Ideological and political education and value construction. Around these subjects researches are carried out along these dimensions: theories of and approaches to ideological and political education; values and contemporary social currents of thought; moral and rule of law construction; and ideological and political education in universities and colleges.

The prominent features running through these researches along these directions are: inquiries into the relationship between the core values of socialism and human’s comprehensive development (the development of whole person); explorations on the theories and practices concerning ideological and political education; investigations on the interplay between the transformations of thought currents in contemporary society and the shifts of university students’ value; studies on the rule of law education in universities and colleges; and studies on university students’ innovation and entrepreneurships. These studies have already formed a large cluster and exerted a considerable impact in the academia.