Famous economist Lin Yifu visits the Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences of Nanjing University of Science and Technology

Professor Lin Yifu visited the Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences of Nanjing University of Science and Technology

20211FebruaryOn the morning of the 4th, Professor Lin Yifu, a famous economist who came to Nanjing University to lecture, Dean of the Institute of New Structural Economics of Peking University and Honorary Dean of the National Development Institute, accompanied by Chen Yuehong, Dean of the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences of Nanjing University, visited the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Central Laboratory of Humanities.

Dean Chen Yuehong accompanied Professor Lin Yifu on his visit

During the visit, Professor Lin Yifu showed great interest in the college, which integrates the colors and lines of Chinese and Western, Hui school buildings, Hakka enclosure courtyard structure and Nordic minimalist style buildings. He looked carefully, frequently asked questions, and excitedly said that this is the campus building with the most Chinese and Western fusion cultural and modern aesthetic characteristics he has seen. It is completely a piece of art, with a high degree of harmony between space and landscape. Any university in China and the world is unique and should be promoted. Strive to win the campus architecture award in China and the world!

Visit a range of laboratories at the Humanities Center and the Faculty of Humanities, such as the Intelligent Voice Lab, the Machine Writing Lab, the ImmersiveVRAt the time of the liberal arts laboratory, the humanities workshop, the science and human imagination center with science fiction creation as the center, the digital exhibition hall, the wisdom reading room, the microcourse teaching video production center, the computer humanities research center, and the teaching observatory, Teacher Lin Yifu opened his eyes and subverted the three views of liberal arts cognition. He said that these laboratories have advanced innovation and are truly interdisciplinary and scientific and new liberal arts, subverting his traditional impression of the liberal arts. He also said that Peking University is planning the construction of the New Structural Economics Research Institute. After returning from this trip, it will send people to study and extract valuable elements for reference.

Dean Chen Yuehong accompanied Professor Lin Yifu to the Humanities Center Museum Exhibition

After the visit, Professor Lin Yifu said affectionately that the environment of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences of SUSTech was quiet and not dull. When conducting academic research in such an environment, his mind would be open and relaxed, which would be conducive to thinking and writing. He also said with great anticipation that if he had the opportunity in the future, he would hope to concentrate on writing something in such a place. Dean Chen Yuehong welcomed and wished Professor Lin Yifu greater academic achievements.

Text: Chen Jinsong

Photography: Yu Bei et al.