ch as the immigration history of Overseas Chinese; the social and cultural history of Overseas Chinese communities; the regional social history of hometowns; Overseas Chinese associations; Chinese schools, media, and ethnic groups; ethnic relations; immigration; and diaspora policies.  Regarding research methods, emphasis is placed on collecting and excavating primary historical documents, conducting social surveys and oral history research, and paying attention to the borrowing and dialogue of theories from related disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, and political science.

华文教育

Chinese Language Education

聚焦欧洲，开展海外华文教育教学与理论研究，致力于华文教育教学、教法、教材、课程体系等研究，以全球华文学校、海外华裔青少年为研究对象，对华文学校发展现状与趋势、海外文化传播、华裔身份认同、华文教育信息技术开发、华文教育教学质量评价、华文学校数据库建设等领域进行研究。通过进一步拓展海外研究基地，搭建内外联动的华文教育平台，建立华文教育案例数据库，构建华文学校评估理论体系，推动华文教育创新发展。

Focusing on Europe, this field carries out overseas Chinese language education, teaching, and theoretical research, with global Chinese schools and overseas Chinese youth as research subjects.  It explores the development status and trends of Chinese language schools, overseas cultural transmission, Chinese identity recognition, the development of information technology for Chinese language education, the quality evaluation of Chinese language education teaching, and the construction of databases for Chinese language schools.  By further expanding overseas research bases and building a collaborative platform for Chinese language education domestically and internationally, establishing a database of case studies in Chinese language education, and constructing a theoretical system for the assessment of Chinese language schools, this field aims to promote the innovative development of Chinese language education.

华商经济

Chinese Merchant Economy

温州华侨华人与家乡经济保持着密切互动，是华商资本最活跃的地区，2020年温州市获批“中国华商华侨综合发展先行区”。本学科方向将立足浙江和温州地方经济社会发展需要，在经济学理论和方法下研究海外华商人物、企业、资本、投资经营，研究华侨华人经济与地方经济社会发展及其互动，研究华商在中外投资、中外贸易中的地位作用等。

The Overseas Chinese interact closely with the economy of their hometowns and are the most active region for Chinese merchant capital.  In 2020, Wenzhou was approved as the “Pilot Zone for Comprehensive Development of Chinese Merchants and Overseas Chinese in China.”  This field will be based on the economic and social development needs of Zhejiang and Wenzhou, researching Overseas Chinese merchants, enterprises, capital, and investment management under economic theory and methodology.  It involves the study of Overseas Chinese economy and its interaction with local economic and social development, as well as the role of Chinese merchants in domestic an

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