In 2015, Journal of Library Science in China starts a new column Frontiers Forum to publish key papers that are prospective, strategic, and thoughtful. The editorial office will invite well-known scholars and professionals to discuss certain hot topics in depth provoke more thoughts and generate dialogues.

On Janurary 14th 2015, the Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of a Modern Public Culture Service System (Using Opinions for short below) and the Guiding Standards for National Basic Public Culture Service 2015-2020 (Using Standards for short below) were issued officially by the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council. On January 15th, Journal of Library Science in China held a Frontiers Forum in Suzhou City in the subject of “Establishing Public Culture Service Institution: Interpretation and Contemplation by Libraries” gathering specialists and scholars from library science and other fields to discuss the theoretical and practical problems of Library Science in China from academic perspective based on the policy content of the Opinions and the Standards. Experts and scholars including LI Guoxin, FAN Bingsi, WU Zhinan, LI Chaoping, QIU Guanhua, ZHANG Mingli, JIN Dezheng, JIN Wugang, etc, participated in the discussion.