由教育部批准和支持的全国性“社会人类学高级研讨班”，已经成功地举办了三届。由北京大学和云南民族学院联合主办的第四届研讨班，在两校领导和云南省政府的大力支持下，今天顺利召开，我向大家表示衷心的祝贺，也向云南省政府的支持表示感谢。虽然我自己不能参加这次活动， The national “High-level Seminar on Social Anthropology”, approved and supported by the Ministry of Education, has been successfully held for three sessions. The fourth seminar, co-hosted by Peking University and Yunnan Institute of Nationalities, was successfully held today with the strong support of the leaders of the two universities and the Yunnan Provincial Government. I hereby give my heartfelt congratulations and thank the Yunnan provincial government for their support . Although I myself can not participate in this event,