陈振明在《探索与争鸣》2000年第5期发表文章认为,走向21世纪的中国社会科学的一个重要历史使命,就是要研究我国改革开放、社会主义市场经济和现代化建设发展过程中出现的各种重大实践问题,为党和政府的决策提供智力支持和理论服务,使社会科学转变为生产力。 In an article published in the 5th issue of “Exploration and Contention,” Chen Zhenming held that an important historical mission of China’s social sciences going toward the 21st century is to study the problems that each appeared in the process of China’s reform and opening up, the socialist market economy and the modernization drive Major kinds of practical problems, provide intellectual support and theoretical services for the party and government decision-making, and transform social science into productive forces.