论坛简介 · Overview

全球华人政治学家论坛（华人论坛）是一个全球性的松散型学术社团，是为了适应近年来在世界各地兴起的“中国热”和反映全球华人学者在政治学和国际关系领域的学术成就而成立的。论坛成立于1997年。首届华人论坛于1999年在美国华盛顿地区的马里兰大学召开，至今已经举办了数十次学术讨论活动。

1. 促进和加强全球各地华人社会和学术领域里对于政治科学和中国研究的发展。
2. 运用政治科学的知识来推动对各个华人地区的政治、经济、社会、以及中国对外关系的研究。
3. 建立和加强全球性的华人政治学专业人士之间的联系和学术交流。

华人论坛的首次大会于1999年在华盛顿地区的马里兰大学召开。四十多位华人学者出席了会议。其中大部分人是从事政治学研究与教学的专家学者。

自1999年以来，华人论坛组织了几十次学术活动，包括大型国际会议和小型圆桌会议等等。参加的学者有的来自中国大陆，台湾，香港，澳门，也有的来自日本，韩国，新加坡，澳大利亚，英国和美国。

A loosely organized world-wide professional community, the Global Forum of Chinese Political Scientists was founded in 1999 in response to the greater need for understanding of the rise of China. Its establishment was a manifestation of scholarly achievements by Chinese political scientists around the globe.

1. To strengthen the field of political science and China studies within the Chinese communities of the Chinese Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and those in the U.S., Japan, and other regions. 

2. To utilize the knowledge of political science and apply it to the reality of greater China and China's relations with the external world. 

3. To establish and strengthen professional networks throughout the world. 

The inaugural conference was held in September, 1999, in the Washington, DC area at the University of Maryland campus. More than forty Chinese scholars, primarily political scientists, attended this conference.

From 1999 to the present, the Global Forum has sponsored several dozen academic activities including conferences, workshops, and other programs. Participants have come from the Chinese Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.