Chinese language and literature conference of Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council was recently held at central campus of Shandong University (SDU). Vice president Wang Qilong, professor of the humanities and social sciences Wen Rumin and related personnel attended the conference.

At the beginning of the conference, Wang Qilong introduced the great achievements of SDU made in such areas: academic research, subject construction, talent cultivation, and the new campus construction in Qingdao. He expressed his appreciation for the contribution of of Literature and Journalism School (LJS) and the Center for Literary Aesthetics in the field of Chinese subject development. Prof. Zhang Fugui, the organizer of the conference reported recent work of the appraisal group and introduced some main topics. Then, attendees discussed work scheme of appraisal group of Chinese language and literature. The following work should be strengthened , experts thought. First of all，we should further define the group’s functions and make their own advantages to do research for some serious problems such as curriculum system, degree authorization system and paper publishing in the progress of postgraduate cultivation of Chinese language and literature so that we can provide service for the Academic Degree Commission of the State Council and the Ministry of Education, which can help them make decisions. The second, we should pay high attention to the subject of minority language and literature and support their development from the following aspects: teacher training, fruit cognizance, periodical construction, curriculum system construction, etc. In the afternoon, attendees mainly evaluated the first-level Ph.D.degree programs of the Chinese language and literature of Southwest Jiaotong University.

Tan Haozhe, the director of The Center for Literary Aesthetics Center, presided the opening ceremony of the conference. Zheng Chun, Dean of LJS on behalf of school appreciated all experts who have provided support for the development of the Chinese language and literature of SDU, and introduced the work emphasis and the view of development in the near future. The members of the Chinese language and literature appraisal group, some invited experts from Nanjing University, Nankai University and other universities attended the conference.