The 3rd International Short Film Festival for College Students has concluded in Beijing. More than 150 short filmmakers from both home and abroad have attended the award ceremony at the Capital Normal University.

Xu Lin, General Director of "Hanban" and Chief Executive of the "Confucius Institute" Headquarters in China, was awarded on Saturday the title "Doctor Honoris Causa" of the University of Bucharest.

Hundreds of the world's Buddhists gathered at an ancient temple in Shaanxi Province on Thursday to mark the opening of the World Fellowship of Buddhists 27th general conference.

The Beijing Palace Museum, Renmin University of China and Beijing Foreign Studies University signed a cooperation framework agreement to establish an institute to research and study palace opera. This signing activity was held at the event of the 100th anniversary of Zhu Jiajin's birth on Oct 15.