Professor Sui Guangjun at first welcomed all the 2013 doctoral candidates of European Studies. He also pointed out that European Studies was a new interdisciplinary subject. It was a demanding task and a kind of lifestyle to study it. He demanded that the students should set higher standards for themselves and be more initiative. In order to have high quality research results, the doctoral candidates should be fully absorbed in their studies. Although the territories of supervisors were not the same, they had a lot of similarities when it came to the interdisciplinary subject of European Studies, which provided more space for the new research achievements. Professor Sui Guangjun also stressed the academic integrity and demanded the doctoral candidates set strict standards on themselves so that they could become high-level doctors after graduation.
