The First China Center for Edgar Snow Studies

Huang Hua, President of China Society for People’s Friendship Studies (PFS), announced the decision to establish the China Center for Edgar Snow Studies at Peking University

“To continuously strengthen our studies of Edgar Snow in the future, we have decided to establish a China Center for Edgar Snow Studies under the PFS, which will be located in the place where Edgar Snow is buried. We sincerely hope and believe that with the help and support of all the organizations and people abroad studying Edgar Snow, this Center will become a useful institution that studies Edgar Snow, translates and publishes his works, and inherits and carries forward his spirit.”

Excerpt from Huang Hua’s report delivered at the Fifth Academic Symposium in memory of Edgar Snow on July 20, 1992

Charter of China Center for Edgar Snow Studies

1. The China Center for Edgar Snow Studies is a non-profit organization dedicated to academic research and international cooperation and communication.
2. The mission of the Center will be: to study and introduce the biograghy and works of Edgar Snow, an American friend of the Chinese people, and works of other prestigious international friends; to publicize their admirable deeds; to enhance mutual understanding between Chinese and American people; and to promote friendship and cooperation between China and other countries.
3. The major tasks of the Center will include: to study and introduce the deeds of Edgar Snow and other international friends; to collect their works, manuscripts, photos, other documents and data; to translate and compile their works and biographical notes; to cooperate with relevant overseas organizations, entities or individuals to publish relevant works; to arrange exchange and communication with relevant organizations, entities or individuals in the United States and other countries.
4. The administration of the Center will consist of: a Honorary Director and Honorary Deputy Directors, a Director and Deputy Directors, a Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General, and Committee Members. The Center will also invite persons to become Honorary Directors and Advisory Board Members in China and abroad if necessary.
5. The Center will be financed by endowments from relevant domestic and international organizations, entities, enterprises and individuals.
6. The center is located at Peking University.

Leadership of China Center for Edgar Snow Studies

Honorary Director: Huang Hua
Honorary Deputy Directors: Wu Shuqing, Israel Epstein, Lu Cui (female), Gong Pusheng (female), Xiao Qian
Director: Wang Xuezhen
Deputy Directors: Gao Liang, Duan Liancheng, Chen Li, He Fangchuan, Zhang Zhuhong, Liang Shoude
Secretary General: Cheng Hanchang
Deputy Secretary General: Shu Zhang, Zhao Jing
Advisory Board Member: Helen Foster Snow (female), Dimond, Han Suyin (female), Han Xu, He Liliang (female), Ruth F. Weiss (female), David Crook, Wu Weiran, Su Fei (female), Liu Ying (female), Zhu Ziqi

Committee Member (in stroke order of surname):
Wang Qingcheng , Director, Research Fellow of the Institute of Modern History, CASS
Wang Zuomin ( female ) , veteran cadre, Writer of China International Publishing Group
Wang Qi, Committee Member, Professor of Party History Research Center of the CPC Central Committee
Wang Fushi, the earliest Chinese translator of Edgar Snow’s works, retired veteran cadre of Encyclopedia of China Publishing House
Wang Xuezhen , Chairman of Peking University Council
Liu Jianye , Deputy Director of Museum of the War of Peoples Resistance Against Japanese Aggression
Qi Wenying ( female ) , Deputy Director, Professor of American Studies Center, Peking University
Cheng Hanchang , Director, Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary Chinese History Research Center, Department of History, Peking University
Zhuang Shoujing , Director, Research Fellow of the Peking University Library
Xiang Qing , Professor of the Department of International Studies, Peking University, Council of China Society for People’s Friendship Studies
Wu Tongrui , Director, Research Fellow of Office of Humanities and Social Sciences, Peking University
Wu Jialin , Deputy Director, Professor of Party History Research Office of Beijing Municipal Committee of the CPC
Su Zhizhong , Editor in Chief of Peking University Press
He Fangchuan , Dean, Professor of the Department of History, Peking University
Xiao Chaoran , Dean, Professor of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Peking University
Zhang Xiaoding , Deputy Director of Research office of Modern Literature, People’s Literature Publishing House, Council of China Society for People’s Friendship Studies
Zhang Zhuhong , Professor of the Department of History, Peking University, Council of China Society for People’s Friendship Studies
Zhang Xueling ( female ) , Director of Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Council of China Society for People’s Friendship Studies
Zhang Jiqian ( female ) , Professor of the Department of History, Peking University
Chen Hui , Deputy Editor-in-Chief of China Daily, Council of China Society for People’s Friendship Studies
Chen Li , Editor-in-Chief of China Daily, Council of China Society for People’s Friendship Studies
Chen Xiuxia ( female ) , Deputy Secretary General of China Society for People’s Friendship Studies
Zhou Jinfu , Director of Foreign Affairs Office, Peking University
Zhao Jing , Secretary General of Asia-Pacific Research Center, Peking University
Zhao Baoxu , Professor of the Department of International Studies, Peking University, Council of China Society for People’s Friendship Studies
Duan Liancheng , Vice Chairman of Translators Association of China, Council of China Society for People’s Friendship Studies
Liang Shoude , Dean of the Department of International Studies, Peking University, Council of China Society for People’s Friendship Studies
Zi Zhongyun ( female ) , Director of Institute of American Studies, CASS, Council of China Society for People’s Friendship Studies
Yuan Ming ( female ) , Professor and Director of the Institute of International Relations, Peking University, Council of China Society for People’s Friendship Studies
Gao Liang , Vice President of China Society for People’s Friendship Studies
Cui Lie , Secretary General of China Society for People’s Friendship Studies
Shu Zhang , Deputy Secretary General of China Society for People’s Friendship Studies
Qiu Ke’an , Professor of Ningbo University, Council of China Society for People’s Friendship Studies