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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

<strong>PKU</strong> Held East Asian <strong>University</strong><br />

Presidents Forum <strong>of</strong> Four Countries<br />

(2008)<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2008--11--04<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=225860104<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Nov. 4, 2008: East Asian <strong>University</strong> Presidents Forum <strong>of</strong> Four<br />

Countries (2008), hosted by <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, was held in the Press Hall <strong>of</strong> Yingjie<br />

Exchange Center <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong> in the afternoon <strong>of</strong> November 6th. Xu Zhihong, president <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Hiroshi Komiyama, president <strong>of</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Tokyo, Japan, Lee<br />

Jang Moo, president <strong>of</strong> Seoul National <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Korea, Dao Trong Thi, president<br />

<strong>of</strong> Vietnam National <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Hanoi and delegations <strong>of</strong> scholars from the four<br />

universities attended the opening ceremony. All four presidents would deliver a<br />

keynote address, respectively. The meeting was presided by Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Lin Jianhua,<br />

Executive Vice President <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong>.<br />

Due to the overlap in duration with the Beijing Forum 2008, whose theme was<br />

"harmony and common prosperity <strong>of</strong> civilizations: universal values <strong>of</strong> civilization and<br />

developmental trends", the East Asian <strong>University</strong> Presidents Forum <strong>of</strong> Four<br />

Countries (2008) would focus on the same theme as that <strong>of</strong> Beijing Forum (2008),<br />

discussing the roles played by universities <strong>of</strong> East Asia in the facilitation <strong>of</strong> harmony<br />

and common prosperity <strong>of</strong> civilizations from different perspectives.<br />

Edited By : Ding Zhilan<br />

Translated By : Chen Zhenxia<br />

Source : <strong>PKU</strong> <strong>News</strong> (Chinese)<br />

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