On the invitation of our university, Professor Ge JianXiong (Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee, Member of the Social Science Committee of the Ministry of Education) from FuDan University made an academic report entitled “the origin and the current situation of the frontier issues in our country” in the afternoon of October 10th. Vice president Xiao Zhenghong, Assistant President Dang huaixing, Director of Social Sciences Department Ma Ruiying, Vice President of Northwest Research Institute Zhang Ping and Wang Shejiao, Deputy Secretary of the History and Culture Department Du Haibin and more than a hundred teachers and students listened to the report.
On behalf of our university, Xiao Zhenghong expressed a warm welcome to the arrival of Professor Ge Jianxiong. Then he briefly introduced the current situation of the frontier issues of China and the research findings and the contribution conducted by scholars. Meanwhile, he expressed the hope to attract more people to pay attention to China's frontier issues through this report.
After expressing the sincere congratulations on the 70 anniversary of our university and the deep memory for Professor Shi Nianhai, Professor Ge praised the major achievements in the campus construction and the academic researches. Taking the historical changes and current situation of China designated territory as a starting point, he suggested the historical disputes and current situation between China and Russia over the frontier issues in Northeast China. He furthermore analyzed other hotspot issues on China`s frontier such as the Sino-Korean and Sino-Vietnamese border division, the issues over Hainan Island and the Diaoyu Islands and highlighted that peaceful settlement of disputes is the only way.
 
After the lecture Professor Ge communicated with the teachers and students. “The significance of historical research is whether it can be used to solve the current problems.” He said, “Academic research is not a summary, but to put forward new ideas which can be of practical use.”