My interest with the great disparity between different local areas within China derives from a field work in a small village in ShanfXi province. Compared to the modern city where I grew up, peasants there live in small caves, and there is no water or electricity, say nothing of education and democracy. I remember clearly that I could not sleep those days and many questions never left my head: How come such great disparity? What is the real cause of poorness in the country? Where is their hope?

Stimulated by strong curiosities, I first dive into books. Many professors have done excellent researches on the issue of rural China, the most impressive one of whom is Professor Jean C. Oi in Stanford with her distinguished book: Rural China Takes Off, which examines the issues that must be resolved if China is to modernize its agricultural sector in the 1990s. Indeed, I am fascinated by the great passion, the insight and the methodology of these professors, while as to me, a Chinese student, I have my own advantage: that is I am much more familiar with the reality in China and I have the great re

A good student should first of all have social responsibility, and I am one of them. The main cause of my choosing politics as my major is that I really want to do something useful to my country, and to my people living in rural places. How? I worship the power of knowledge; I want to be a scholar with insightful perspective to analyze the problem in China, and to offer ideas. Thus I think through studying abroad can better prepare me to become a scholar.

I graduated from a second class high school, and during its history of 82 years, I am the first student that can go to Peking University, the best one in my country. Competing with the most outstanding students in China is a great challenge to me, and not only my grade, but also the scope and profundity of my knowledge, as well as the ability to initiate, organize and cooperate with others are not striking during my first year here.

Practice speaks louder than theory. Equipped with both Political and Economical methodology, I am anxious to devote my passion, my concern with the issue of rural China and my knowledge to practice. I have done it. In September 2003, I initiated the studentsf organization: gforum of ZheJiang developmenth together with three graduate students from Economic and Sociology Department. ihttp://web.cenet.org.cn/web/zhejiang/j The organization which has its own formal constitutions, rules, institutions and membership, focus on region research, mainly on the development of ZheJiang Province. We have invited some famous entrepreneurs, government officials and scholars, such as Justive Lin to g

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