被学术界称为中国人类学发展标志性的会议──国际人类学民族学联合会2000年中期会议于7月24至28日在北京奥林匹克饭店隆重召开。这个得到国家有关部门大力支持，中国都市人类学会主办的中期会议由国际著名的人类学家、北京大学费孝通教授任组委会名誉主席，国家民委副主任江家 Academically, the landmark conference for the development of Chinese anthropology - the mid-term conference of the International Federation of Ethnographic Minorities in 2000 was held at the Olympic Hotel in Beijing from July 24 to July 28. This has been strongly supported by the relevant state departments, the Chinese Urban Anthropology Society hosted the mid-term meeting by the internationally renowned anthropologist, Peking University, Professor Fei Xiaotong as honorary chairman of the organizing committee, Jiang Jia, vice chairman of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission