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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 />

German Academic Institute Aids <strong>PKU</strong><br />

Germany Research Centre<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2005--09—27<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=127955875<br />

Beijing, <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Sept. 27th, 2005: On the afternoon <strong>of</strong> Sept 27th, the<br />

start-up ceremony <strong>of</strong> the "DAAD sponsoring the <strong>PKU</strong> Germany research centre"<br />

project was held in the Centennial Hall. German minister-counselor He Zhifeng,<br />

DAAD's secretary-general Bo de, <strong>PKU</strong> vice president Wu Zhipan, the chancellors <strong>of</strong><br />

Berlin Freedom <strong>University</strong> and Hongbao <strong>University</strong> were all present and gave<br />

lectures. Chen Hongjie, from the Germany research centre <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong> presided over the<br />

ceremony.<br />

In Wu's talk, he first expressed our warm welcome to the honorable guests, and then<br />

he said since Berlin Freedom and Hongbao Universities are <strong>PKU</strong>‘s old friends, they<br />

have good interscholastic cooperation relationships. With great confidence in<br />

cooperating with German friends, <strong>PKU</strong> are able to make the Germany research<br />

centre the best in the world. Especially, he mentioned that DAAD began to support<br />

Chinese students studying in German 70 years ago, and the famous scholar Ji<br />

Xianlin was one example. <strong>PKU</strong> plans to bring up some excellent students with good<br />

cross-cultural capability to investigate and understand German from a new angle.<br />

DAAD's secretary-general Bo de said that it was their honor to sponsor such a<br />

famous university as <strong>PKU</strong> and they were willing to share the sponsoring right with<br />

the other two German universities, and he believed that the German research center<br />

will be built as the best through such strong cooperation. Additionally, Bo de also<br />

donated 50,000 euros-valued books to <strong>PKU</strong>'s library, covering the fields <strong>of</strong> Social<br />

science, economics and law.<br />

Besides, the activities to be held this afternoon include the ceremony <strong>of</strong> German<br />

Dusaierdu<strong>of</strong>u Chinese centre donating scholarships to <strong>PKU</strong>. As one <strong>of</strong> the sponsors<br />

<strong>of</strong> this symposia held by the <strong>PKU</strong> German research centre <strong>of</strong>, German Dusaierdu<strong>of</strong>u<br />

Chinese centre will contribute funds to support the scholars and students doing<br />

German research.<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> German research centre was scheduled to construct in 1998 and was formally<br />

founded in Oct, 2002. As a multidisciplinary research and teaching institute, it main<br />

functions include: carrying out the Sino-German graduates cultivation project(doctor<br />

960

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