On Sept. 28, the National Seminar on Veteran Affairs was held in Beijing. Zhejiang University was, among other universities, entrusted with the task to establish the first Veteran Affairs Research Base. It will be implemented by our department in cooperation with the Center for Governance Research. Other universities include the China University of Political Science and Law, Central China Normal University, Sun Yat-sen University, the University of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University and the Northwest University of Political Science and Law.