2017年国别与区域研究被调整为外语学科五大学科方向之一。外语学科内涵的调整变化是一 个系统工程，必然会对外语学科既有的体制机制以及人们对外语学科的传统认知带来冲击。当前国别与区域研究方向的发展仍面临着不少问题与挑战，须采取相应的改革措施来加以解决。本文主要探讨外语学科下国别与区域研究在研究路径与研究边界、课程体系建设、师资队伍建设以及科研成果评价机制方面存在的问题及其对策，并对如何推进外语学科下国别与区域研究提出了一些思考与建议。

Country and Regional Studies has been established as one of the five major branches in foreign language discipline since 2017. The change of the connotation of foreign language discipline is a systematic project, which will inevitably have an impact on the existing system and mechanism of foreign language discipline and people’s traditional perception of foreign language discipline. At present, there are still many problems and challenges in the development of Country and Regional Studies, which call for urgent reform measures. This paper mainly discusses the problems existing in the research approach and research boundary, curriculum system construction, teaching staff construction and the evaluation mechanism of research result in Country and Regional Studies in foreign language discipline and proposes some solutions. Furthermore, the paper puts forward some thoughts and suggestions on how to promote Country and Regional Studies in foreign language discipline.