沧南先生在“毛泽东遗产：思想·道路·制度”国际学术研讨会讲话
团队负责人李佑新教授（左三）
第十届全国“毛泽东论坛”
上个世纪70年代末，湘潭大学在全国率先建立了毛泽东思想研究室，后更名为“毛泽东思想研究中心”（以下简称为“中心”）。在长期发展过程中，中心形成了一支包括教育部“长江学者”特聘教授、“马工程”首席专家在内的实力雄厚的学术队伍，现有专兼职研究人员45人。
2004年中心被遴选为教育部人文社会科学重点研究基地，以中心为核心组建的毛泽东思想研究协同创新中心获批湖南省“2011协同创新中心”，并被遴选为湖南省专业特色智库。中心的主体支撑学科马克思主义理论具有博士学位授予权，马克思主义中国化研究是国家重点学科。中心形成了毛泽东思想发展史、毛泽东思想基本理论、毛泽东思想与现当代社会发展、中国共产党革命精神与文化资源等稳定的研究方向。
近10年来主持承担了一大批教育部基地重大、国家社科基金重大和重点项目，出版了《毛泽东著作辞典》《红藏：进步期刊总汇（1915-1949）》《毛泽东与马克思主义中国化研究丛书》等标志性成果，在重要报纸和权威期刊上发表学术论文200余篇，获省部级奖项20余项。
中心编辑出版了《毛泽东研究》（现已更名为《毛泽东论坛》）学术辑刊、建设了“毛泽东数字图书馆”“毛泽东思想研究学术网站”和微信公众号，主办了每年一届的全国“毛泽东论坛”，在毛泽东思想生平学术研究、宣传教育、人才培养以及资政服务等方面均取得了重要成绩。
introduction to mao zedong thought research team
in the late 1970s, xiangtan university took the lead in china in establishing mao zedong thought research office, which was later renamed "mao zedong thought research center" (hereinafter referred to as "the center" for short). in its long-term development, the center has built up a strong research team of 45 full-time and part-time researchers, including some professors with the title of “changjiang scholar” specially granted by the ministry of education and chief experts of "research and construction project of marxist theory".
the center was selected as a key research base of humanities and social sciences of the ministry of education in 2004. the center for cooperative innovation studies on mao zedong thought set up with the center as the core was approved as a "cooperative innovation center in 2011" of hunan province and was elected as a think-tank with professional characteristics in hunan. marxist theory, the main supporting discipline of the center, has the right to confer doctor's degree and the research on the sinicization of marxism rates among the national key disciplines. the center has confirmed such steady research orientations as the development history of mao zedong thought, the basic theory of mao zedong thought, mao zedong thought and the contemporary social development as well as the revolutionary spirit and cultural resources of ccp.
in the past 10 years, the center has undertaken a large number of significant and major research projects funded by the national planning office of philosophy and social science or the ministry of education and has published many symbolical research achievements such as the dictionary of mao zedong's works, the red documents: collection of progressive journals (1915-1949), research series on mao zedong and marxism and so on. at the same time, the center has published more than 200 papers on some important newspapers and authoritative academic journals and has won more than 20 provincial and ministerial awards.
the center has been compiling and publishing a semi-annual academic journal, mao zedong research (which is now renamed mao zedong forum). it has established the “digital library of mao zedong”, the "academic website for studies on mao zedong thought" and a public account of wechat and it has been hosting the annual national mao zedong forum as well. the center has made many significant achievements in such aspects as the academic research on mao zedong's thought and life stories, the publicity and education of mao zedong thought, the cultivation of talents and relevant consultative and administrative service.