w88 casino News Network (provided by the w88 casino of Foreign Languages)On September 20, as an important part of the 13th Beijing Humboldt Forum, the first China Regional and Country Studies Forum was grandly held in the International Exchange Building, co-sponsored by the Institute of Regional and Country Studies at Peking University and the China Society of International w88, hosted by the China Regional and Country Studies Professional Committee of the China Society of International w88, and co-founded and hosted by Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Guangxi University for Nationalities, and Zhaoqing University.
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Professor Hong Junjie, President of Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Professor Chen Yantai, Vice President of Zhejiang Gongshang University, Professor Gao Xingyu, Vice President of Guangxi University for Nationalities, Professor Hu Wentao, Vice President of Zhaoqing University, Hannes, University of Vienna Professor Fellner (online) and Professor Zhai Kun (online), convener of the State Council’s Regional and Country Studies Discipline Review Group, emphasized in their speeches that in the context of deepening global cooperation, it is crucial to build a regional and country studies discipline system with Chinese characteristics and an international perspective. This forum will play an important role in promoting interdisciplinary integration and innovative development.
The roundtable meeting was chaired by Professor Li Yunbo, Dean of the w88 casino of Foreign Languages. Professor Qian Chengdan, founding dean of the Institute of Regional and National Studies at Peking University, Professor Wang Renqiang, vice president of Sichuan International Studies University, Professor Jian Xingchao, secretary of the Party Committee of Nanning Vocational and Technical University, and Professor Hu Wentao, vice president of Zhaoqing University, conducted in-depth discussions on the experience of cultivating regional and national studies talents, interdisciplinary cooperation paths, and how to serve national strategic needs.
Zhao Zhongxiu presided over the keynote report session. Qian Chengdan took the title of "Course Settings for Regional and Country Studies in China" and systematically elaborated on the core connotation, system structure, and principles and directions that curriculum design should follow for regional and country studies as an emerging interdisciplinary subject. He emphasized that the fundamental purpose of establishing the discipline is "to solve specific problems, and the country has long-term expectations for this discipline." He pointed out that the current lack of talents with basic knowledge and deep understanding of the target country and the ability to conduct in-depth research on practical issues has restricted the depth and effectiveness of international exchanges and cooperation. Therefore, the establishment of regional and national studies is of great significance, and its core task is to cultivate "applied talents" with interdisciplinary knowledge structures. In terms of curriculum system construction,Qian ChengdanProposed a key criterion: "The key to judging whether a w88 casino can truly be interdisciplinary is to see whether it can produce an interdisciplinary curriculum." Regional and country studies courses must break the traditional limitations of a single subject and cover all-round knowledge of the target country "from astronomy to geography, from customs to habits, from politics to economics, and from culture to sports."Qian ChengdanEspecially emphasizes the core principle of "going deep into the field" and calls on universities to actively "send students to the local area", because only through personal experience can we truly understand the actual situation of the target country. Finally,Qian ChengdanConcluded: "Curriculum construction is the foundation. Only by constructing the curriculum well can regional and national studies truly achieve the goal of talent training."
This forum has a compact agenda, substantial content, and both academic height and practical depth. It not only provides a high-end dialogue platform for scholars studying regional and national studies, but also builds consensus on the direction of discipline construction, curriculum system setting, research paradigm innovation, and international cooperation. It marks a solid step forward in the systematic, standardized, and international development of regional and national studies in China.(Written by:Wu Zekun Zhang Mengjie Reviewer: Li Yunbo)
