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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 />

Opening Ceremony <strong>of</strong> Sociology<br />

Cultural Festival<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2007—3-19<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=174372527<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Beijing, Mar, 19th, 2007: The opening ceremony <strong>of</strong> the fourth<br />

sociology cultural festival <strong>of</strong> the department <strong>of</strong> sociology was held in the Overseas<br />

Exchange Center <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> on March 18th 2007.<br />

Wu Baoke, the Secretary <strong>of</strong> the Party Committee <strong>of</strong> the Department <strong>of</strong> Sociology<br />

addressed at the ceremony and emphasized that the theme <strong>of</strong> the festival ‗Building<br />

Harmonious Society, Inosculating Different Cultures‘ is rather meaningful, for<br />

combining the content <strong>of</strong> the subjects <strong>of</strong> the sociology, the background to build a<br />

harmonious society and university. He quoted the famous saying from Mr. Fei<br />

Xiaotong, ‗everyone enjoys his own beauty, while appreciate the others‘; with<br />

different beauties coexisting, the world will be beautiful as a whole.‘ He also<br />

expressed his expectation to see the combination <strong>of</strong> the festival with the student‘s<br />

l<strong>of</strong>ty ideal, the study <strong>of</strong> the subject and the main works <strong>of</strong> the campus.<br />

Zhang Yan, the Vice Secretary <strong>of</strong> the Party Committee <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> hoped<br />

that the festival could provoke more thoughts and new methods in cultivating<br />

students, and could also show the fruits <strong>of</strong> the education in sociology.<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Liu Shiding gave the first lecture in the festival, explaining what is and how<br />

to build harmony from an economic aspect.<br />

Subsequently, there will be academic debates, display <strong>of</strong> talent by young volunteers<br />

and lectures given by well-known scholars.<br />

Edited By : Ning Jing<br />

Translated By : Wang Shu<br />

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

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