In order to further consolidate the achievements of the three Jiangnan Culture Forum, refine and display the spiritual identity and cultural essence of Jiangnan culture, the Jiangnan Culture Research Center established by the Publicity Department of Wuxi Municipal Party Committee of Jiangsu Province and Jiangnan University was unveiled in Wuxi on February 22. In recent years, Wuxi Municipal Party Committee and Government have successfully held three sessions of the Jiangnan Culture Forum around the theme of "cultural heritage and spiritual home", "cultural heritage and integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta" and "cultural heritage and Yangtze River culture", which has made positive contributions to the protection, inheritance and promotion of Jiangnan culture, and has also accumulated valuable experience in building a high-end platform for the research and display of Jiangnan culture. The Jiangnan Culture Research Center established this time will carry out subject research, academic exchange and discussion activities around the protection and inheritance of Jiangnan culture, give full play to the role of think tanks, and make suggestions and suggestions for promoting the high-quality development of Wuxi culture and building a famous cultural city in the new era. "Consolidate the research achievements of the previous three Jiangnan Context Forums, and continue to carry out relevant research in a long-term manner. By publishing a series of topics every year, focusing on one center, we can produce concentrated results, so that Jiangnan context research can be integrated into the new practice of Chinese path to modernization, and truly enable economic and social development, is our biggest goal." Liu Dayu, a professor of Jiangnan Context Research Center, told reporters that in the future, The research center will also encourage some graduate students to take Jiangnan context, Jiangnan culture, etc. as the theme of their master's thesis for research and writing, and form a synergy through a series of topics to form a scale effect of research. After preliminary collection and repeated demonstration, the 2023 research project was officially released. The research center will carry out systematic discussions and subject research around five major themes, namely: research on the origin and evolution of Wu culture's practical learning spirit, research on the development of canals and modern science and technology industries, research on the centennial inheritance and innovation of Jiangnan ethnic industrial and commercial culture, research on the protection and inheritance of Jiangnan culture in the new era, and research on the practical path of integrating Jiangnan culture into Chinese path to modernization. It is reported that the main research forces of the Jiangnan Culture Research Center include the History Research Institute of Jiangnan University, the Jiangnan Culture Research Institute, the Wuxi Grand Canal Cultural Belt Construction Research Institute, and other relevant researchers at home and abroad. At the same time, well-known experts and scholars such as Wang Wei, Wu Xiaoming, Fan Heping, Fan Jinmin, Chen Hongmin, Xu Jijun, etc. were recruited as the first batch of special researchers to serve as academic consultants and consulting experts of the research center. The research center issues research topics around relevant topics every year. The completion period of general projects is 1 year, and the completion period of key projects is 2 years. (Outlook New Era)