The predecessor of Journal of Minjiang University was Journal of Fuzhou Teachers College, which was founded in 1981. After the school was upgraded to an undergraduate college in 2002, it was renamed as the current one. It is a comprehensive academic journal published at home and abroad. The journal has been fully included in China Journal Network, China Academic Journal (CD-ROM version), Wanfang Data - Digital Journal Group, Chinese Science and Technology Journal Database (Chongqing VIP), SuperStar Database, etc., and has been rated as "Top Ten Journals of Local Universities in China", "The Third National Excellent Social Science Journals of Universities", "The Fourth National Excellent Social Science Journals of Universities", "The Fourth National Social Science Journals Featured Columns", "The Second National Local Universities Journal Columns", "East China Excellent Journals", "National Local Universities Journal Special Contribution Award", "National Local Universities Famous Journals", "National Local Universities Journal Columns", "Famous Column Construction Excellence Award", etc.