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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 />

Jin Donate Art Building & Co-found<br />

Opera Research Center with <strong>PKU</strong><br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2005—09—25<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=127748902<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Beijing Sep. 25th, 2005: Jin Man, the member <strong>of</strong> the Chinese<br />

People‘s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and famous opera artist, would<br />

donate and raise about 200 million yuan to build a modern art building with complete<br />

functions and furthermore would cooperate with <strong>PKU</strong> to set up an opera research<br />

center. The signing ceremony was held in CCER Wanzhong Building. Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />

Chen Wenshen, chairman <strong>of</strong> the executive council <strong>of</strong> the <strong>PKU</strong> Education<br />

Foundation, on behalf <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong>, signed the agreement.<br />

Meanwhile, people <strong>of</strong> literary and art circles were invited to attend the ceremony as<br />

well, including QiaoYu, the well-known word writer, and Ai Qingchun, the former<br />

Minister <strong>of</strong> the Culture Department etc.<br />

President Xu Zhihong delivered a speech, expressed appreciation for Lady Jin‘ s<br />

contribution for the development <strong>of</strong> art education and research at <strong>PKU</strong>. The opera<br />

research center is supposed to provide a better platform where world-class talents<br />

would prefer to stay and <strong>PKU</strong>‘s worldwide links would be intensified.<br />

Edited By : Wang Liqiong<br />

Translated By : Yuan Limei<br />

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

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