1．Background and Aim of the Course

　Waseda’s relations with China began in 1905 with the establishment of the Kiyokuni Exchange Club. This aided the modernization of China through its contribution to the development of China’s human resources, and created historically strong bonds between Waseda and China. Furthermore, Waseda’s slogan for the 21st Century is “building a partnership of knowledge in the Asia-Pacific region,” and we are pouring our energies into cultivating people to be “active international citizens.”

　In 1982 Waseda and Peking University agreed to an academic exchange agreement; in December of 2003, in order to further cooperative education, the “Waseda University and Peking University Cooperative Body for Education Research” was established, and, from September of 2005, with the complete cooperation of Peking University, the first “double degree system”(students from both universities being able to receive credit from both Waseda and Peking University upon graduation) established at the academic department level between China and Japan will be put in place. Students in the 2005 Waseda inaugural class will be sent to Peking, and students in the 2005 Peking inaugural class will be sent to Waseda.

　One facet of this cooperative body undertaking is the mutual establishment of courses at both universities which will count for credit and be applicable within a student’s coursework. This is an epochal agreement – unprecedented in China – towards furthering mutual education.

2．Course Themes and their Relationship to Donors

　The jointly administered courses to be established in collaboration with Peking University are greater, from the standpoint of research and education, than anything attempted previously. This effort is being supported by Tokyo Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co. and Mizuho Securities Co., and from this support two course with the themes of ‘environment’ and ‘corporate finance’ will be created, the first-ever, jointly administered attempt between China and Japan.

＜Environment＞

　This course is intended as a means of putting to educational use the research results accumulated from the 3 year old joint symposium on the environment conducted by Waseda and Peking University. The Environment is a topic which has garnered a lot of concern, even from the Chinese government. Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., which has involved itself in such environmental problems such as rehabilitating mangrove forests, has agreed to help support this course, as part of CSR, to promote environmental education activities globally and to promote international exchange between China and Japan.

＜Corporate Finance＞

　Waseda University and Mizuho Securities Co. have engaged in collaborative research since 2003, and, as part of this, Mizuho Securities Co. endows courses in all faculties and helps to develop people in the field of finance. For China also, finance is an urgent and important field. Peking University holds a strong interest in this topic and thus it was decided to make corporate finance one of the endowed courses jointly administered by China and Japan.

3．Course Outline

１）Course setup：	established as a regular (for credit) course of Waseda University and Peking University
２）Course content：	※４．See contents of coursework outline Specialists, business professionals and policymakers in each field will be invited as lecturers.
３）Course period：	mid-September, 2005 to late-January, 2006
４）Lecture venue：	Peking University (China) ※Waseda students will also attend lectures at Peking University
５）Capacity/eligible students：	2 courses, approx. 200 students. Waseda students; Peking University students; exchange students to Peking University; policymakers, business professionals and the general public in China may attend. Also, by utilizing distance learning systems at Peking University, a portion of the courses will be made available to other universities within China.
６）Languages：	Chinese and Japanese
７）Announcement of course content：	Lecture outline to be put on homepage. Contents of lectures to be published and given to those organizations who express an interest.

4．Lecture Outline