Since its establishment in April 2018, and with the support of the university leadership, the Institute of Area Studies, Peking University (PKUIAS), has made remarkable achievements in platform construction and talent training and in conducting

“Area Studies from the Perspective of History of Civilization”, the second in the series of lectures marking the 5th anniversary of the establishment of the Institute of Area Studies, Peking University (PKUIAS), was held on May 12, 2023.

On April 29, 2023, to celebrate the 5th anniversary of its establishment, the Institute of Area Studies, Peking University (PKUIAS) held its third annual doctoral student forum on area studies.

In September 2022, Area Studies officially became a first-level discipline of the interdisciplinary category in China, and this year marks the fifth anniversary of the founding of the Institute of Area Studies of Peking University (PKUIAS). In recent days, PKUIAS has therefore held a series of academic activities, inviting experts and scholars from various disciplines to share their views and thoughts on area studies.

Adam Smith was one of the most influential and iconic figures in the evolution of American economic thought.

On March 31, 2023, the first Master Salon lecture in the series of activities marking the fifth anniversary of the establishment of Peking University’s Institute of Area Studies was held in Building 66 of Yannanyuan on the PKU campus.

Myanmar is an important country bordering the southwest of our country. The China-Myanmar crude oil pipeline is an energy supply guarantee for China's strategic rear,

Dr. Zhou Taidong from the Centre for International Knowledge on Development was invited to give a lecture at the salon.

On December 31, 2022, the Institute of Area Studies, Peking University (PKUIAS), held the 45th New Buds Salon. The salon’s theme was “Factors Influencing the Development Trend of Area Studies: Beginning from Three Previous Heated Debates in the US.”

The 44th New Buds Salon invited Prof. Andrew Vincent at Cardiff University’s School of Law and Politics to give a lecture titled “The Anatomy of ‘The People’ in the Context of Contemporary European and American Populism” on December 8.