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Students of SIS Celebrating Their 8th Culture Festival
Peking University. Beijing. April 8, 2009: on the evening of April 6th, the opening
ceremony of the 8th Students Culture Festival of the School of International Studies
(SIS), Peking University was launched in Qiu Lin Lecture Hall of SIS.
The ceremony was attended by Zhang Yan, Vice Secretary of CPC Committee of
PKU, Li Hanmei, Secretary of CPC Committee of SIS, Ma Huaxiang, director of
Dept. of Student Affairs, Han Liu, League Secretary of PKU, Hu Yixiong, Vice
Secretary of CPC Committee of SIS, and associate professor of SIS Yan Zhaohui,
and chaired by Gao Jing, League Secretary of SIS.
The ceremony began with a video filmed and edited by students of School of
International Studies, looking back upon the development history of the Festival and
showing the audience what‘s coming in a series of activities to be held. Since this
year marks the 90th anniversary of Wu Si Movement and the 60th anniversary of the
founding of People‘s Republic of China, the Festival will focus on the relationships
between ―retrospect & prospect,‖ ―academic & life,‖ ―history & reality,‖ and ―China &
the world,‖ with the theme of ―love China & care for the whole world.‖
In his opening speech, PKU Party Vice Secretary Zhang Yan hoped students of SIS
would show their own distinctive temperament and spirit to their fellow students.
And Party Secretary of SIS Li Hanmei also expressed her wish that the students
would inherit and uphold the spirit of Wu Si Movement, integrating personal
development and achievement with the goal of the Party and the central government,
and thus contributing to the revival and prosperity of the country.
For years, the Festival has become an important platform for the School of
International Studies to promote the development of the ―second class‖ program and
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