2003年9月13—14日,“西洋汉语研究国际研讨会”(暨第二届中国语言学史研讨会)在北京外国语大学召开。教育部语言文字信息管理司司长李宇明、国家汉办副主任张国庆、中国社会科学院语言研究所所长沈家煊、《中国语文》主编侯精一、清华大学语言研究中心主任黄国营、中国人民大学胡明扬等嘉宾到会致辞。会议收到论文或提要30篇,其中有罗马大学马西尼的“意大利所藏早期中文——西文手稿词典”,关西大学内田庆市的“论近代西人汉语研究的可能性”,北京外国语大学张西平的“应加强西方早期汉语学习史研究”,香港城市大学陈渊泉的“Francisco Varo(1627—1687)A Pio- September 13-14, 2003, “International Seminar on Western Chinese Studies” (cum 2nd Chinese Linguistics History Symposium) was held at Beijing Foreign Studies University. Director of Language and Information Management Department of the Ministry of Education Li Yuming, Deputy Director of Hanban Zhang Guoqing, Director of Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Shen Jiaxuan, Editor in Chief of Chinese Language Hou Jingyi, Director of Linguistic Research Center, Tsinghua University Huang Guoying, Renmin University of China Hu Mingyang and other guests arrived at the ceremony. The conference received 30 essays or abstracts, including “Early Italian-Chinese Manuscripts Collection of Italian Collections” by Massini of the University of Rome, “On the Possibilities of Modern Western Chinese Studies” in the University of Kanto, Zhang Xiping, Beijing Foreign Studies University, “Research on the History of Early Chinese Learning in the West Should Be Strengthened”, Francisco Varo (1627-1687), Chen Yuanquan, City University of Hong Kong A Pio-