On October 25th, IQDS Dean Professor Cheng Hong signed a long-term cooperation agreement with Professor Jean Oi, the director of China Research Center of Stanford University. The move marks the cooperation between IQDS and Stanford University has entered into the new stage.
Professor Jean Oi is both the director of China Research Center of Stanford University, and also the principle of Stanford center of Peking University. Professor Jean Oi, expert on Chinese issue, put forward the theory of local state corporatism and has a great influence in the global academic circles. The China Research Center that she leads, is a section of the prestigious Asia Pacific Research Center.
The two sides agreed to carry out series of academic communication and cooperation based on CEES survey, e.g. exchange of teachers and students and cooperative research. At present, the two sides are on cooperation of questionnaire design. In the future, there will be more teachers and students to study and communicate in Stanford University.