Zhou Lin and Chinese Association of Dunhuang and Turfan Studies
Zhou Lin was a key figure in the establishment of Chinese Association of Dunhuang and Turfan Studies.In 1981,a misconception emerged stating that"Dunhuang is in China,but Dunhuang studies are in Japan".Fol-lowing Deng Xiaoping's inspection of Dunhuang,Zhou Lin,then Vice Minister of Education,actively coordi-nated efforts to organize the Association.At the founding conference in August 1983,Zhou Lin delivered a re-port titled"Unite to Promote the Further Development of Dunhuang and Turfan Studies in China",compre-hensively explaining the significance of the Association's establishment and the direction of its future work.