From October 29 to 30, the National Publishing Discipline Joint Construction Exchange Conference, along with a series of related events, was held in Beijing. Several distinguished guests participated in various sessions and shared their insights. Among them were Niu Wenli, Deputy Secretary of the CPC NKU Committee and Director of NKU Publishing Research Institute; Zhang Ningning, Deputy Head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee, Director and Level I Bureau Rank Official of the Tianjin Municipal Press and Publication Bureau; Shi Yue, Level II Bureau Rank Official of the Publishing Division of the Publicity Department of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee; Li Yuelin, Assistant to the President of NKU and Dean of the School of Information and Communication; Chen Peng, Vice Dean of the School of Information and Communication; Qi Dexiang, Executive Vice Dean of the NKU Publishing Research Institute; and Liu Zhongbo, Vice Dean of the NKU Publishing Research Institute.
At the symposium for universities engaged in joint construction of the publishing discipline, Niu Wenli and Qi Dexiang presented the institute's annual collaborative achievements. Following the joint construction work plans of the Publishing Bureau of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and under the guidance and support of the Publicity Department of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee, NKU adheres to an interdisciplinary approach to build a high-caliber publishing discipline system. The University brings together broad expertise to advance the development of a high-quality publishing think tank, promotes high-standard industry–academia–research collaboration, and implements incentive mechanisms to drive the Institute's high-quality development. Guided by a four-in-one framework that integrates publishing discipline construction, think tank development, laboratory development, and talent cultivation, the institute has focused on seven key areas: adhering to interdisciplinary integration to improve the publishing discipline development system; combining talent recruitment and training to build a multidisciplinary publishing discipline team; developing high-quality teaching materials to support disciplinary advancement; conducting organized research to strengthen faculty research capabilities; pooling collective expertise to promote high-quality think tank development; encouraging student participation in academic and practical activities to improve training quality; and deepening university-enterprise collaboration to promote industry-education integration. These efforts have produced notable results.
Li Yuelin, Chen Peng, and Qi Dexiang took part, respectively, in the Publishing Discipline Joint Construction Exchange Conference, the Symposium on Talent Cultivation for Professional Doctoral Degrees in Publishing, and the Academia–Industry Dialogue on Publishing Frontiers. They presented the progress and development of NKU's publishing discipline and joined roundtable discussions on topics such as China's New Explorations, Pathways, and Models in International Publishing.
At the results release session for the publishing discipline joint construction program, the paper by Professor Liu Zhongbo and student Lan Shiyu, titled Operational Strategies and Development Insights for Digital Publishing Platforms of Japanese Academic Journals: An Analysis of J-STAGE was selected as an outstanding academic paper under the 2025 Industry–Academia–Research Collaboration Program.
The 2025 Publishing Discipline Joint Construction Exchange Conference was hosted by the National Liaison Office for Joint Construction of the Publishing Discipline. Participants included officials from the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, Ministry of Education, relevant local publishing administrative departments, higher education institutions, publishing organizations, and industry associations.
