Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.t1.23

v2.c15.t1.23

In the 21st century, the Indian studies in China developed sustainably and rapidly. In language teaching, Peking University opened Bengali course in the year 2004. Beijing Foreign Studies University set up the major of Hindi and Urdu successively in the year 2006 and 2007. Xi'an International Studies University opened the Hindi major in 2006. Yunnan University of Nationalities, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and Shanghai International Studies University opened Hindi major in the year 2011. In aspect of research institutions, Center for Indian Studies was established at Peking University in 2003, Department of South Asian Studies set in 2009 and Center for South Asian Studies founded in 2012, gathering a research team with multilingual and interdisciplinary capability. In January 2013, "The Peking University South and South-East Asian Studies" was created. Moreover, some South Asia Institutes founded earlier such as the Asia-Pacific Institute of CASS, Institute of Foreign Literature as well as the South Asia Institute of Sichuan University continued to play an important role, while newly-built Indian research institutions like Indian Research Center of Shenzhen University, Sanskrit Research Center of CASS, etc. had been established successively. Regional research institutions continued to inject fresh vitality, such as Institute of International Studies, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, South Asia Institute of Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences, Research Centre of Indian Ocean region in Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, South Asia Studies Center of Shanghai Institute for International Studies. A relatively complete system of teaching and research had been set for Indian studies in China, forming the discipline development situation which traditional Indian studies advanced side by side with modern Indian research.