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PEKING UNIVERSITY SUMMER 2014 Issue 27 Dominique de Villepin Asia’s Leading Role in a Global Financial Reform P18 Xi Jinping Visited Peking University 04 | on Chinese Youth Day Celso Lafer Strengthen Ties 14 | in Scientific Collaboration Tan Chorh Chuan The Importance of 21 | a University’s Culture PEKING UNIVERSITY SUMMER 2014 Issue 27 CONTENTS 02 Spotlight A Spiritual Feast for Science: Brazil-China Scientific Symposium ............................02 President Xi Jinping Visited Peking University on Chinese Youth Day ...................04 The Future of the Research University in the Age of Globalization —Innovations in Talent Cultivation ..........................................................................06 Launch of Yenching Academy .................................................................................... 07 08 Academic PKU Holded Forum Themed “China and Egypt—the Global Relationship and the Road of Development” in Cairo, Egypt ........................................................08 NYU‘s Leading Psychologists Visited Peking University Sixth Hospital ..................08 PKU Wins Awards in the 42nd Geneva’s International Exhibition of Inventions ....09 Nature: High-Throughput Screening of a CRISPR/Cas9 Library Editorial Board for Functional Genomics in Human Cells ................................................................09 Advisor: Li Yansong, Vice President PKU Researcher Discovered Unique Pair of Hidden Black Holes ............................ 10 for International Relations PKU Research Team Led by Prof. Chen Xing and Prof. Huang Yanyi Chair: Xia Hongwei, Director, Developed New Live-Cell Imaging Method .............................................................. 11 Office of International Relations PKU Professor Awarded 2013 Okawa Foundation Research Grant .........................12 Vice-Chair: Yan Jun, Zheng Ruqing, Wang Yong, Achievements in Research on Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases Published by ES&T ....12 Prof. Xiao Ruiping Appointed Associate Editor of New England Journal of Medicine .....13 Li Hongquan, Kang Tao Coordinator: Luo Ling, He Yicheng 14 People Designer: He You Celso Lafer: Strengthen Ties in Scentific Collaboration ............................................14 Dr. Marc Lanteigne: A China Hand from the West ...................................................15 Editorial Team: Heng Kang Wei, Wang Qingyu, Dr. Zhang Chao: Researching on “Smart Tags” .........................................................17 Liu Yiping, Yang Linhan, Li Feiyue, Zhou Jin, Guo Danyang, Chia Waikian, Zhang Kexin, 18 Voice Liu Zhaozhen, Lewis Won Dominique de Villepin: Asia’s Leading Role in a Global Financial Reform ............18 On Cross Cultural Exchanges between Universities: Interview with the Vice Principal International of University of Edinburgh ...........20 Photo: Wang Wenquan, Wang Tiantian Prof. Tan Chorh Chuan: The Importance of a University’s Culture ......................... 21 On Research and International Partnership: Peking University Newsletteris a publication Interview with the Vice President of UBC .................................................................23 for alumni and friends of Peking University Leading to Greater Heights: President of HKU Prof. Peter Mathieson ....................25 and is produced by the Office of International Relations (OIR). Please feel free to suggest ideas 26 International Collaboration for us to explore in future issues, or suggestion Higher Education Planning in Asia Conference 2014 held at PKU .........................26 about ways we can improve the publication. PKU-Initiated International Consortium of Chinese Studies Set Sail......................26 PKU Signed Agreement with the University of Melbourne on Collaboration in Psychiatry Research and Training ...........................................................................27 Contact Us Address: Office of International Relations 28 Campus Peking University, 100871 International Youth Classical Drama Festival ...........................................................28 Beijing, P.R. China 2014 Peking University Top Ten Singers ....................................................................29 Phone: +86-10-6275-1246 ext. 316 Producers of “A Bite of China” Visit Peking University ............................................30 Fax: +86-10-6275-1240 Campus Dramas: “Pure Literature in Film Era” ....................................................... 31 Email: [email protected] Guardian Angels of PKU’s Stray Cats .........................................................................33 Turning the Wheel of Seasons: The 2nd Annual Show by the PKU Dance Sport Association .....................................35 Newsletter Online The Newsletter can be read online at: 37 Column www.oir.pku.edu.cn At the Forefront of News: “Newsletter” Editor-in-Chief, Heng Kang Wei ................37 Hugging for Sino-Japanese Friendship: The views expressed in this publication are the Founded by Japanese Exchange Students of Peking University................................38 views of the authors and do not necessarily My Experience at Waseda University: The Same Japan, the Different Feelings .......39 reflect the views of the Editorial Board. 41 Giving Establishment of Tang Lixin Educational Fund......................................................... 41 Hong Kong Bai Xian Educational Fund Donated to Yenching Academy................. 41 Spotlight A Spiritual Feast for Science: Brazil-China Scientific Symposium Yuan Yating rom April16th to 18th, the Brazil- China Scientific Symposium was F successfully held at Yingjie Ex- change Center of PKU. The symposium saw the attendance of over 50 scientific elites from Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University, China Ag- ricultural University, Chinese Universi- ty of Hong Kong, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo State University, and University of Campinas. The sympo- sium, sponsored by both the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and Pe- king University (PKU), mainly focused on expanding the relationship between researchers from the state of São Paulo and researchers from several academic and research institutions in China, for the purpose of promoting joint studies that could benefit the people of both researchers, deepening international made on the investments of human countries . research cooperation. capital and the development theory, in- On April 16th, Professor Wang Enge, The symposium consisted of several cluding that of the Solow model. Sev- President of Peking University, at- parallel sessions, and the topics rang- eral examples of technological changes tended the opening ceremony, together ing from materials, nano-technology, in agriculture, and estimates of TFP with Professor Celso Lafer, President medical science to life sciences. In and social returns to agricultural re- of FAPESP, Valdemar Carneiro Leão, each session, the researchers delivered search and extensions were also raised. Brazilian Ambassador to China, and speeches on their latest study, and par- Professor Paulo Araújo stressed the im- Fang Jun, Deputy Director General ticipated in discussions with other at- portance of the coordination of capital of the Department of International tendees subsequently. and agriculture, which can make the Cooperation and Exchanges, Ministry agricultural production more efficient. of Education of China. Their speeches The session closed with ending re- focused on the significant role of sci- Business and Agriculture marks that focused on the development entific researches in the ever-changing of future projects, and mutual benefits world today. They also touched on Professor Paulo Araújo, from the concerning technology and agricultural the brilliant prospect of scientific col- Luiz de Queiroz Agricultural College in economy. laboration between the two countries. Brazil, led the session in the field of ag- Both Professor Wang Enge and Profes- ricultural and applied economics. His sor Celso Lafer expressed their convic- sharing started with a short summary Water Sources in Forest Requires Attention tion that in such a symposium, where of the Brazilian economy, in particular ideas have the opportunity to clash the increasingly developing models of Mountainous areas are important and ignite, it would further expand un- agribusiness in Brazil. for both forestry and providing water derstanding among these outstanding During the session, comments were supply to dry landlocked regions that 02 Peking University Newsletter natural regeneration due to a strict log- ing in the future scenario of climatic ging ban policy. changes. Based on this, Professor Wang For many years, Professor Marcos Yanhui and his group managed to de- Buckeridge has been working on how velop a practical approach for multi- to integrate the knowledge of physical, functional forest (MFF) management, molecular and biochemical features with the water aspect taken into con- of plants to explain their behaviors. In sideration. They integrated existing addition, his group studied the integra- knowledge and experiences and con- tive responses of crop species to the ceived an “ideal” MFF structure and elevation of atmospheric carbon diox- its key parameters. ide, temperature and drought, which Moreover, a decision-making pro- is helpful to forecast plant behavior cess for management planning was under changing environmental condi- recommended through the following 5 tions. steps: In his presentation, he used sugar- 1) Investigating