On August 14, 2025, The Complete History of "Comfort Women," a national publishing fund project, was released in Shanghai. Written by a team led by professors Su Zhiliang and Chen Lifei of Shanghai Normal University after thirty-three years of investigation, it is a major academic synthesis in the study of the "comfort women" issue.
I. Publication information: The Complete History of "Comfort Women" is a key national publishing project of the 14th Five-Year Plan and a national publishing fund project, released in Shanghai on August 14, 2025 (the World "Comfort Women" Memorial Day and the 80th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance). Book symposiums were held at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Shanghai Normal University. (Sources: Chinese Social Sciences Net 2025-08; The Paper 2025-12-29)
II. Research foundation: Since 1991, Professor Su Zhiliang and Professor Chen Lifei's team have conducted rescue investigations and archival compilation for thirty-three years. According to public reports, the team confirmed that the Japanese military established more than 2,100 "comfort stations" in China, and documented 358 survivors of the "comfort women" system on the Chinese mainland and 239 in South Korea. (Sources: CCTV.com 2025-08-07; public reports)
III. Academic significance: The publication systematically integrates three decades of research findings, providing researchers and the public with a verifiable academic text and an important reference on the "comfort women" issue.
(Sources: Chinese Social Sciences Net 2025-08/2026-01; The Paper 2025-12-29; CCTV.com 2025-08-07. Data date: 2025-08-14.)