非洲地理研究与中非合作关系的知识支撑

Geographical Research in Africa and Knowledge Support for China-Africa Cooperation

地理学是一门经国济世之学,在中国有古老的传统。非洲地域广袤,资源丰富,是地理学的沃土,对当代非洲发展也至关重要。凭借着广阔的研究范围,地理学能够为破解非洲的发展难题提供全方位的智力支持,并为非洲研究的一体化与系统化贡献力量。中国在该领域的研究可追溯至汉朝,但系统性研究在新中国成立后才逐渐开展。国内对非洲地理的研究从最初对自然地理知识的介绍,逐步过渡到研究非洲人文地理范畴,并加大了对非洲农业、矿产、油气资源、城市化和旅游业等领域的研究。不过,对非洲地理的研究也面临着研究的关注度偏低、缺少中国特色与过于关注现实问题等不足。未来,在"非洲情怀、中国特色、全球视野"的原则指导下,加强深入非洲的实地研究应成为中国非洲地理研究的突破口,也可为中国地理学的视野拓展与学科变革带来新契机。

Geography is a science of managing the state and the world,and it has an ancient tradition in China.Africa,with its vast territory and abundant resources,is the fertile land of geography and is also crucial to the development of contemporary Africa.With its vast research scope,geography can provide comprehensive intellectual support for solving Africa’s development problems and contribute to the integration and systematization of African studies.China’s research in this field can be traced back to the Han Dynasty,but systematic research was gradually carried out after the founding of the People’s Republic of China.The study of African geography in China has gradually shifted from the introduction of physical geography to the study of cultural geography.It has strengthened research on agriculture,mineral,oil and gas resources,urbanization and the tourism industry,and obtained a series of achievements.However,the study of African geography is also faced with some shortcomings,such as low attention,lack of Chinese characteristics and too much attention to practical problems.In the future,under the guidance of the principle of“African emotion,Chinese characteristic and global vision”,strengthening field research in Africa should be the breakthrough point of China’s African geography research,and also bring new opportunities for the vision expansion and discipline reform of China’s geography.