Recently, academic leaders of Literature and Journalism School gathered to discuss and prepare the report and demonstration of the 2011 collaborative innovation program. Tenured professor Yuan Shishuo of SDU, academic leaders of LJS and all institution directors attended the meeting. The meeting was held by the dean of LJS Zheng Chun. The deputy minister of academic research and director of humanities and social sciences Wei Jian participated in the research work.

Zheng Chun leaded the group study the relevant files and demands carefully. He pointed out that the collaborative innovation program should take the example of ‘Confucianism and Chinese Cultural Renaissance Collaborative Innovation Center’. Firstly, the program must be based on the national needs and the word-class standards. Secondly, it needs to cultivate a series of high- quality projects which highlight the characteristics of Chinese language and culture by integrating resources within and outside SDU. Lastly, the program ought to carry on the tradition ‘good at literature and history’ of LJS. Deputy Dean Liao Qun added that the design of ‘2011 collaborative innovation’ program has to be both specific and microscopic. In the meantime, it needs to be forward-looking, overlapping and practical.

During the conference, Prof. Yuan illustrated his plans and construction thoughts about the reconstruction of Classical Chinese Literature and Chinese literary theory. Academic leaders and the institution directors Yang Duanhua, Huang Wanhua, Sheng Yuqi, Wang Xiaoshu, Zhang Shuzheng and Feng Wei gave opinions based on different aspects of collaborative innovation. All the attendees agreed that collaborative innovation must break the boundaries of different subjects. It should combine the foreign and the Chinese as same as binding the ancient with the modern. It also need to integrate theories and literary history. Finally to realize general study, collaborative innovation must unite dominant disciplines and use resources inside and outside SDU. The group hoped to create the most competitive and creative collaborative innovation program by brainstorming, thorough discussion and joint efforts.