On the morning of September 25, 2023, a group composed of scholars from Belt and Road countries visited Peking University (PKU).

The first lecture of the “Autonomous Knowledge System Construction and New Perspectives in Area Studies” series was held at the School of International Studies, Peking University (PKU) on October 9.

Peking University (PKU) on October 8, 2023, convened an expert meeting to discuss the establishment of an accredited doctoral degree program in area studies. Ning Qi, vice secretary of PKU’s Party Committee and vice president, attended and delivered a speech.

On September 21, the Institute of Area Studies Peking University (PKUIAS) held the fifth lecture of its “Master Salon” series as part of its fifth anniversary celebrations. The lecture, titled “Systematic Complexity Science and Area Studies,” was delivered by Prof. Gao Jianbo, a geography science professor and doctoral supervisor at Beijing Normal University. Prof. Zhai Kun, deputy director of the Institute, moderated the session. Experts and scholars, including Kong Tao, director of the Research Division at the Institute of Social Science Survey at PKU, participated in the discussion.

The 4th lecture of the“Adventus Amicorum” salon series was held on July 25, 2023, by the Institute of Area Studies, Peking University (PKUIAS) at Building No. 66, Yannanyuan,

Today’s world is experiencing “great changes unprecedented in a century,” and a series of theories, doctrines and beliefs about order and law that accompanied the unipolar international landscape in the post-Cold War period are being impacted and tested by the new historical process, and the tension between them and the practice of “Chinese-style modernization” is becoming increasingly prominent.

The 3rd lecture of the Adventus Amicorum salon series was held on July 4, 2023 by the Institute of Area Studies, Peking University (PKUIAS).

On July 4, the second lecture of the “Adventus Amicorum” seminar series celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Institute of Area Studies, Peking University (PKUIAS) was held at No. 66 Yannanyuan.

On June 30, 2023, a “Seminar on Discipline Construction of Area Studies at Peking University (PKU)” was held in PKU’s School of International Studies.

The first lecture of the Adventus Amicorum seminar series was held at No. 66 Yannanyuan on June 30, as part of the series of activities commemorating the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Institute of Area Studies, Peking University (PKUIAS).