On May 12, 20 Zhejiang University alumni entrepreneurs gathered on Zijingang Campus to co-sponsor the establishment of Zhejiang University Alumni Z20 Foundation. The first-phase amount of the Foundation, which is to be officially operated, totals 1 billion yuan.Party Chief Jin Deshui, President Wu Zhaohui, Vice President Luo Weidong and Vice President Yan Jianhua attended the ceremony and switched on the Z20 light together with participating alumni.Wu Zhaohui pointed out that the university has ...

 On the morning of May 10, Polytechnic Institute of Zhejiang University signed a cooperative agreement with Zhejiang Economy and Information Technology Commission and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. with a view to promoting the deep fusion of education and industry and enhancing intimate university-government-enterprise cooperation.Jin Deshui, Party Chief of Zhejiang University, Zhang Jinru, Director of Zhejiang Economy and Information Technology Commission, and Fang Xiao, Zhejiang Regional Re...

On May 3, Shanghai Seeking Capital Investment Management Co. Ltd., which was founded in 2015 by Zhejiang University alumni, donated a total of 1.1 billion yuan over a 10-year period to set up a special education fund with a view to propelling the construction of Zhejiang University into a world-class university.Present at the donation ceremony were Jin Deshui, Party Chief of Zhejiang University, Wu Zhaohui, President of Zhejiang University, Wang Yuan, President of Shanghai Seeking Capital Invest...

On May 2, Zhejiang University, the 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University and Topchoice Medical Investment Corporation signed an agreement to officially launch the establishment of Zhejiang University Eye Hospital. The grand total of investment is estimated to hit 1.8 billion yuan. Zhejiang University Eye Hospital is a high-caliber non-profit hospital jointly established by Zhejiang University, the 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University and Topchoice Medical Investment Corporatio...

On April 29, the 2017 Sino-US Innovation & Entrepreneurship was co-hosted by Zhejiang University and the Plug and Play Tech Center―a global innovation platform. A galaxy of incubators, entrepreneurs and investors from China and the United States gathered to carry out an in-depth discussion over innovation and entrepreneurship in both countries. Zheng Qiang, Party Chief of Zhejiang University, and Rahim Amidi, founder of the Plug and Play Tech Center, delivered welcome speeches. ZJU’s Schoo...

 The 2017 IAAF World Relays was held in Bahamas on April 23. Xie Zhenye, a postgraduate student of the Department of Physical Education, Zhejiang University, clinched the bronze medal in men’s 4X100 meters relay race together with Tang Xingqiang, Su Bingtian and Liang Jingsheng. The Chinese team clocked 39.22 seconds to finish third in the final, thus securing a berth in the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London.Pictures quoted from tencent sports

 On the afternoon of April 20, Zhejiang University held a grand appointment ceremony to welcome 6 overseas academicians, including Donald Grierson, a fellow of the Royal Society of England, Michael Thomashow and Harry Klee, fellows of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, Ian Ferguson, a fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and Mondher Bouzayen, a fellow of the European Academy of Sciences. They joined the Joint Overseas Academician Workshop for Fruit Quality Biology....

 In a discovery that advances the understanding of how Angiotensin II works in the human body, an international group of scientists including Professor Haitao Zhang from the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences have for the first time acquired a three-dimensional atomic image of the human angiotensin II type 2 receptor (AT2R) using an X-ray free electron laser technique.The crystal structures reveal surprising features of this enigmatic hormone receptor,giving scientists new insights into dru...

 At the NTC/Pure Athletics Spring Invitational in Clermont, Florida, on April 16, Xie Zhenye, a postgraduate student in the Department of Physical Education, Zhejiang University, won his heat in 9.91, aided by a 4.1m/s following wind. This is the record time in men’s 100m in China.This remarkable performance gave Xie Zhenye a boost. One of the major tasks for China’s sprinter team this year is to attend the IAAF World Championships London 2017 in August. It is hoped that Xie will giv...

Timothy M. Swager, the John D. MacArthur Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a member of the American National Academy of Science, delivered a speech entitled “Molecular Electronics for Chemical Sensors”.Prof. Timothy introduced CP and CNT in his speech. He also elaborated on the idiosyncrasies of various chemical materials for sensors via a series of charts and a set of data. Moreover, he talked about the applications of chemical sensors in smart phones, se...