think tank center for West African studies.
4.Memberships
West African Members：
University ofGhana（UG），University of Cape Coast(UCC)，GhanaInstitute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), UniversityofEducation, Winneba(UEW)，University ofDevelopmentStudies(UDS)，West African AlumniAssociation.
UESTC Members：
School ofPublicAffairs and Administration, School of Management and Economics，School of ForeignLanguages，School ofInternational Education，School of Marxism，Office of ScientificResearch & Development, School ofMechanical and Electrical Engineering,School of Information and SoftwareEngineering.
5.Websites and Wechat Official Account
Chinese Website：https://cwas.uestc.edu.cn/sy.htm
English Website：https://cwas.uestc.edu.cn/English/Home.htm
WechatOfficialAccount：gh_bfde9ecc926a
6.Contact Us
Tel：0086-028-61831756/61831706
E-mail：cwasuestc@163.com
Address：Office 450, Center forWest AfricanStudies, Qingshuihe Campus, University of Electronic Science andTechnology ofChina, No. 2006, Xiyuan Avenue, High-Tech Zone (West District),Chengdu, China.
