The organizing committee of Alibaba News Review Writing Contest for College Students announced the winners yesterday. The contest, aiming to promote university-industry cooperation and discover outstanding reviewers, was co-hosted by the College of Media and International Culture and Qianjiang Evening News. Five candidates, including Huang Wanjun from Zhejiang University, won the gold medal. 10 commentaries were awarded the silver medal and 20 the bronze medal.  

On the morning of January 15, Yan Jianhua, Vice President of Zhejiang University, met with a delegation led by Professor Costas Spanos, Director of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS). Yan introduced to the delegation the construction of Zijin Start-up Town. “Our university attaches much importance to innovative and entrepreneurship education. The privately-owned economy in Zhejiang is very dynamic, but privately-owned enterprises are in urgent nee...

Rt. Hon. David Willetts, the British Minister of State for Universities and Science from 2010 to July 2014, paid a visit to Zhejiang University on January 18. Executive Vice President Song Yonghua met with David Willetts.Song extended his cordial welcome to David Willetts and introduced to him relevant information about ZJU, including its latest development, globalization initiative, educational philosophy, research and teaching, international cooperation and exchange as well as the construction...

The research team led by Prof. Li Lanjuan won the first prize of Chinese Medical Science and Technology Award presented by the Chinese Medical Association for their project—Theoretical Innovations and Technological Breakthroughs in Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Infection with H7N9.The mortality rate of H7N9 is staggeringly high. The research team led by Prof. Li achieves a series of theoretical innovations and technological breakthroughs in terms of the molecular structure and origin of the H...

On January 9, Prof. Dong Shilin, former Dean of the College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, together with his wife Ms. Zhou Dingzhong, donated 1 million yuan to Zhejiang University Education Foundation to set up the Dong Shilin-Zhou Dingzhong Special Foundation for Science and Technology of Spatial Structures. In 2011, Prof. Dong also donated 100,000 yuan in support of education.In his speech, Prof. Dong talked proudly of the exciting development of the domain of spat...

The latest advance in shapeshifting polymer could lead to a new generation of materials for innovations in medical, electronics and other fields.A research team, led by Prof. Xie Tao of the College of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Zhejiang University, has unveiled a new shape memory polymer that can change its permanent shapes multiple times—remembering its current shape as well as new ones. This is believed to be a big step up from existing self-folding polymers, enabling intricate con...

In conventional farming, farmers use their own experience in irrigating crops, using fertilizer or spraying pesticides. Not only does it contribute to low working efficiency and severe resource waste, but it also fails to guarantee the quality and safety of agricultural products. The agricultural water usage rate in China is merely 51%, only two-thirds in developed countries; the amount of fertilizer per acre is 2.6 times as large as that in the United States; and the pesticide efficacy rate is ...

On January 8, Talon Financial donated 100 million yuan to set up Zhejiang University Internet Financial Education Foundation dedicated to promoting the discipline of Internet finance.Jin Deshui, Party Chief of Zhejiang University, expressed his cordial gratitude to Pan Baofeng, CEO of Talon Financial, for this handsome donation. “The Internet is ushering in an era of revolution in various areas and Internet finance has become a major domain in financial innovation and development. Zhejiang Univ...

China announced the winners of China’s State Science and Technology Awards on January 8. Zhejiang University clinched 4 prizes, including 1 “sci-tech progress” (innovative group) prize, 1 “natural science” prize, and 2 “sci-tech progress” prizes. The innovative team, led by Prof. Zheng Shusen of the School of Medicine, specializes in comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of terminal liver diseases and won the Innovative Group prize. The research project entitled “Double-K Criteria for Cr...