On 9th May, Guangdong Science and Technology Department and GRIIS organized together the Proposal Defense Meeting for 2012 Joint Program of Soft Science Research Proposals of Guangdong Province. The meeting was especially organized for eight projects approved in 2012 to better carry out research and ensure the research quality. At the meeting, the leaders of the eight projects each made a 15 minutes’ opening report and had a 25 minutes’ communication with the experts of review team. Through questions and discussions, the review team provided many constructive comments and suggestions for the project leaders, which lays a solid foundation for the future research.