Bulletin Number Two 1985

Zhuhai, Shantou and Xiamen). Aspects under study include the environment, land utilization, planning, settlement, population distribution and economic potential. In December 1984 a field study of tourism and socio-economic development in Hainandao was conducted by teachers of the Departments of Geography and Sociology. In addition, the Programme has sponsored our colleagues in Sociology and other Departments in their visits to China for the purposes of establishing professional contacts, exploring research possibilities, consultation and attending conferences. Recently the programme also sponsored a graduate student in Sociology to visit the Universities of Zhongshan, Shanghai, Nankai, and Beijing in connection with his research on the development of Sociology in China. The Programme has played its part in promoting academic exchange between educational institutions in China and The Chinese University. Since 1982, one of the emphases of the Programme has been exchange between our Department of Sociology and its counterpart at Zhongshan University in Guangzhou. Most of our Sociology colleagues have, over the past few years, contributed to summer workshops held at Zhongshan at which special courses on basic concepts, research methods, and other selected topics in Sociology were offered. Some of Zhongshan's Sociology faculty members visited us on a number of occasions. Several of their younger teachers spent periods of special study with us, and two of them were admitted in 1984 to the MPhil programme in Sociology. One emerging development in the process of these activities is the possibility of collaborative research between the two Sociology Departments. General guiding principles have been identified and specific efforts are expected to develop in the near future. At the invitation of the Programme, Professor Fei Xiao-tong, the prominent Chinese sociologist and anthropologist, visited The Chinese University in July 1984 and conducted a symposium on 'The Social Significance of the Development of Small Towns in China'. During his visit, Professor Fei also met many colleagues and students of the University at informal gatherings. In February 1985 ， Mr. Shen Guanbao from Shanghai University's Sociology Department visited the University for research purposes as well as to promote closer ties between sociologists of the two Universities. To cater for research needs, the Programme has established over the years a collection of resource materials on contemporary Chinese society. The collection now includes some fifty periodical titles, eleven major newspapers published in China, and over 2,200 volumes of books and documents. With the Programme's support, colleagues of the Department of Sociology are currently revising the English-Chinese Glossary of Sociological Terms, which was first published in 1980. The purpose of the Glossary is to help standardize the Chinese translation of sociological terms. This is instrumental for the dissemination of sociological knowledge through the Chinese language, and hence would be beneficial for the communication of social research and probably the development of sociology itself in China. P . Ng Miao tribes, one of the minorities in Hainando RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 15