The Evolutionary Context,Logic,and Orientation of Contemporary Child Welfare Research in China
Child welfare research in China has developed into a field closely linked to practice and involving mul-tiple disciplines.As a historical and social action domain,child welfare encompasses three dimensions:institutional prac-tice,policy action,and cultural ideas.Relevant research focuses on the historical evolution of China's child welfare sys-tem,its contemporary construction,and the practice of child welfare within the institutional environment.This field also explores three main academic agendas of child care,child protection,and child poverty,which are largely shaped by policy experiences of developed countries,the international social policy context,as well as China's domestic social re-alities and policy environment.Additionally,it examines the values and cultural concepts related to the institutional de-velopment of child welfare and the implementation of services.Researchers need to maintain a reflexive understanding of the connections between academic activities in this field and the broader social,economic,political,and cultural fac-tors,as well as related policy contexts,both internationally and domestically.Based on this academic reflexivity,scholars are encouraged to actively engage in dialogue with broader social realities and academic contexts,promote interdisciplin-ary collaborative research,and advance fundamental theoretical research.