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November 29-30 2013, GDRI project held its first international conference in Paris EHESS. More than 30 scholars from China, Hong Kong, Japan, France, Israel, the Netherlands, Britain and other countries participated in the conference.&#160;In the two-day conference, scholars presented their studies and shared their findings; the conference significantly promoted the academic exchanges among various fields.This conference was financed by CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research), EHESS (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences), PRES heSam, and FMSH (Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme). The 2nd GDRI conference will be held in October, 2014 (date to be further confirmed).&#160;&#160;