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PKU CCGA Holds Seminar on
"Chinese Model"
PKU NEWS 2008--12—23
http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=230109434
Peking University, Beijing, Dec. 23rd, 2008: The seminar ―The 60 years of People's
Republic of China and Chinese Model‖ was held for the 30th anniversary of ―reform
and opening-up‖ by the Center for Chinese and Global Affairs (CCGA) at Peking
University on December 20. More than 50 experts, including Wang Shaoguang, Hu
Angang, Wang Hui, Huang Ping, Zhang Jing, Li Qiang, Wen Tiejun, Jiang Shigong,
Kang Xiaoguang, Shi Zhiyu, He Xuefeng, Fang Ning, Li Changping, Zhang Musheng
and Gao Liang, discussed on ―Chinese Model‖ in the seminar.
Wu Zhipan, deputy party secretary of PKU attended the seminar. He pointed out that
we had made so great achievements in the past 60 years that no one could deny,
and thus should have full confidence in the ―Chinese Model‖.
In Wu Zhipan‘s view, the reason why China was able to shake off poverty and
weakness rapidly, and re-establish the identity of a great country on the international
stage was because it had unswervingly taken the socialist road with Chinese
characteristics, had open-minded Chinese civilization and strong learning ability.
China's reform and opening up, had not only profoundly changed the face of the
country, but also affected the world‘s situation, and it would make a greater
contribution to the progress of human civilization.
Xu Zhenzhou, deputy director of Party History Research Center of the CPC Central
Committee and vice president of the Institute of International Relations of PKU,
attended the seminar and delivered a speech. When talking about the purpose of the
seminar, Pan Wei, director of CCGA said that China had surprised the world by its
progress with a unique path of development over the past decades, so that "Chinese
Model" had been all-too-apparent. The seminar was held to promote the discussion
and summary of "China Model" and thus promote the rise of "Chinese School" in
international academic circles. The seminar had collected a large number of
high-quality papers, which would be published in book form next year and would be
published abroad in English.
There are seven sessions discussing on five topics, including China's unique social
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