30 years of inspiration

Lecturer: Zhu Xueqin (Famous scholar, professor of History Department of Shanghai University)

Organizer: Zhongshan Municipal Library

Co-organizer: Zhongshan Economic Daily

Sponsor: Zhongshan Branch of China Life Insurance Company Limited

Time: At 8:00 p.m. of October 10th, 2009

Location: Variety show auditorium on the 3rd floor of Zhongshan Municipal Library

Introduction of Lecturer
Zhu Xueqin is a famous scholar, professor of History Department of Shanghai University, Director of Shanghai Peace and Development Research Center and visiting scholar of Harvard University. His research focuses on the history of sociological thought. Currently, he has been studying the social transformation of modern China and trends of gradual evolution.

Middle Class in China: Illusion or Reality?

Lecturer: Zhou Xiaohong (Dean, Professor and Ph.D. adviser of School of Social and Behavioral Sciences of Nanjing University)

Organizer: Zhongshan Municipal Library

Co-organizer: Zhongshan Economic Daily

Sponsor: Zhongshan Branch of China Life Insurance Company Limited

Time: At 8 p.m. of October 17th, 2009

Location: Variety show auditorium on the 3rd floor of Zhongshan Municipal Library

Introduction of Lecturer:
Zhou Xiaohong is now the Dean of School of Social and Behavioral Sciences of Nanjing University as well as a professor and Ph.D. adviser, who is granted the National Award for Distinguished Teacher in 2009.

Lecture Preview:
The discussion concerning about the middle class has become a hot topic among both sociologists and ordinary people in China. Historian Tang Degang said that Americans were born middle class. Walter Whitman, an American poet in the 19th century, gave similar remarks that the middle class was the most valuable one of any community. However, how to define the middle class in China? Has the middle class already come into being? Then who is consisted in the middle class?

Why are the flowers so red? 

On the formation and influence of revolutionary classical movies in China

Lecturer: Yuan Qingfeng (Professor and Ph.D. adviser of Communication University of China)

Organizer: Zhongshan Municipal Library

Co-organizer: Zhongshan Economic Daily

Sponsor: Zhongshan Branch of China Life Insurance Company Limited

Time: At 8 p.m. of September 26th, 2009

Location: Variety show auditorium on the 3rd floor of Zhongshan Municipal Library

Introduction of Lecturer:
Yuan Qingfeng graduated from East China Normal University in 1993 and received the degree of Doctor of Literature. He was a visiting scholar in Peking University from 1996 to 1998 and from 2000 to 2002. He is now a professor in Communication University of China (once called Beijing Broadcasting Institute), and a Ph.D. adviser of film studies.

Lecture Preview: 
The movie industry has reached a flourishing period since the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949. The period from 1949 to 1965 was called the 17-Year Prosperity in the history of literature and art. A large number of popular movies were produced, including those revolutionary classical movies that had a profound and lasting influence on both Chinese society and people. This lecture will help audience to review those unforgettable pictures left in the depth of emotion and memory, and probe into the ideological resources giving rise to its production and influence, as well as the expression means and social effect of art.

Notice on Holiday Arrangement in 2009

According to Decision on Revising “Arrangement on National Holidays and Festivals” by the State Council and Notice on Arrangement of Some Holidays and Festivals of 2009 by the General Office of the State Council, holiday arrangements on New Year’s Day, Spring Festival, Tomb-sweeping Day, May Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day are as follows:

?. New Year’s Day: holidays last for three days from January 1st to 3rd. January 4th (Sunday) is workday.
?.Spring Festival: holidays last for 7 days from January 25th to 31st (from the eve of the Lunar New Year to the 6th of the first month in lunar calendar). January 24th (Saturday) and February 1st (Sunday) are workdays. 
?. Pure Brightness Festival: three days from April 4th to 6th.
?.May Day: three days from May 1st to 3rd.
?. Dragon Boat Festival: holidays last for 3 days from May 28th to 30th. May 31st (Sunday) is workday
?. National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival: holidays last for 8 days from October 1st to 8th. September 27th (Sunday) and October 10th (Saturday) are workdays

General Office of Zhongshan Municipal People’s Government
December 15th, 2008