Tsinghua University Unveils Research Center for Japanese Studies

Tsinghua University Unveils Research Center for Japanese Studies

By Li Han

Staff Writer of the Tsinghua News Center

At an inauguration ceremony on April 10th, Tsinghua University unveiled its Research Center for Japanese Studies, an inter-college research institute which aims to promote mutual understanding as well as academic and student exchanges and cooperation between China and Japan through cross-disciplinary research.

The Research Center for Japanese Studies will have Co-Chairmen, one from China and one from Japan. Former Vice-Minister of Japan s Ministry of International Trade and Industry Fukukawa Shinji was announced at the inauguration as the Center s Chairman from Japan and Tsinghua Vice President Xie Weihe becomes the Center s Chairman from China. Tsinghua University Professor Qu Delin becomes the Center s first Director.

The Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the NPC Standing Committee and China s former Minister of Foreign Affairs Li Zhaoxing, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Peoples Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and Vice Chairman of the China-Japan Friendship Association Jing Dunquan China s Former Ambassador to Japan Yang Zhenya, Former Chinese Minister of Culture Liu Deyou, Chairman of the Japan Business Federation and Chairman and CEO of Canon, Inc.

Fujio Mitarai the Japanese Ambassador to China Miyamoto Yuji the Former Vice-Minister of Japan s Ministry of International Trade and Industry Fukukawa Shinji the Chairman of the Japan-China Friendship Center Murakami Tatumi and the Chairman of Japan-China Economic Association Kiyokawa Yuji all were in attendance at the ceremony.

Tsinghua University President Gu Binglin, Tsinghua University Council Chairman Hu Heping, and Tsinghua University Vice President Xie Weihe also attended the event.

Tsinghua President Gu, Mr. Jing Dunquan Mr. Fujio Mitarai and Mr. Miyamoto Yuji together inaugurated the Center.

Tsinghua President Gu Binglin addressed the inauguration audience. He noted that exchanges and cooperation have been further promoted between Tsinghua and Japan in recent years, and he expressed the hope that the Center would develop into a multi-disciplinary platform for high-level research.

(Photo by Guo Haijun)