The Establishment and Development Sidelight of the Development Geography Professional Committee of the Geographical Society of China

The Development Geography Professional Committee is emerged under the macro background that much global attention is paid to development issues, the status of development geography becomes increasingly prominent, and the theory of development geography develops rapidly with increasingly rich achievements. This paper first introduces the background and organization of the Development Geography Professional Committee of the Geographical Society of China (hereafter referred to as the Committee), and reviews the establishment and development process of the Committee.Then, it summarizes a series of achievements made by the Committee in setting up academic platforms, promoting academic exchanges, and promoting talent training.In November 2015, the Industrial Policy and Development Geography Working Group of the Geographical Society of China was established and it held the first academic seminar in Beijing.Experts, scholars and leaders of relevant scientific and technological management departments from nearly 30 scientific research institutions, universities (departments), enterprises and public institutions were invited.In 2019, the Development Geography Professional Committee was formally established. The Committee has always clearly defined its orientation, given consideration to both the basic and pioneering aspects, and actively built academic platforms.It has founded journals such as "Frontier of Development Geography", Journal of Development Geography, compiled the monograph "Introduction to Development Geography" and other works.The Committee has always adhered to its original orientation, giving consideration to both ideological and academic aspects, and has held eight annual academic conferences and organized four large international/domestic conference parallel sessions.The Committee has always paid attention to long-term development and educational practice, actively promoted talent training by organizing education and training, offering development geography courses and compiling development geography textbooks, etc.Looking to the future, the Development Geography Professional Committee will closely focus on major scientific issues, consolidate various working foundations, strive to form. a scientific research paradigm that the direction of development geography matches the needs of national major strategies, explore a new mode of regional coordination and sustainable development and the new path of quality industrial policy transformation, and promote the development of development geography subject, to realize its arduous historical mission.