Institute of National Governance Studies, Peking University (“the Institute” for short), formerly named Institute of Political Development and Governance, was approved as the Key Politics Research Base in December 2000, one of the 100 key humanities and social sciences research bases approved by the Ministry of Education P. R. China. In December 2013, as leading unit of Co-Innovation Center for State Governance, the Institute operates together with Jilin University, Fudan University, Sun Yat-Sen University and Chinese Academy of Fiscal Science.

    With modernization of State Governance as the principal research topic, the Institute aims at developing academic disciplines, and providing talent training and policy consultation support for the modernization of state governance and the development of philosophy and social science.