On February 27th, Hunan Folk Literature and Art Society held the 7th Representative Assembly in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province. The 7th Council and Presidium were elected there. Professor Li Yuezhong from School of Humanities of HNUST was elected as the Vice President of the Presidium.
Prof. Li, graduating from Sun Yat-sen University, majoring in folklore, has earned great fame nationwide for his professional research in the field of folklore over twenty years. He has made fruitful academic achievements in the research of folk opera and folklore culture through his unremitting efforts. He has presided over ten provincial projects, as well as projects entrusted by enterprises and institutions with the research object of folk literature and art and published over eighty papers and fifteen works, among which one won the Mountain Flower Award, the highest one in Chinese folk literature and art.
(Translated by WANG Ge, LI Lan)