The inaugural ceremony of AZFT Cyberspace Security LabThe AZFT Cyberspace Security Laboratory was inaugurated on May 24, signifying the deepening cooperative relationship between the University and Alibaba.“This is a brand-new upgrade following the establishment of the Internet of Things Security Lab by Alibaba and Zhejiang University last year,” Executive Vice Dean of ZJU’s School of Software Technology and Associate Director of the Alibaba-Zhejiang University Frontier Technology Joint Resea...

On May 21, 2018 Marine Scholarship of China Application Review Meeting was held on Zhoushan Campus. Representatives from the Ministry of Natural Resources, the China Scholarship Council, Ocean University of China, Xiamen University, Tongji University, Harbin Engineering University, Zhejiang University and three institutes of the State Oceanic Administration attended the meeting.Marine Scholarship of China plays an influential and positive role in the international strategies of China, according ...

Agriculture has long been the backbone of China, where one fifth of the world’s population is fed on 7% of its arable land. Although China’s agricultural reform and the development of science and technology have increased agricultural production, food security is still a big concern in China. Facing environmental challenges caused by fertilizer and pesticide application and differences in water availability and soil type, people find sustainability an urgent issue to be addressed for China and...

Recently, Zhejiang University’s State Key Laboratory of Computer Aided Design and Computer Graphics (CAD & CG) joined hands with Qianjiang Evening News to launch the “Sci-tech Open Week” for the general public.The Lab is primarily focused on computer aided design, graphical and visual algorithms, virtual reality and augmented reality, media algorithms and visual analysis. It engages in a series of original and cutting-edge research to meet major demands in China and gains tremendous inter...

On May 8, Dr. ZOU Wei’s group published a research article entitled “A Dendritic Guidance Receptor Complex Brings Together Distinct Actin Regulators to Drive Efficient F-Actin Assembly and Branching” in Developmental Cell. In this article, the authors reported an exciting discovery of a new mechanism by which neurons grow high-order dendrite branches, a process essential for the development of neural circuits throughout animals. The complicated wiring of numerous neural circuits in our nervou...

On May 18, His Exellency Mr. Heriberto Quispe Charca (pictured on the left), Bolivian Ambassador to China, together with his wife and his daughter, paid a visit to his alma mater—Zhejiang University. ZHAO Jianming, Secretary of the CPC Committee of the College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, extended a warm welcome to them.Heriberto studied Chinese in 1993 and did his major in agronomy in 1994 at ZJU. Since his graduation in 1998, he has undertaken many jobs related to China. As of 2016, he ha...

May 21, 2018 marks the 121st anniversary of Zhejiang University. While celebrating the best of ZJU's history, we are looking forward to the future, together with you.

On the occasion of International Museum Day, “Zhang Xi Art and Archaeology Education Foundation” was set up at Zhejiang University. The Foundation will lend tremendous support to the construction and development of Zhejiang University Art and Archaeology Museum.ZOU Xiaodong, Secretary of the CPC Committee of Zhejiang University, and ZHANG Xi, Chairman of the Development Committee of Zhejiang University, delivered speeches. ZOU expressed his heartfelt gratitude to three eminent alumni—LV Jianmi...

In the just-concluded finals of the 2018 ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge, a student team from Zhejiang University claimed the first prize.The Certificate and Trophy ObtainedThe finals were held in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province by Nanchang University during May 5 – May 9. Twenty teams from universities including Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, National University of Defense Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Hong Kong Baptist Universi...

On May 4，the Centre for Applied Archaeology and the International Centre for Chinese Heritage and Archaeology at University College London signed a Memorandum of Understanding （MoU）with the Cultural Heritage Institute of Zhejiang University regarding the Digital Documentation Project on Endangered Temple Wall-paintings in Shanxi Province. Present at the signing ceremony were Dominic Perring, director of the Centre for Applied Archaeology, CAO Jinyan, dean of the Cultural Heritage Institute an...