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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> 90th Anniversary Celebration for<br />

Graduate Education Held<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2007--12—28<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=198658102<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Dec. 28, 2007: On the morning <strong>of</strong> December 26 2007, a grand<br />

celebration ceremony was held at <strong>PKU</strong> Overseas Exchange Center to commemorate<br />

the 90th Anniversary <strong>of</strong> the beginning <strong>of</strong> graduate education at <strong>PKU</strong>. The ceremony<br />

was hosted by <strong>PKU</strong> Vice Executive President Lin Jianhua, present were Vice<br />

Director <strong>of</strong> Academic Degrees Committee <strong>of</strong> the State Council, Director <strong>of</strong><br />

Department <strong>of</strong> Academic Degrees Management and Graduate Education <strong>of</strong> MOE<br />

Guo Xinli, Vice Secretary <strong>of</strong> Beijing Education and Labor Commission Zhang<br />

Jianming, <strong>PKU</strong> President and Dean <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong> Graduate School Xu Zhihong,<br />

Ex-president <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong> and Ex-dean <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong> Graduate School Chen Jia‘er, Executive<br />

Vice Secretary <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong> Communist Party Commission Wu Zhipan, Ex-Vice President<br />

and Dean <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong> Shenzhen Graduate School Lin Junjing, Executive Vice Secretary<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong> Communist Party Commission Wang Limei and Tang He, Vice President<br />

Zhang Guoyou.<br />

Eminent Guests on the Ceremony<br />

Seated on the dais in the ceremony were Ex-director <strong>of</strong> National Library and famous<br />

philosopher Ren Jiyu, Academician <strong>of</strong> Division <strong>of</strong> Geology <strong>of</strong> CAS and Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>PKU</strong> School <strong>of</strong> Earth and Space Sciences Dong Shenbao, Academician <strong>of</strong> Division<br />

<strong>of</strong> Mathematics and Physics and Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong> School <strong>of</strong> Mathematical Sciences<br />

Tian Gang, Academician <strong>of</strong> Third World Academy <strong>of</strong> Sciences, Cambridge ―Marshall<br />

Lectures‖ Lecturer and Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> CCER Lin Yifu. All <strong>of</strong> these guests have been<br />

studied as graduate students at <strong>PKU</strong>.<br />

Speech Given by President Xu Zhihong<br />

President Xu reviewed the development <strong>of</strong> graduate education in the past 90 years<br />

at <strong>PKU</strong>. ―From the research institute in Shangtan Red Building in 1917, to the interim<br />

institute in wartime in Yunnan in 1937, to the Graduate School located by Weiming<br />

Lake in 2007, <strong>PKU</strong> has undergone all the stages in Chinese graduate education<br />

development including its inception, development, expansion, regulation and<br />

stabilization, and can serve as a good depiction <strong>of</strong> the history <strong>of</strong> graduate education<br />

development in China in the past 90 years.‖<br />

Speech Delivered by Director Guo Xinli<br />

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