On October 13th, “Lexicology International Academic Conference (LIAC) - the 9th Chinese Lexicology Academic Seminar" was held at the center campus of Shandong University (SDU). This conference was hosted by Literature and Journalism School (LJS) and co-organized by the Commercial Press. Chen Yan, the vice President of SDU, attended and addressed the conference.

In his speech, Chen Yan introduced the history and the conditions of Shandong University. He said that Shandong University is an old university, a big university, a comprehensive university and a rapidly developing university. He fully affirmed the hard efforts and achievements of all the language lexicology scholars of LJS. He also proposed his own ideas about the development of lexicology combining with his own experience. Famous linguist, Professor Ge Benyi delivered the opening speech on behalf of the organizing committee. She first introduced the preparations, the characteristics and arrangements of ICHLL to be sponsored by SDU. She hoped that all participants could actively speak, contribute to discussion and jointly promote Chinese lexicology research academic progress.

The two-day conference mainly divides into two parts: the delegates to speak and group discussion. Zheng Chun, dean of the Literature and Journalism School, attended the meeting and delivered speech，Professor Tang Ziheng chaired the conference. Nearly 200 experts and scholars from South Korea, Singapore, China and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan participated in the conference. Some responsible people from Academic Research Department of SDU, LJS, International Education Institute, also attended the conference.