Social development in China is one important area of focus for the OYCF members. In 2016, OYCF established an annual social innovation award to encourage volunteerism and social entrepreneurship, and to promote civil society exchange between the U.S. and China.

2018年OYCF公益创新擂台赛

OYCF is pleased to announce that, for the 2018 OYCF Social Innovation contest, the Award of Excellence goes to:  广东广州市青草青少年成长服务中心，入选项目: 流动儿童城市立足

OYCF's research program aims to address critical policy issues in China and to encourage fieldwork research in the country.

In 2018, OYCF announces a new fellowship program to support graduate students in field research in China.  The first four recipients were announced at the 2018 OYCF Annual Meeting.

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OYCF-Chow Fieldwork Fellowship

OYCF is pleased to announce the 2018 award to the following four young scholars: 

Jiling Duan is a PhD student in gender studies at Indiana University. She studies the gendered political discourses about family, marriage, reproduction, and other dimensions of intimate life in China as revealed by the state policies and media,

Peter Hick is a PhD student in history at Stanford University.  He studies the social history of the Siyi region in Guangdong and the impact of the region's international out-migration on the local institutions, society and conflicts during the late Qing and early Republican period.

Kevin Luo is a PhD student in political science from the University of Toronto. He researches the long-term effects of military and political conflicts on the state’s extractive power and property rights development in early modern China.