At the 2025 annual meeting of the International Institute of Philosophy (IIP), held recently in Morocco, Professor Chen Lai from the Department of Philosophy, School of Humanities at Tsinghua University, was elected as a member of the Institute.

Chen Lai

Chen Lai, born in Beijing in 1952, is a Distinguished Professor of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Tsinghua University and Director of Tsinghua Academy of Chinese Learning. His research focuses primarily on Chinese philosophy.

Professor Chen serves as a member of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, the China Central Institute for Culture and History (by appointment of the Premier of the State Council), and the Social Science Committee of the Ministry of Education. He is also Vice Chair of the International Confucian Association and Chair of the China Zhu Xi Studies Association. Chen has published more than forty monographs and received numerous honors, including the First Prize of the Ministry of Education’s Outstanding Achievements Award in Humanities and Social Sciences, the Confucius Cultural Award, and the Global Chinese Lifetime Achievement Award in Chinese Learning.

The International Institute of Philosophy (IIP) was founded in 1937 in Paris. It is one of the world’s most prestigious academic and honorary institutions in the field of philosophy. The Institute currently has around 100 members from different countries, divided into titular, emeritus (those over the age of 80), and honorary members. Following the recent election, Tsinghua University now has two members of the Institute — Professors Liu Fenrong and Chen Lai.

Editor: Li Han