Great Hall Forum. Issue 4: Phoenix TV's Featured Program

Author: Yang Yongfu, edited by Gui Ping
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: With the slogan "Academic made easy for you to understand!" as its mission, the "Century Forum" is a dialogue program that blends serious academic topics with lively television formats. Since its debut on Phoenix TV on January 6, 2001, it has had a broad impact on TV audiences due to its unique cultural sophistication, strong on-site interactivity, and the ability to explain profound academic issues in an accessible way. The program has invited nearly 100 renowned experts and scholars from around the world to lecture and discuss in the "Century Forum." Prominent scientists, including Nobel Prize-winning physicist Professor Chen Ning Yang and Professor Charles Townes, Director of the Center for Economic Research at Peking University, Professor Lin Yifu, Director of the Institute of Economics at Peking University, Professor Zhang Weiyi of the School of Economics and Management at Peking University, President Zhang Xinggang of City University of Hong Kong, and Professor He Da of The Rockefeller University, have all joined the forum to engage in in-depth and lively academic exchanges with students. This book is one of the compilations of the "Century Forum." It presents a complete record of the speeches and Q&A sessions from 25 episodes of the "Century Forum," covering fields and categories such as politics, economics, science and technology, literature and arts, history, and philosophy, spanning both Eastern and Western perspectives. The content is dense with information, delving into subtle details and bridging the past and the present. Through this book, readers can gain access to the academic achievements of top experts and scholars from around the world, as well as the latest trends in humanities and natural sciences in the new century, and appreciate the rigorous, grand, and captivating speeches delivered by world-class masters.