On November 2, Institute of Public Governance of Peking University held special invited experts symposium and the first board of directors meeting. Many people attended the meeting, they were former Peking University Council Chair Ren Yanshen, former deputy leader of leading group of central rural work Yuan Chunqing, former Beijing mayor Meng Xuenong, former vice president of Beijing Organizing Committee of Olympic Games (BOCOG) Jiang Xiaoyu, former vice minister of the United Front Department of the CPC Central Committee Chen Xiqing, former member of the party group of the Ministry of Science and Technology Zhang Jingan, chairman of Zhonggong Education Group Li Yongxin, chairman of institute of state governance studies of Peking University Wang Puqu, director of the institute of public governance of Peking University YanJirong, vice director of the institute of public governance of Peking University Li Haiyan, and the teachers and part of the schoolmates of the school of government.

Ren Yanshen, Yuan Chunqing, Meng Xuenong, Jiang Xiaoyu, Chen Xiqing and Zhang Jingan who were the invited experts hired by the institute were all the old leaderships with rich management experience. In the symposium, the special invited experts had a warm and in-depth discussion on how to guide and support the institute's work, especially focus on the work mechanism and key support directions. The meeting discussed and decided to support the work of the institute by hosting or participating in the key topic researches, offering special lectures or jointly courses, guiding students to carry out social practice, and guiding students' thesis jointly with the teachers. Besides, they also proposed suggestions on scientific research management, topic studies, talent construction of the institute.

The first board of directors meeting examined and voted through "Charter of Council of Institute of Public Governance of Peking University" and "List of Recommend of Council of Institute of Public Governance ". Professor Ren Yanshen was appointed as the chairman, and professor Wang Puqu, professor Yu Keping and chairman Li Yongxin was the vice chairman. Some teachers and represented alumni were appointed as Members

Professor Ren Yanshen delivered an important speech. He pointed out that the recently convened fourth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee deliberated and adopted the decision on several major issues to advance the modernization of the country's system and capacity for governance, which had the most direct and close relationship with the development of the school of government and the institute of public governance. The institute should have a keen sense of opportunity, seize opportunities, and work hard to cultivate more and better talents, provide more and better theoretical supports, theoretical explanations, theoretical innovations and decision-making for the government. The institute should adhere to the policy of "integrating theory with practice" and "applying knowledge to practice", the concept of "combining theory with practice", "combining experts with professors and leading cadres with rich leadership experience" and "combining professors with coaches", to cultivate a group of talents on national governance. Besides, the institute should hire the leaderships and old comrades of the party and the government with rich experience that would play an irreplaceable role on classroom teaching and social practice. This could further promote the cultivation of talents and the level of subject researches, and would make the institute as an effective think tank for the modernization of country's system and capacity for governance.

Invited experts and council members discussed the development of the institute. Special invited expert Yuan Chunqing expressed that the establishment of the institute was just in time, and could make a difference certainly. On the one hand, the institute should do a good job in the relationship of "combination". Experts and tutors should jointly train students and improve their practical abilities. On the other hand, the institute should stick to be problem-orientated, form positive policies, and build this research institution with Chinese characteristics and Peking University’s characteristics.

Professor Wang Puqu suggested that the future research of the institute should organically combine the institutional research of Chinese characteristics and national governance with its operational mechanism, deepening reform practice, scientific evaluation, technological innovation and virtual social governance. Based on the study of China, we should combine the refinement study of public governance with the reform and development strategy of national governance. The academic and practical research on public governance is organically combined with the construction of first-class disciplines and first-class new-type think tanks, so that the achievements of theoretical and academic research and rich experience in practice are integrated, forming a huge advantage in cultivating first-class talents, and then making the institute of public governance as a world-class think tank.

Li Yongxin once again expressed his sincere gratitude to the school, the college and the teachers that provided guidance and assistance during his study and entrepreneurship. Then he paid tribute to the special experts for their support and help for the institute. He believed that he and the teachers and the alumni together would build the institute as a research organization which had international first-class scientific level below the support of the special invited experts.

Professor Yan Jirong, director of the institute, introduced the purpose, objective and work plan of the institute and the constitution principles of the council. The institute of public governance was established by the school of government of Peking University and Zhonggong Education Group. Through organizing open research, establishing the academic exchange platform, promoting academic research, developing and exploring talents, the institute strived to become an organization platform on building intelligence for national development.

This conference was the first council meeting since the establishment of the institute, which was of great significance to the development of the institute.

Group picture of the first Board of Directors Meeting attendees