#  CBDB 20th Anniversary Symposium 

 



Committee members and contributors of the Chinese Biographical Database (CBDB) project gathered at Zhongguan Xinyuan in Beijing on June 24-25 to celebrate the project's 20th anniversary with a two-day symposium:

 ![agenda part 1](/sites/g/files/omnuum3101/files/2025-09/20th-ann-agenda-1.png)

 

 ![agenda part 2](/sites/g/files/omnuum3101/files/2025-09/20th-ann-agenda-2.png)

 

 ![agenda part 3](/sites/g/files/omnuum3101/files/2025-09/subgroups1.png)

 

 ![agenda part 4](/sites/g/files/omnuum3101/files/2025-09/subgroups2.png)

 

The symposium was organized by the Department of History at Peking University, the Peking University Research Center for the History of Ancient China, and the China Biographical Database project

Here is a news report covering the symposium held by the Department of History at Peking University:

[Peking University's "CBDB 20-Year Retrospective and International Digital History Symposium" Opens](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/FDEiBFu2wtPeUsk1tqKY2A)

[Peking University's "CBDB 20-Year Retrospective and International Digital History Symposium" Concludes Successfully](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/37yznXcmaqTZ11xHsAfLkQ)

Conference Agenda: [Download](https://cbdb.hsites.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum3101/files/2026-06/cbdbhui_yi_shou_ce_-6-20-v2.pdf)

CBDB Project Introduction Video: [Watch](https://hu-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/hongsuwang_fas_harvard_edu/EdAPjTdDa-pAg2BVgRETSdgB0jH_BRuoPPvVCQhxLX8N8A?nav=eyJyZWZlcnJhbEluZm8iOnsicmVmZXJyYWxBcHAiOiJPbmVEcml2ZUZvckJ1c2luZXNzIiwicmVmZXJyYWxBcHBQbGF0Zm9ybSI6IldlYiIsInJlZmVycmFsTW9kZSI6InZpZXciLCJyZWZlcnJhbFZpZXciOiJNeUZpbGVzTGlua0NvcHkifX0&e=2Qs718)

## **Open Resources**

[The History of the China Biographical Database.pdf](https://cbdb.hsites.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum3101/files/2026-02/the_history_of_the_china_biographical_database.pdf) by Peter Bol

[The Development and Contributions of Scripta Sinica Database: Observations Centered on the China Biographical Database(CBDB) ](https://cbdb.hsites.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum3101/files/2026-02/the_development_and_contributions_of_scripta_sinica_database%20%281%29_0.pdf)by Huang, Kuan-chung

[History of Design of CBDB](https://cbdb.hsites.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum3101/files/2026-01/history_of_design_of_cbdb.pdf) by Michael Fuller

[CBDB Peking University Editorial Group and the Development of CBDB Content](https://cbdb.hsites.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum3101/files/2026-01/cbdb_editorial_group_and_the_development_of_cbdb_content.pdf) by Fang, Chengfeng

[The CBDB Jinshi Network Analysis Database and Why We Still Need "Traditional" DH](https://cbdb.hsites.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum3101/files/2026-02/the_cbdb_jinshi_network_analysis_database_and_why_we_still_need_traditional_dh.pdf) by Hsiang, Jieh

[CBDB and AI](https://cbdb.hsites.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum3101/files/2026-02/202506-07_cbdb_and_ai_hongsu%20%283%29.pptx) by Wang, Hongsu

[Analysis of Interaction Poems by Tang Dynasty Jinshi Groups Based on Linear Models and Bipartite Networks](https://cbdb.hsites.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum3101/files/2026-03/Yufeng%20Han_Analysis%20of%20Interaction%20Poems%20by%20Tang%20Dynasty%20Jinshi%20Groups%20Based%20on%20Linear%20Models%20and%20Bipartite%20Networks.pptx) by Han, Yufeng

[Digitalizing the Social Networks of Poets: An Analysis Based on the Complete Collection of Song Poems and the CBDB by Wong](https://cbdb.hsites.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum3101/files/2026-02/wai-ho_wong_digitalizing_the_social_networks_of_poets_-_an_analysis_based_on_the_complete_collection_of_song_poems_and_the_cbdb.pdf) by Wong, Wai-ho

[Revealing Political Change in the Northern Song through Temporal Networks: A New Prosopographical and Social Network Analysis Approach](https://cbdb.hsites.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum3101/files/2026-02/wenyi_shang_revealing_political_change_in_the_northern_song_through_temporal_networks.pdf) by Shang, Wenyi

[Several Reflections on AI-Enabled Historical Research](https://cbdb.hsites.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum3101/files/2026-02/yuxin_shao_several_reflections_.pdf) by Shao, Yuxin