The opening ceremony of the International Symposium on Reform of Intellectual Property Rights & Enterprise Development in Developing Countries was held in the main building on September 1. Prof. Hu Xianzhang, director of the Tsinghua Chinese Russian Cultural Research and Exchange Center, hosted the ceremony.

A total of 110 representatives from home and abroad participated in the two-day symposium, which covered topics such as property rights reform in state enterprises, stock cooperation systems, and private economy during transitional period of development.

Prof. Liu Meixun, Director of Institute of Economics of Tsinghua University and Prof. Ji Shishan, Secretary-general of the University-Industry Cooperation Committee of Tsinghua University both gave speeches at the ceremony.

The symposium was jointly hosted by the Institute of Economics of Tsinghua University, Institute of Economics of Russian Academy, University Industry Cooperation Committee of Tsinghua University, and the Tsinghua Chinese Russian Cultural Research and Exchange Center.

Reported by Li Han

Photoed by Guo Haijun