Telling Tales

Speaking about the upcoming event, Lin said, "It is our hope to build a platform of exchange and cooperation for the practitioners, researchers and observers of oral history at home and abroad, through which we could further promote the development of oral history in China."

The fourth China International Oral History Week consists of five major sections, including an international workshop, and an international seminar entitled "Oral History in China".

Upholding the motto of "recording the past for the future", the center employs the advanced approach of using video interviews entirely and has developed China's largest oral history database through interactions with nearly 10,000 interviewees.

It is imperative to start investigating the systematization and preservation of the archives, according to Ding Junjie, director of the center. "We hope to be able to store these materials in a scientific and systematic way. These individuals' memories could become the treasure of our nation."