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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 />

Celebration Meeting for the Fifth<br />

Founding Anniversary <strong>of</strong> School <strong>of</strong><br />

S<strong>of</strong>tware<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2007--10—27<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=193583860<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Oct, 27th, 2007: The celebration meeting for the Fifth Founding<br />

Anniversary <strong>of</strong> School <strong>of</strong> S<strong>of</strong>tware was held in the multi-functional room <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Centennial Commemorative Hall, <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> on 18th 2007. The meeting was<br />

presided over by Pr<strong>of</strong>. Chen Zhong, dean <strong>of</strong> the school, with cheerful attendance <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong>ficials from the Ministry <strong>of</strong> Education and other administrative organs,<br />

representatives from cooperative enterprises and all other departments <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong><br />

<strong>University</strong> as well as teachers and students <strong>of</strong> the school.<br />

Academician Xu Zhihong, president <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, first enthusiastically<br />

congratulated the founding <strong>of</strong> the School <strong>of</strong> S<strong>of</strong>tware in representative <strong>of</strong> the<br />

university and then affirmed the school‘s huge accomplishment in teaching and<br />

scientific research. The founding <strong>of</strong> the school was also acclaimed as a beneficial<br />

experiment <strong>of</strong> education, providing a new formula for administrative system reform <strong>of</strong><br />

higher education and precious experience and good lessons on how to cultivate<br />

pragmatic intellectuals in other pr<strong>of</strong>essional areas. However, the president also<br />

pointed out a lot <strong>of</strong> work still needs to be done ahead targeting at a world top class<br />

s<strong>of</strong>tware school.<br />

Academician Yang Fuqing, executive director <strong>of</strong> the School <strong>of</strong> S<strong>of</strong>tware also made a<br />

lecture on ―Some thinking and Practice on the S<strong>of</strong>tware Engineering Education‖. She<br />

proposed the direction for future development <strong>of</strong> the school in view <strong>of</strong> the five years‘<br />

experience and the functional characteristics <strong>of</strong> s<strong>of</strong>tware engineering education.<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Zhang Yaoxue, director <strong>of</strong> High Education Directorate <strong>of</strong> the National<br />

Minister <strong>of</strong> Education encouraged enterprises to carry on with their support to the<br />

development <strong>of</strong> the School <strong>of</strong> S<strong>of</strong>tware with a convincing argument that their<br />

endorsement works in turn will backup enterprises‘ development in long run. The<br />

deputy director <strong>of</strong> National Foreign Expert Division Li Bing committed themselves in<br />

bringing in more foreign experts in favor <strong>of</strong> the school‘s development in the<br />

meantime.<br />

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