Beijing Foreign Studies University
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Beijing Foreign Studies University is the best foreign language and international studies university in China, often named "the cradle of diplomats" in the country.

It is located in Weigongcun, Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. The campus occupies 304,553 square meters, with a student dormitory area of 40,000 m² and a library of 9997 m², and is divided in two by Beijing's Third Ring Road. Other facilities on campus include an audiovisual center, dining halls, and tennis courts. The university is popularly known as Běiwài in Mandarin and BFSU in English.

The university has evolved from the Yan'an
Yan'an
Yan'an , is a prefecture-level city in the Shanbei region of Shaanxi province in China, administering several counties, including Zhidan County , which served as the Chinese communist capital before the city of Yan'an proper took that role....

 School of Foreign Languages based on the Russian Language Unit of the Third Branch of the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese Military and Political College. The latter was established by the Communist Party of China
Communist Party of China
The Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China...

 during the Japanese invasion
Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. From 1937 to 1941, China fought Japan with some economic help from Germany , the Soviet Union and the United States...

. BFSU takes pride in its contacts with the Party Central Committee
Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is the highest authority within the Communist Party of China. Its approximately 350 members and alternates are selected once every five years by the National Party Congress....

 and such Chinese leaders as Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...

 and Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from October 1949 until his death in January 1976...

. BFSU has been China's principal base offering foreign language training. BFSU was affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from its establishment to the early 1980s and is now a key university under the Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China , formerly Ministry of Education, Central People's Government from 1949 to 1954, State Education Commission from 1985 to 1998, is headquartered in Beijing. It is the agency of the State Council which regulates all aspects of the...

.

BFSU qualified for the first round of the competition in its efforts to enter Project 211
Project 211
Project 211 is a project of National Key Universities and colleges initiated in 1995 by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, with the intent of raising the research standards of high-level universities and cultivating strategies for socio-economic development...

, a university development programme launched by the Ministry of Education in 1996.

Some 115 faculty members are recognized by the state for their academic performance and receive state subsidies.

Schools

  • Law School

  • School of Asian
    Asian studies
    Asian studies, a term used usually in the United States for Oriental studies and is concerned with the Asian peoples, their cultures, languages, history and politics...

     and African Studies
    African studies
    African studies is the study of Africa, especially the cultures and societies of Africa .The field includes the study of:Culture of Africa, History of Africa , Anthropology of Africa , Politics of Africa, Economy of Africa African studies is the study of Africa, especially the cultures and...

    • Department of Korean Studies
      Korean Studies
      Korean Studies can refer to:* Korean studies, the academic study of Korea* Korean Studies , an academic journal published by the University of Hawaii...

    • Department of Southeast Asian studies
      Southeast Asian studies
      Southeast Asian Studies refers to research and education on the language, culture, and history of the different states and ethnic groups of Southeast Asia.-Publication:Southeast Asian Studies is also the English name of the Japanese scholarly journal...

      • Cambodian Studies
        Cambodia
        Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

      • Lao
        Laos
        Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...

         Studies
      • Malay Studies
      • Indologie
      • Vietnamese studies
        Vietnamese studies
        Vietnamese studies in general is the study of Vietnam and things related to Vietnam. It refers, especially, to the study of modern Vietnamese and literature, history, ethnology, and the philological approach, respectively....

      • Burma studies
        Burma studies
        Burma Studies is a grouping used in research universities around the world as a way of bringing together specialists from different disciplines such as history, cultural anthropology, archeology, religious studies, art history, political science, and musicology, who are doing research in these...

      • Thai studies
        Thai studies
        Thai Studies is an intellectual category used by research universities around the world as a way of bringing together specialists from different disciplines such as history, anthropology, religious studies, political science, Thai language, Thai literature, and musicology who are doing research in...

      • Filipinology
        Filipinology
        In general, Filipinology or Philippine Studies refers to the study of the Philippines. It encompasses the study of Filipino history, Filipino culture, Filipino languages, Filipino society, Filipino life, Filipino psyche or Filipino psychology, Filipino politics, and Filipino government...

    • Department of South Asian Studies
      • Sinhala
      • Hindi
        Hindi
        Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

      • Urdu
        Urdu
        Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

    • Department of West Asian
      Middle Eastern studies
      Middle Eastern studies is a name given to a number of academic programs associated with the study of the history, culture, politics, economies, and geography of the Middle East, an area that is generally interpreted to cover a range of nations extending from North Africa in the west to the Chinese...

       and African Studies
      African studies
      African studies is the study of Africa, especially the cultures and societies of Africa .The field includes the study of:Culture of Africa, History of Africa , Anthropology of Africa , Politics of Africa, Economy of Africa African studies is the study of Africa, especially the cultures and...

      • Swahili
        Swahili language
        Swahili or Kiswahili is a Bantu language spoken by various ethnic groups that inhabit several large stretches of the Mozambique Channel coastline from northern Kenya to northern Mozambique, including the Comoro Islands. It is also spoken by ethnic minority groups in Somalia...

      • Hausa
        Hausa language
        Hausa is the Chadic language with the largest number of speakers, spoken as a first language by about 25 million people, and as a second language by about 18 million more, an approximate total of 43 million people...

      • Turkology
        Turkology
        Turkology is a complex of humanities sciences studying languages, history, literature, folklore, culture, and ethnology of people speaking Turkic languages and Turkic peoples in chronological and comparative context...

      • Hebrew studies
      • Persian Studies
        Persian studies
        Persian Studies is the study of the Persian language and its literature specifically. It is differentiated from Iranian Studies which is a broader, more interdisciplinary subject that focuses more on the histories and cultures of all Iranian peoples....


  • School of Chinese Language and Literature
    Sinology
    Sinology in general use is the study of China and things related to China, but, especially in the American academic context, refers more strictly to the study of classical language and literature, and the philological approach...

    • Department of Chinese Language
      Chinese language
      The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...

    • Department of Chinese as a foreign language
      Chinese as a foreign language
      Chinese as a foreign or second language is the study of the Chinese languages by non-native speakers. Increased interest in China from those outside has led to a corresponding interest in the study of Standard Chinese as a foreign language, the official languages of mainland China and Taiwan....


  • School of English and International Studies
    International studies
    International Studies generally refers to the specific University Degrees and courses which are concerned with the study of ‘the major political, economic, social, cultural and sacral issues that dominate the international agenda’...

    • Department of English Studies
      English studies
      English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...

    • Department of International Journalism and Communication
    • Department of Translation and Interpretation
    • Department of Irish studies

  • School of European languages and Culture
    • Department of Eastern
      Eastern Europe
      Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...

       and Southern
      Southern Europe
      The term Southern Europe, at its most general definition, is used to mean "all countries in the south of Europe". However, the concept, at different times, has had different meanings, providing additional political, linguistic and cultural context to the definition in addition to the typical...

       European Studies
      European studies
      European studies is a field of study offered by many academic colleges and universities that focuses on current developments in European integration....

      • Albanology
        Albanology
        Albanology is the science that studies Albanian language and culture.The father of Albanology is often considered to be the Austrian Norbert Jokl, while the Croat Milan Šufflay and the Hungarian Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás are also among its famous founders.Among modern important Albanologists...

      • Bulgaria
        Bulgaria
        Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

        n Studies
      • Czech studies
        Czech studies
        Czech studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates Czech language and literature in both its historic and present-day forms...

      • Slovak
        Slovaks
        The Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia...

         Studies
      • Romanian
        Romanian language
        Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...

         Studies
      • Hungarian studies
        Hungarian studies
        Hungarian Studies is a field of study related to what can be regarded as "Hungarian", including language, literature, ethnology, culture, history or society....

      • Italian
        Italian language
        Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...

         Studies
      • Latin
        Latin
        Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...

      • Maltese
        Maltese people
        The Maltese are an ethnic group indigenous to the Southern European nation of Malta, and identified with the Maltese language. Malta is an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea...

         Studies
      • Polish Studies
        Polish studies
        Polish studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates Polish language and literature in both its historic and present-day forms...

      • Serbian
        Serbs
        The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

         Studies
      • Croatian studies
        Croatian studies
        Croatian studies is an academic discipline within Slavic studies which is concerned with the study of Croatian language, literature, history and culture...

      • Slovene Studies
      • Greek Studies
    • Department of Northern European Studies
      European studies
      European studies is a field of study offered by many academic colleges and universities that focuses on current developments in European integration....

      • Danish
        Danish language
        Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...

         Studies
      • Dutch Studies
        Dutch studies
        Dutch studies may refer to:* the academic study of Dutch culture and language * Japanese Rangaku...

      • Estonian
        Estonians
        Estonians are a Finnic people closely related to the Finns and inhabiting, primarily, the country of Estonia. They speak a Finnic language known as Estonian...

         Studies
      • Finnish Studies
        Finnish Studies
        Finnish Studies is a research area which is part of humanities and social sciences, and usually studies Finnish language, Finnish culture and Finnish history.-Finnish Studies in North America:...

      • Icelandic
        Icelandic language
        Icelandic is a North Germanic language, the main language of Iceland. Its closest relative is Faroese.Icelandic is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic or Nordic branch of the Germanic languages. Historically, it was the westernmost of the Indo-European languages prior to the...

         Studies
      • Latvian
        Latvian language
        Latvian is the official state language of Latvia. It is also sometimes referred to as Lettish. There are about 1.4 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and about 150,000 abroad. The Latvian language has a relatively large number of non-native speakers, atypical for a small language...

         Studies
      • Lithuanian
        Lithuanian language
        Lithuanian is the official state language of Lithuania and is recognized as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.96 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 170,000 abroad. Lithuanian is a Baltic language, closely related to Latvian, although they...

         Studies
      • Norwegian
        Norwegian language
        Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...

         Studies

  • School of International Business
    • Department of Accounting
    • Department of Business Administration
    • Department of E-commerce and Information Management
      Information management
      Information management is the collection and management of information from one or more sources and the distribution of that information to one or more audiences. This sometimes involves those who have a stake in, or a right to that information...

    • Department of Finance
      Finance
      "Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...

    • Department of International economics
      International economics
      International economics is concerned with the effects upon economic activity of international differences in productive resources and consumer preferences and the institutions that affect them...

    • 国际金融与商务研究所

  • School of International Relations
    International relations
    International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...

     and Diplomacy
    Diplomacy
    Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states...

    • Department of Diplomacy
      Diplomacy
      Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states...

    • Department of International Politics
    • 国际问题研究所

  • School of Russian Studies Институт Русского Языка
    • Russian Studies
      Russian Studies
      Russian studies is a field of study first developed during the Cold War. It is an interdisciplinary field crossing history and language studies. It is closely related to Soviet and Communist studies...

    • Ukrainian studies
      Ukrainian studies
      Ukrainian studies - interdisciplinary field of research dedicated to Ukrainian language, literature, history and culture in a broad sense.- Ukrainian studies outside Ukraine :A number of research institutes outside of Ukraine focus on Ukrainian studies...


  • Graduate School of Translation
    Translation
    Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...

     and Interpretation

Departments

  • Department of Arabic Studies
    • Arabic Studies
      Arabist
      This is an article about the western scholars known as Arabists, not the political movement Pan-Arabism.An Arabist is someone normally from outside the Arab World who specialises in the study of the Arabic language and Arab culture, and often Arabic literature.-Origins:Arabists began in medieval...


  • Department of French and Francophone Studies
    • French Studies
      French Studies
      French Studies is a United Kingdom-based journal published by Oxford University Press for the Society for French Studies.It was founded in 1947 and publishes articles on all periods of French and francophone literature and culture as well as book reviews. In addition to the printed copy, the...

    • Swiss Studies

  • Department of German Studies
    • German Studies
      German studies
      German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents, and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German history, and German politics in addition to the...

    • Swedish
      Sweden
      Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

       Studies

  • Department of Japanese Studies
    • Japanese Studies

  • Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies
    • Spanish Studies
      Hispanism
      Hispanism is the study of the literature and culture of the Spanish-speaking world, principally that of Spain and Latin America...

    • Portuguese
      Portugal
      Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

       Studies

International students

International students told the Global Times newspaper they were highly satisfied with the Chinese language program. The report also said the facilities are modern and the teaching staff is dedicated.

Faculty

  • WANG Zuoliang 王佐良--literary critic and poet, professor of English literature

Xu Guozhang 许国璋 – famous educator, author of English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

, nicknamed by users as Xu Guozhang English

ZHOU Jueliang 周珏良--literary critic, professor of English literature

HU Wenzhong 胡文仲--Co-host of BBC English language teaching program Follow Me
Follow Me
Follow Me is a United States Army memorial located at Fort Benning, Georgia. It was created in 1959 by two soldiers, Private First Class Manfred Bass, sculptor and designer, and Private First Class Karl H. Van Krog, his assistant. The model for the statue was Eugene Wyles, an officer candidate and...

, professor of Australian literature, educator
  • Chen Lin
    Chen Lin
    Chen Lin may refer to:*Chen Lin , Chinese minister*Chen Lin , Chinese landscape painter*Chen Lin , Chinese general of the Ming Dynasty*Chen Lin , Chinese pop singer...

     陈琳 – famous educator
  • He Qixin 何其莘 – co-author of New Concept English
    New Concept English
    Longman New Concept English by L. G. Alexander is a popular English language textbook. The course was first published on October 30, 1967. A later revised edition is also available.The course consists of four components:* The Students' Book...


Administrators

  • Yang Shangkun
    Yang Shangkun
    Yang Shangkun was President of the People's Republic of China from 1988 to 1993, and was permanent Vice-chair of the Central Military Commission...

     杨尚昆 – late President of the People's Republic of China
    President of the People's Republic of China
    The President of the People's Republic of China is a ceremonial office and a part of State organs under the National People's Congress and it is the head of state of the People's Republic of China . The office was created by the 1982 Constitution...

  • Liao Chengzhi
    Liao Chengzhi
    Liao Chengzhi was a Chinese politician. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1928, and rose to the position of director of the Xinhua News Agency; after 1949, he worked in various positions related to foreign affairs, most prominently president of the Beijing Foreign Languages Institute,...

     廖承志 – late Minister of the Office of Overseas Chinese Affairs

In politics

  • Li Guixian
    Li Guixian
    Li Guixian is a politician of the People's Republic of China, and a former governor of People's Bank of China.In 1985, Li became the secretary of CPC Liaoning Committee. In 1986, Li became the secretary of CPC Anhui Committee. From 1988 to 1993, Li served as the governor of the People's Bank of...

     李贵鲜 – State Councilor
  • Li Zhaoxing
    Li Zhaoxing
    Li Zhaoxing is a former foreign minister of the People's Republic of China. He held that office from 2003 to 2007.He graduated from Peking University in 1964...

     李肇星 – Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
    Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
    The Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China and one of the country's most important cabinet posts...

  • Zhou Nan
    Zhou Nan
    Zhou Nan was a prominent Chinese politician and diplomat, and served as Director of the Xinhua News Agency in Hong Kong, Vice Minister of the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ambassador to the United Nations...

     周南 – Vice Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
    Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
    The Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China and one of the country's most important cabinet posts...

  • Zhang Hanzhi
    Zhang Hanzhi
    Zhang Hanzhi was a Chinese diplomat who was Mao Zedong's English tutor and U.S. President Richard Nixon's interpreter during his historic 1972 trip to China....

     章含之 – Vice Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
    Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
    The Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China and one of the country's most important cabinet posts...

  • Fu Ying
    Fu Ying
    Fu Ying has been serving as vice foreign minister of People's Republic of China after served as the Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom from March 2007 to 2009. From 2004 to 2007 she was the ambassador to Australia...

     傅莹 – Vice Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
    Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
    The Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China and one of the country's most important cabinet posts...

  • Zhang Deguang
    Zhang Deguang
    Zhang Deguang is the secretary general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.-Biography:...

     张德广 – Vice Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
    Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
    The Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China and one of the country's most important cabinet posts...

  • Wu Dawei
    Wu Dawei
    Wu Dawei is the special representative for Korean Peninsula Affairs and former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.Wu's career has largely taken him back and forth between China and Japan...

     武大伟 – Vice Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
    Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
    The Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China and one of the country's most important cabinet posts...


Confucius Institutes

: Universität Wien: Bruxelles: Université de Liège: Sofia University
Sofia University
The St. Clement of Ohrid University of Sofia or Sofia University is the oldest higher education institution in Bulgaria, founded on 1 October 1888...

: Palacký University: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf: Nürnberg: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg: Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem: Sapienza Università di Roma: Jagiellonian University
Jagiellonian University
The Jagiellonian University was established in 1364 by Casimir III the Great in Kazimierz . It is the oldest university in Poland, the second oldest university in Central Europe and one of the oldest universities in the world....

: Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies is one of the leading universities in the Republic of Korea.HUFS has been consistently ranked as one of the most prestigious higher education institutes in Korea, especially being ranked as a top in the field of Foreign Language...

: University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Hawaii at Manoa
The University of Hawaii at Mānoa is a public, co-educational university and is the flagship campus of the greater University of Hawaii system...


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