This citation database covers about 500 Chinese academic journals of humanities and social sciences.
Now many leading Chinese universities and institutes use CSSCI as a basis for the evaluation of academic achievements and promotion.
According to a 2017 book written by Junping Qiu and other authors, CSSCI "is an important research project of the state and Ministry of Education and an important tool for information inquiry and evaluation of the main documents and information in China.
"[1] The book said that CSSCI "addresses the blanks" in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
[2] Lecturers and associate professors' career advancement is reliant on how many CSSCI journal articles they have written.