National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences has recently announced the list of annual and youth projects sponsored by the National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC) for 2021. Zhejiang Gongshang University has 36 projects on the list, including 2 major projects, 27 general projects and 7 youth projects. According to this announcement, ZJSU ranks 16th nationally in terms of the number of NSSFC projects, and 1st among provincial universities in Zhejiang Province. The 36 approved projects of NSSFC involve many disciplines such as Management, Statistics and Applied Economics.

From 2016 to 2021, Zhejiang Gongshang University has won a total number of 163 annual projects of NSSFC, ranking 27th among national universities and 1st among non-"Double First-class" universities in China.

The research project approved by the NSSFC has made a good start for ZJSU to achieve high-quality development of humanities and social sciences research in the 14th Five-Year Plan. It has also laid a solid foundation to build ZJSU as an outstanding university based in Zhejiang, serving the country and contributing to humanity. ZJSU will take the opportunity of constructing new liberal arts to accelerate the promotion of the integration of humanities and social sciences, science and engineering, striving to assume a key role in solving major theoretical and practical problems in the process of national and regional development. ZJSU will stay committed to obtaining new results and breakthroughs in major landmark achievements, and injecting new momentum into the prosperity and development of philosophy and social sciences. In this way, it is trying to make ZJSU become a new highland of philosophy and social science "with an important position both in the country and in Zhejiang province”.