国家语言文字工作委员会和中国社会科学院语言文字应用研究所于1986年12日2日至6日在北京召开了“汉字问题学术讨论会”。参加会议的有来自全国各地的四十多名学者,其中有语言文字学界、心理学界、书法学界以及教育、出版、科技界的知名学者。会议就汉字的性质、汉字的功能、汉字的规律、汉字与中国文化、汉字的教学与应用以及汉字的改革等方面的问题进行了广泛而深入的探讨。汉字有悠久的历史,它是迄今仍在使用的最古老的文字系统。汉字在中华民族发展过程中起了重 The State Language Commission and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Language and Literature held a Symposium on Chinese Characters in Beijing on December 12, 1986, from January 2 to 6. More than 40 scholars from all over the country attended the conference, including linguistics, psychology, calligraphy, and well-known scholars in education, publishing and science and technology. The conference conducted extensive and in-depth discussions on the nature of Chinese characters, the function of Chinese characters, the laws of Chinese characters, the teaching of Chinese characters and Chinese characters, the teaching and application of Chinese characters, and the reform of Chinese characters. Chinese characters have a long history and are the oldest writing systems still in use. Chinese characters played a heavy role in the development of the Chinese nation