Abstract：This article examines the Thoughts development of the Chinese characteristics of the name of the discipline of‘women's / gender studies’. It suggests that compared to those in the West，women's / gender studies in China have specifically focused on ‘gender’and overlooked sexuality due largely to the reason that Chinese scholars in the 1990s adopted the strategy of‘borrowing’ so as to address the social issues women faced in China． This borrowing was a creative adoption and translation in the particular historical conditions，which included cultural traditions，thought processes and analysis of issues． This paper argues that a steadfast development of an academic field should not follow a dualism between China and the West，and tradition and modernity，but situate in the local time and space to look into issues in their long term of the historical pulse combined with a global perspective to understand Chinese tradition and culture． This approach is to connect the resources in China and the West，both in the past and today，so as to identify real，localized issues and build authentic academy that is genuinely localized． It should break free from a development that is trapped in an anxiety about power structures between China and the West，which is though inevitable but should not be encompassing．
