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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 />

Sixth <strong>PKU</strong> International Cultural<br />

Festival Opens on Campus<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2009--10—26<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=256667976<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>. Beijing. Oct 26, 2009: On the morning <strong>of</strong> Oct 25, 2009, the<br />

opening ceremony <strong>of</strong> the 6th <strong>PKU</strong> International Cultural Festival was held in the <strong>PKU</strong><br />

Hall. Aimed to ―foster global perspectives and build a harmonious and international<br />

campus‖, the festival was themed ―the cultural journey <strong>of</strong> languages‖ this year.<br />

Min Weifang, director <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> Council, delivered the opening speech.<br />

According to Mr. Min, the Festival was a result <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong>‘s Strategy <strong>of</strong><br />

developing into a world-class university. As <strong>PKU</strong> deepened and expanded its<br />

cooperation with overseas counterparts, and improved the enrollment and education<br />

system for overseas students, it had attracted more and more overseas students in<br />

recent years. Against this background, the Festival was launched as a pilot program<br />

to exert positive effects upon students at the campus culture level. He hoped that the<br />

Festival would serve as a platform to contribute to developing <strong>PKU</strong> into a world-class<br />

university and promoting the exchanges between nations and cultures.<br />

Overseas students from 57 countries and regions participated in the Festival, and 17<br />

different kinds <strong>of</strong> activities were staged which lasted about a month. Among them,<br />

the Chinese Speech Contest for Overseas Students was organized for the first time<br />

at <strong>PKU</strong>.<br />

The impact <strong>of</strong> the Festival continued was extended from the <strong>University</strong> community to<br />

Haidian district and even to the Beijing city. It attracted the attention and coverage <strong>of</strong><br />

the mass media such as China Daily and Sohu.com, and participation <strong>of</strong> overseas<br />

students from other universities and colleges in Beijing, such as Beijing Institute <strong>of</strong><br />

Technology and Beijing Language and Culture <strong>University</strong> (BLCU).<br />

Edited By : Seren<br />

Translated By : LIN Jingxian<br />

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

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