On Jan 24, 2007, conference room 301 of the information building was full of joys. The Korean class opening ceremony was grandly held by SIRM and SI. Professor Wang Jian, assistant dean of SIRM, chaired the opening ceremony. Professor Yong-Jae Lee form Department of Library, Archive & Information Studies in Pusan National University who visited SIRM to sign the cooperation communication agreement with SIRM, Doctor Li Mintai, who contributes a lot to the organization of Korean class, Yang Haixin, secretary of the Communist Youth League Committee SIRM branch attended the ceremony. Although it was in the final exam period, more than 70 Korean class students actively joined the ceremony.
 
Professor Wang Jian formally introduced guests form Korea and pointed out that it was precious to invite Professor Yong-Jae Lee, doctor of Department of Library, Archive & Information Studies in Pusan National University to join the ceremony. That meant this ceremony was meaningful. Teachers and students of SIRM and SI had made plenty work to open Korean class. Since 2005, SIRM has reinforced the students’ communication. SIRM would like to build better international communication environment and provide related resource for the students. Hope the students of SIRM and SI cherish the chance to learn Korean, to advance communication and contribute to the cooperation of Korea and China.

Professor Yong-Jae Lee form Department of Library, Archive & Information Studies in Pusan National University was the Korea representative of maintaining cooperation relationship with SIRM. In his address, he presented his main activity of visiting China: sign the cooperation communication agreement with SIRM. He said the Department of Library, Archive & Information Studies in Pusan National University and SIRM already had good cooperating foundation and hope the cooperation of the two schools will develop further. In the lecture, Professor Yong-Jae Lee used Korean, Chinese and English, not only held ardent expectations for the students, but also welcomed the students to study in Korea, especially in Pusan National University. The lecture got great applauses and inspired the students’ interests in study Korean and Korean culture.
 
Doctor Li Mintai introduced the goals of organizing Korean class, the staffs and the organizers, and put forward requests to the students. Yang Haixin, secretary of the Communist Youth League Committee SIRM branch encouraged the students to maintain enthusiasm to study and hoped students took this chance to know more about the Korean culture; to improve the communication ability and prepare for the volunteer service of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
 
At last, the student representative of SIRM and SI received Korean textbooks handed out by the two Korean doctors. The two doctors hoped the class would help the academic communication spread from institute level to the student level.

The opening of Korean class is to satisfy the students’ enthusiasm of learning foreign language, and make good foundation for the volunteer service of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Before the opening of Korean class, SIRM has successfully held a series of lectures on Olympic knowledge. The two schools not only hope this Korean class will be successful, but also hope this teaching pattern will continue and advance the communication between Korean culture and Chinese culture, and make SIRM and SI of RUC become the base of academic communication between Korean culture and Chinese culture.

Just as professor Wang Jian said in the opening ceremony: when professor Yong-Jae Lee visit RUC next time, hope we can communicate with him without interpreter, and can report Korean study results with songs, poems or operculum. With the endeavor of all, we believe the Korean class will go well and got rich fruits.