Zhang Huijing
Zhang Huijing
Title:Associate Professor, Master's Supervisor
Research Interests:Sociology of Migration, Cultural Anthropology, World Ethnology, Area Studies, Higher Education Studies
Department:Department of Sociology
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Office Number:20-311
Personal Introduction Research Achievements Research Projects Teaching Courses
Educational Background

April 2010– March 2013: Nagoya University, Japan, Sociology, Ph.D. 

April 2008– March 2010: Nagoya University, Japan, Sociology, Master's degree. 


Work Experience

December 2013–Present: Associate Professor, Master’s Supervisor, Tianjin University of Technology, School of Social Development, Department of Sociology

November 2010–June 2011: Visiting Scholar (Government-sponsored), The Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong

July 2010–September 2010: Research Fellow (Government-sponsored), North Carolina State University, USA

April 2008–March 2010: Special Researcher, Aichi Foreign Residents Support Association, Japan


Awards and Honors

2014:The 12th Tianjin Higher Education Young Teachers’ Teaching Skills Competition, Municipal Second Prize

2015: Tianjin “131” Innovative Talent Program 

2015: Outstanding Teaching Demonstration Award, School of Law and Politics, Tianjin University of Technology 

2023/2017/2016/2015: Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Advisor, Tianjin University of Technology

2025: Tianjin University of Technology Graduate Education and Teaching Achievement Award, Second Prize


Social Positions

Evaluation Experts,Chinese Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Council Member, The Overseas Chinese History Society of China

Member, Japan-China Sociological Society


1. Representative Papers

(1The Triple Value Implications of “Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Spring Festival” Going Overseas, Tianjin Daily, 2026.2 

(2) “Winter Scenes in Japan: Jointly Promoting the Spring Festival Brand and Celebrating Cultural Event”,The Spring Festival in the Fields: World Society and the Spring Festival Landscape 2, The Paper, 2025.2

(3) “Cultivating Postgraduates' Innovative Practical Abilities from the Perspective of Career Construction Theory”, Journal of Changchun Education Institute, No. 1, 2025. 

(4) “New Liberal Arts Talent Development in Universities: A Knowledge Production Perspective”, Heihe Journal, No. 6, 2024. 

(5) “University-Industry Collaboration in New Liberal Arts Education: A Structural Hole Perspective”, Heihe Journal, No. 4, 2024. 

(6) “Analysis of the Relationship between the Pivotal Overseas Chinese Organizations and Community of Common Destiny”, Overseas Chinese Journal of BaGui, No. 2, 2022. 

(7) “Branding a New Community with Celebration of the Spring Festival in Japan: A Discussion on Formation and Operative Mechanism”, Journal of Overseas Chinese History Studies, No. 2, 2021. 

(8) “Current Status and Strategies of Career Construction for University Students in the New Era”, Research in Teaching, No. 2, 2020. 

(9) “Challenges and Solutions in Practical Education in Chinese Universities”, Journal of Changchun Education Institute, No. 6, 2020. 

(10) “An Analysis of the Characteristics of Japan's Policy Change towards Foreigners in the 21st Century and Its Affecting Factors”, Journal of Overseas Chinese History Studies, No. 1, 2019. 

(11) “Exploring the Development of Overseas Chinese Think Tanks in the New Era”, China Economic & Trade Herald, No. 9, 2018.

(12) “New Research Perspective of New Chinese Immigrants in Japan:An Analysis on Cultural Symbolic Community Theory”, Journal of Overseas Chinese History Studies, No. 3, 2017. 

(13) “Innovating Classroom Teaching Models: A Comparative Study of Chinese and Foreign Universities”, Journal of World Education, No. 12, 2017. 

(14) “Overseas Chinese Professionals and Urban Soft Power Development in the 'Belt and Road' Context: A Case Study of Tianjin”, China Economic & Trade Herald, No. 3, 2017.

(15Analysis of the Contribution of Overseas Chinese Professionals to Tianjin's Construction of the Belt and Road Initiative”, Economic and Social Blue Book: Analysis and Prediction of Tianjin's Economic and Social Situation, Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences Press,2016.

(16) “Cross-Cultural Education in Science and Engineering Universities: Challenges and Solutions”, Research in Teaching, No. 6, 2016. 

(17) “From Job-housing Space to Social Space : The Adaptation Strategies of New Chinese Immigrants in Japan”, Journal of Overseas Chinese History Studies, No. 3, 2016. 

(18) “New Chinese Immigrants in Nagoya, Japan”, Journal of Overseas Chinese History Studies, No. 4, 2014. 

(19) “Evolution and Reconstruction of the Chinese Community in Nagoya:A Research Based Modern Community Theory”, Journal of Overseas Chinese History Studies, No. 4, 2011. 

(20) “Social Network of Chinese Community in Japan”, Overseas Chinese Journal of BaGui, No. 4, 2011

2. Publications  

(1) Migration, Aging and Japan's Sustainable Society, Routledge Publishing, UK, 2025. 

(2) The Evolution of Older-Generation Overseas Chinese Society and the Formation and Development of the New Ethnic Chinese Community in Nagoya, V2-Solution Publishing, Japan, 2013. 

(3) Chasing Dreams: The Global Mobility of New Immigrants, Chinese Overseas Publishing House, 2014. 

(4) Overseas Chinese Studies, Guangxi Normal University Press, 2010. 


1. Hosted Projects

(1) 2024: Key Project of Tianjin University of Technology Teaching Fund: “New Pathways for Industry-University-Research Integration: A Study on the Talent Training Model for New Humanities.”

(2) 2023: General Project of Tianjin University of Technology Graduate Education and Teaching Reform: “Cultivating Graduate Students’ Practical Innovation Ability from the Perspective of Career Construction Theory.”

(3) 2022: General Project of Tianjin University of Technology Teaching Fund: “Building a Student-Centered Classroom Community in Higher Education.”

(4) 2020: General Project of Tianjin Municipal Philosophy and Social Science Planning Program: “Overseas Chinese and the Integration of Tianjin into the Belt and Road Initiative.”

(5) 2019: Special Project on Ideological and Political Education at Tianjin University of Technology: “Comparative Study on Practical Education in Chinese and Foreign Universities.”

(6) 2019: Industry-University Collaborative Research Project: “Intercultural Adaptation of Chinese Students Studying Abroad: Challenges and Countermeasures.”

(7) 2017–2019: Key Project of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese: “A Study on the Changes of Japan's Foreigner Policy since the 1980s and Its Impact on New Chinese Immigrants.” 

(8) 2017: Project of the Tianjin Federation of Social Sciences on the Development of International Think Tanks: “Promoting the Role of Overseas Chinese in Supporting Tianjin’s Belt and Road Initiative.”

(9) 2015–2017: General Project of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese: “Research on a New Path of Public Diplomacy between China and Japan Based on the Model of ‘Cultural Symbolic Community’ of Overseas Chinese in Japan.” 

(10) 2014: General Project of Tianjin University of Technology Teaching Fund: “Cultivating Chinese University Students’ Intercultural Competence: A Comparative Perspective.”

(11) 2014: Commissioned Project of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the Tianjin Municipal Government: “The Role of Overseas Chinese in Preserving and Promoting Chinese and Hometown Culture.”

2. Participated Projects

(1) 2017: Youth Project of the National Social Science Fund of China: “Governance of International Return Migration in the Context of Globalization.”

(2) 2011: Commissioned Project by the Nagoya City Government, Japan: “Survey on the Actual Conditions of Foreign Residents in Aichi Prefecture.”

Undergraduate: Migration and Social Development, Qualitative Research Approach, Social Security and Improvement of People's Livelihood, Research Design and Thesis Writing

Postgraduate (Academic Master's): Social development topics


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