To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic relationship between China and France, Fudan University has recently set up France Research Center. Meanwhile, Le College de France, the most time-honored academic institution in France, has signed a cooperation agreement with Fudan, which rules that the two parties will exchange professors for lectures from this year.
Yang Yuliang, President of Fudan University and French Ambassador Sylvie Bermann unveiled French Research Center. Yang said Fudan University, based on the center, will try to forge a platform for cross-disciplinary scientific research of France, a platform for academic, educational and humanistic communication between China and France, and a platform for civilization dialogues between China and Europe, contributing more to the civilization communication between China and France.
Meanwhile, the first “Chinese & French Ambassadors Forum” was kicked off. Former French Ambassador to China Pierre Morel and Wu Jianmin, Former Chinese Ambassador to France as witnesses, participants and promoters of Sino-France relationship had an open dialogue about the past, present and future of the relationship between the two countries. They answered questions raised by scholars and students on the forum. The two former ambassadors were employed to be consultants to the France Research Center of Fudan University.
At the opening ceremony of the center, Anne Cheng who, as the representative of Le College de France, is a lecture professor of Chinese Studies and a famous scholar on Chinese Studies in France signed the cooperation agreement with Yang Yuliang. The two parties will exchange professors for teaching from this year. The professors will teach for one to six months in the exchange program. Chinese students in Fudan University will be able to attend the lectures given by European scholars or even the best scholars in the world; European audience will be able to get the access to the lectures of Chinese scholars about Chinese ideologies, civilization and modern China.