The 1st HNU National Languages Forum was held on October 12 and 13, hosted by the College of Foreign Languages. HNU Vice President Xu Guozheng attended and addressed the opening ceremony. More than 50 experts and scholars from nearly 30 Chinese universities and research institutions were present. The contents covered phonetics, phonology, semantics, and syntax.
The lecturers included Prof. Dai Qingxia from Minzu University of China (MUC), Prof. Chen Baoya from Peking University, Prof. Huang Chenglong, Huang Shuxian, and Huang Xing from the Chinese Academy of Social Science, Prof. Wang Shuangcheng from Shanghai Normal University, Prof. Yu Jinzhi from Yunnan Normal University, and Prof. Zeng Xiaoyu from Nankai University.
Prof. He Chuansheng, Lu Man, and Wang Peng from HNU College of Foreign Languages delivered speeches at the sub-forums respectively.
The forum is based on the ethnic languages database of the college. It aimed to present the ethnic language research program progress and the foreign languages and literature discipline development of the college, facilitate domestic communication and exchanges on national language research, and promote domestic research on national languages.
