In application that did at Febrary, 2020 : Key points: 1): To understand how young EU researchers, particularly in Asian countries, (pre-PhDs, PhDs, post-PhDs and newly established researchers) position EU Studies in international relations studies or regional studies at academic level, and how they promote EU Studies at higher educational level;2): To understand how young EU researchers perceive the EU as an international player based upon the past decades of the European integration history and its interaction with the rest parts of the world, in particular with Asian region;3): To understand how young EU researchers view the capability of the EU to address the multiple crises and hybrid challenges, and how they construct visions of a (better) future European Union;4): To understand the extant and would-be difficulties in promoting EU studies, and how to improve the quality of the promotion in a more effective approach.Objectives1): To understand the visions of a future EU from the perspectives of young EU researchers;2): To share their knowledge of the status quo of EU Studies development in their own countries; 3): To exchange their ideas of how to promote EU Studies at both academic and higher educational levels;4): To figure out the possible difficulties in developing and promoting EU Studies in their local contexts;5): To establish a platform for young EU researchers to share and exchange their ideas about the further development and promotion of EU StudiesActivities1): To organize a kick-off meeting;3): To set up an Online LinkedIn Forum for young EU researchers in different Asian countries;4): To organize an international conference on the visions of a future EU and the promotion of EU Studies, and those who are invited to give their talks are supposed to submit their papers;5): To invite and consult experts on EU Studies with a view to sharpening and deepening ideas and thoughts shared among young EU researchers.Outcomes1):Will encourage young EU researchers to deepen their knowledge of the EU and offer their expertise on European integration;2):Will reach more people and help them know and understand the role of the EU as an international player and its contributions to regional peace, stability, security, economy and so forth;3): Will share with a wider audience the visions of a future EU outlined by young EU researchers, which will help more people (better) understand the EU and its roles;4): Will provide EU policymakers and policy-practitioners with some policy-making recommendations and ideas from the perspective of the young EU researchers with regard to promoting EU Studies and making EU external policies. Impact including indicators of achievement1): The results of this project will be informational and will be ensured to be circulated among various social groups in forms of either working papers and journal articles or public lectures;2): Both the process of implementing the Project and the results of the Project will try to maximize the potential participants both within and outside the campuses of the involved partner universities;3): To certain extent, the results of the Project could be used to urge national policymakers and policy practitioners to recognize the (in)significance of the EU in the spectrum of their respective foreign policies, which may have some considerable impact on promoting EU Studies (hopefully in a positive way).

"EU now is at a critical important period of its integration (European Integration), with its development for almost 68 years, European Integration now meets its striking and critical stages, not only from within EU but also from outside: the European Debt Crisis (still influencing the development of EU, even now getting better); the Ukrainian Crisis in 2015 (still having a strong impact on EU and its policy making); the Migrant Crisis since 2015; and the Terrorist Attack is having more serious influence within EU region, and also the strong voice of UK about leaving the EU (Its impact might be there for years even after the Brexit). The EU and European integration in Crises arouse the concern of the scholars internally and externally, and these crises will be the bottleneck in the further development of European Integration.The key points we have in the proposal might be simply summarized as:1. To give our efforts on the studies of the development of European Integration, from an interdisciplinary external view, especially the Chinese view;2. To enhance the sustainable development of the Centre (CES-SCU) and enhance its influence both in China and Asia;3. To keep/strengthen the influence of the Jean Monnet projects at the campus of Sichuan University and at the campuses of the colleges and universities having collaboration with the Centre in West China and Chinese region and in Asia.Objective: To further strengthen the existing Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (2011-2869), to integrate Sichuan University’s Jean Monnet projects at the campus, and to improve its influence in West China and in China and Asia as well.In addition to the above, with the support of EU projects and Sichuan University, we have organized actively the promotion of the understanding of European Integration, e.g. the annual event of EU Day. We have EU Day not only in Chengdu, also in Central China and West China areas (2018 at Shanxi University) to attract and engage the faculty and students at the campuses, local government servants and the public. The event has enhanced the understanding of the Chinese public about European IntegrationAt the same time, based on the practical need, we have organized some events not planned in the proposal. In 2017 we had invited European scholars to Chengdu for roundtables or lectures, such as ""China-EU Research Cooperation in BRI： New Ideas and New Views,” to have updated discussion with the European scholars exchanging ideas about BRI and its problems. In April 2019, to celebrate the 30 years of Excellence in EU studies of Jean Monnet Activities and before the 2nd Beijing Summit Forum of BRI, we had invited some European and Asian scholars with their expertise on EU-Asia, EU-China relations and BRI research to Chengdu for discussion,“Intercultural Communication in the BRI: Eurasian Dialogue on the New Silk Road”，so as to hear the comments and critical feedback of the European and Asian scholars on BRI 5 years after its launch. For the convenience to check the information and events listed, we have attached the related events, programmes, both in proposal plan and out of plan, and their internet-addresses in the Agenda Events."

The CES at Sichuan University, the JMCE has consistently work on the research of the EU and the European Integration for over 20 year. It now has its reputation and impact with its achievement both in research and teaching in the EU studies in China and Asia as well. In its implementation of both EU and China’s research projects, it has established a close collaborative relation with the European scholars, universities and institutes. This new application of the JMCE project is to keep the Centre’s sustainable development, to continue its on-going research and high-level teaching of its EU studies, and to further promote its influence internally and externally in China and in the EU. The key points we have in the proposal are briefly summed up as:1. To continue our efforts on the studies of the development of the European integration, from an interdisciplinary external view, especially the Chinese view so as to further promote the EU and the European integration studies in China;2. To enhance the sustainable development of the Centre and enhance its influence both in China and Asia through its research and teaching at an advanced level;3. To keep/strengthen the influence and visibility of the JM projects at the campus of SCU and at the campuses of the colleges and universities in collaboration with the centres in China and Asia;4. To strengthen our collaboration with the European scholars and institutes of the EU studies through the project and to keep our research and teaching with the change and development of the EU reform. CES-SCU has over 30 members from the diversified disciplines in EU Studies both in research and teaching. Through the proposal, the centre will further strengthen the existing JMCE, further improve its influence in the EU and the European Integration studies in China and Asia, and continuously promote the visibility of the EU in China and in Asia.

This project aims to establish a team of teaching and research staff including young and bilingual (Chinese and English) staff in the team, so that six courses and a series of lectures on EU studies, including the European Integration studies, EU policy studies, especially environmental policy with economics, will be offered at Sichuan University. Meanwhile training courses and seminars / workshops for local government agencies, industries, media and school may also be offered as value-added achievements for the project. The activities and outcomes are as follows:1. To train the young staff and let them become qualified and experienced researchers and professors in EU studies; to help them in the course construction and teaching materials in the establishment of new courses for EU study curricula;2. To create six courses and a series of lectures, seminars and workshops, to construct a multi-media database of related materials so as to involve more students, university staff and other people in the project;3. To expand the CHAIR project to the affiliated School of SCU by way of having some activities with the School so as to familiarize the young kids with European Union;4. To hold lectures and seminars for the students and the teaching staff and to have training courses and workshops / seminars for local government agencies, industries and media so as to impart the research results among the society. 5. To compile a book, publish academic papers, write working papers, deliver conference papers and have presentations at different academic conferences in order to spread the research results among academicians and the public;6. To promote further interdisciplinary research in EU studies.

The applicant of the project will offer two tailor-made courses in the field of European Studies at Sichuan University in China for undergraduates majoring in science and engineering with the aim to: 1. introduce the historical development of the European Union and its diversity politics particularly for students of non-EU studies; 2. inspire students’ interest in European Union issues and encourage them to acquire in-depth knowledge about the European affairs in the future; 3. improve the applicant’s first-hand experiences in teaching and researching in European studies; 4. cultivate a young scholar of CES at SCU which promises to be conducive to the sustainable development of the centre and cooperation between SCU and European partner universities. At present, the multidisciplinary academic team of CES at SCU composed by senior experts, middle-aged and young scholars are jointly delivering a series of open lectures on the EU from the perspectives of culture, economics, religion, politics, education etc. at SCU in every academic year. These lectures, though providing varying angles to know the EU, lack cohesion. The creation of the new course “The Diversity Politics in the European Union” under the project aims to present a completer and more coherent picture of European culture and politics to Chinese students. Furthermore, the previous EU-related courses mainly targeted students majoring in humanities. The applicant of this project intends to offer such courses for undergraduates majoring in science and engineering, for most of them have very limited exposure to knowledge about the EU, European integration, European common values and norms. Main objectives: to expose students majoring in science and engineering at SCU to more fundamental knowledge on the EU; to familiarize such students with the European integration history and EU’s diversity politics; to inform students of common European values and of a European view of the world.