Focusing on the frontier issues in humanities and social sciences, conducting interdisciplinary research, integrating global perspectives with local practices, facilitating social development and human well-being, and providing scientific support for policy-making. HSS’s " Social Sciences, General" discipline has entered the top 1% of the global ESI rankings.

Gathering top talents in the field of humanities and social sciences from around the world, crossing disciplinary boundaries, boldly innovating theories, and driving academic frontiers. HSS’s faculty members have repeatedly been honored as "Best Scientists in China", and have consistently ranked among the "Chinese Most Cited Researchers"