On the morning of January 26, the School of Philosophy of Fudan University signed a memorandum of strategic cooperation with World Expo Museum. The World Expo Museum set up a research base of the School of Philosophy of Fudan University to carry out comprehensive cooperation in the dissemination of Chinese philosophy, general education of philosophy, academic research, international exhibition activities, etc. Xiangchen Sun, dean of the School of Philosophy of Fudan University, and Xiuhua Liu, director of the World Expo Museum, attended and signed the agreement. The two sides said that the School of Philosophy of Fudan University and the World Expo Museum would work together to give full play to their respective advantages and set a benchmark for the in-depth integration and development of universities and grass-roots cultural units. The two sides would work together to build a platform for the promotion of the philosophy system with the integration of production, study and research and output high-quality cultural nutrients, serve the public and enrich the cultural connotation of Shanghai as an international metropolis.
Xin Yuan, secretary of the Party committee of the School of Philosophy of Fudan University, Hui Lin, vice president, Jie Chen, deputy secretary of the Party committee, Zhaoli Zheng, director of the culture and education development center, Zhenyu Yu and Yongping Zhou, deputy curators of the World Expo Museum, Ruibin Zhong, deputy secretary of the general Party branch, and Jun Zou, deputy curators, attended the signing ceremony.
According to the agreement, the World Expo Museum and Fudan University of Philosophy would join hands to explore new attempts of cooperation between the museum and the University from three dimensions:
·Public cultural education
And explore and practice the social education functions of public cultural institutions and higher education institutions in an all-round and multi form way, create a series of general education projects of Humanities and social sciences with ordinary citizens and primary and secondary school students as the audience, jointly plan various cultural, ideological and art exhibitions, and jointly create a leading cooperative research base of libraries and schools in China.
·Academic cooperation
In view of the theme of the World Expo and the current global trend of thought, continue to carry out cooperation in academic thought research, jointly produce relevant academic achievements and share academic achievements.
·Overseas exhibition cooperation
As the official museum of the International Exhibition Bureau, the World Expo Museum would participate in each comprehensive and professional Expo. The two sides would make full use of the platform and opportunity of overseas participation to jointly plan and hold activities such as “world ideological and Cultural Forum” and “World Youth Ideological conference”, invite famous philosophers, thinkers, world-famous cultural scholars and young students from all over the world to share ideas and wisdom, so as to build a brand of Chinese philosophy and culture, and actively and effectively spread the excellent culture of Chinese civilization.
The signing of the contract not only opens a good beginning for the further interaction and cooperation between the two sides, but also builds a high-quality platform for the public to better access to library and school education resources and spread Chinese wisdom on the international stage.
After the signing ceremony, the guests of Fudan University of Philosophy visited the Expo library, which will open to the public soon
After the signing ceremony, the guests of Fudan University of Philosophy visited the exhibition of “Design with Cares” on display in temporary hall 2