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Archives of Peking University News - PKU English - 北京大学
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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 />
According to President Xu Zhihong <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, the university leadership<br />
function was launched for the first time on Beijing Forum in 2005. The aim <strong>of</strong> the<br />
function is to provide a platform for university presidents, rectors and<br />
vice-chancellors from different part <strong>of</strong> the world to exchange ideas and establish<br />
friendship. On this year‘s panel session on education, universities leaders had a nice<br />
chance to better explore the collective solutions to common problems. Xu pointed<br />
out in his remarks the major challenges posed by globalization. Globalization<br />
challenges the mission <strong>of</strong> universities, pushes universities from margin to the center<br />
in society, and produces fierce competition internationally, Xu said.<br />
During the 2-hour function, leaders from <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Saint Thomas <strong>of</strong> Chile,<br />
Chulalongkorn <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Thailand, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Nottingham <strong>of</strong> UK, Auckland<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> New Zealand, Seoul <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Korea, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Oxford <strong>of</strong> UK<br />
delivered their keynote speeches and shared with other university leaders their<br />
experience and understanding <strong>of</strong> internationalization and globalization <strong>of</strong> higher<br />
education. Leaders from Philippine, Singapore, Mongolia, Australia, Canada, Macao,<br />
Japan, Tibet, etc. all took an active role in the exchange <strong>of</strong> ideas.<br />
―We think that for universities, it is our responsibilities to make sure that the future<br />
generation is better prepared to understand others, better prepared to share, better<br />
prepared to think <strong>of</strong> a real education not just for you and me, but the world,‖<br />
President <strong>of</strong> Chulalongkorn <strong>University</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>. Khunying Suchda Kiranandana said.<br />
At the end <strong>of</strong> the function, all the university leaders present signed their names on<br />
the signing board titled ―Congratulations on the 110th Anniversary <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> and the 5th Anniversary <strong>of</strong> Beijing Forum‖.<br />
Edited By : Wang Yi<br />
Related Topic :<br />
� Beijing Forum 2007<br />
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