“首届社会语言学国际学术研讨会”(The First International Conference on ChineseSociolinguistics)于2002年9月7—9日在北京语言大学举行。本次会议由北京语言大学、香港中文大学吴多泰中国语文研究中心联合主办,北京语言大学语言研究所承办。本次会议是在中国社会语言学学术活动停顿十年之后举行的,主题是中国社会语言学的理论建设与实证研 The First International Conference on Chinese Sociological Journal was held at Beijing Language and Culture University from September 7 to September 2002. The conference was co-sponsored by Beijing Language and Culture University and Wu Taotai Chinese Language Research Center of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The conference was hosted by the Institute of Linguistics of Beijing Language and Culture University. This conference was held ten years after the pause in academic activities of Chinese social linguistics. Its theme is the theoretical construction and empirical research of Chinese social linguistics