Against the dual background of profound changes in the global governance system and the continuing advances in the modernization of Chinese national governance, research on public administration in China is increasingly shifting from local practices to international dialogues. As the number of articles published by Chinese scholars in international academic journals has significantly increased, research on Chinese public administration has become an important component of the global knowledge production system, providing a distinctive window for the international academic community to understand China's governance experience. Since 2019, this team has continuously tracked Chinese-themed papers published by China's mainland scholars in Social Science Citation Index(SSCI)-source journals within the field of public administration, systematically analyzing their research characteristics and trends. Building on this research tradition, this study provides a systematic analysis of research conducted by China's mainland scholars in Chinese contexts published throughout 2023 in SSCI journals in the field of international public administration. By exploring key dimensions, such as publication sources, the authors' educational backgrounds, professional positions and collaborative networks, research themes, research methods, analytical techniques, and data sources, this research tracks the latest developments in Chinese public administration research and evaluates its emerging trends within the global discourse. The results reveal that the internationalization of public administration research in China continued to deepen in 2023. While the authors' profiles exhibit increased diversity and generational shifts, their cooperation patterns demonstrate a growing trend toward strengthening local cooperation. Methodologically, quantitative research remains dominant, with experimental methods gradually emerging. The research subjects are closely aligned within the context of China's governance practices, focusing on topics such as collaboration in governance, green development policy practices, economic policy logic, intergovernmental relations, and incentive mechanisms in the public sector. As scholars from China's mainland are increasingly playing a leading role in international academic discourse, the internationalization of public administration research in China has continued to deepen, substantially contributing to the establishment of a global discursive framework that incorporates insights from Chinese governance. This series of studies continues to focus on tracking the latest advancements in international academic publications in the field of public administration, aiming to provide valuable references for promoting the internationalization process of the public administration discipline within China.
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