The International Committee of Historical Sciences (ICHS) founded in 1926, organizes every five years a World Congress of Historians.
Editor's note: The weeklong 22nd International Congress of Historical Sciences closes on Saturday in Jinan, the capital of Shandong province.
Li Pingsheng worked as an editor for the Journal of Literature, History and Philosophy for 18 years since 1986 and said the publication not only broadened his horizons but also shaped his working style.
French historian Serge Gruzinski won the inaugural International Prize of History at the 22nd International Congress of Historical Sciences.
The Jining National High-Tech Industrial Development Zone in Jining, Shandong province, is making good use of public service facilities for technological innovation and professional training, such as a production, teaching and research base, creative design center, university science and technology park, software park and cloud-computing center.
Jining, Shandong province, has rich cultural resources, such as Confucianism and its canal culture. Jining, which was a key port city along the Beijing-Hangzhou canal that was built more than 1,000 years ago, has made good use of these resources to achieve significant success in its prospering cultural industry.
Increasing income of sector adds influence and attractiveness to province, official says
During the ongoing 22nd International Congress of Historical Sciences, six themed discussions will be held in different cities of Shandong province - Jinan, Qingdao, Zibo, Tai'an, Jining and Liaocheng.
Today's competition in all fields of science has increased. Historical research can be seen as useless because the practical application of history to the benefit of the economy is difficult to demonstrate.
The "Olympics of Historians" made its debut in Asia on Sunday when the curtain went up at the start of the 22nd International Congress of Historical Sciences in Jinan, capital of Shandong province.
With rich cultural resources, Shandong is committed to promoting its local Qilu culture internationally.
Shandong gets its name because it is located to the east, or dong in Mandarin, of Taihangshan - the Taihang Mountains. It became an administrative region in 1168 AD and was named a province in the early Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
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