One of the Think-Tank 20 (T20) conferences—G20 Think-Tank Forum: Innovation, New Economy and Structural Reform—was held on June 17-19 in Anji County, Zhejiang Province. Present at the Forum were approximately 200 experts in various domains, such as education, economy and finance, from over 20 countries and regions, including China, the USA and Russia.T20 serves as an “ideas bank” for G20. To this end, T20 organizes the analysis of global think tanks and high-level experts in order to provide a...

Zhejiang Provincial Collegiate Swimming Championship was held on June 2-5 at Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics. The Zhejiang University varsity team clinched 3 gold medals, 5 silver medals and 5 bronze medals in Division I.Liu Yifan, Yang Shangjin, Yu Tianyi and Song Chen won a gold medal in the men’s 4×50m medley relay event; Zhang Qiyang, Song Chenbo, Zeng Xiangrui and Yu Tianyi garnered a silver medal in the men’s 4×100m freestyle relay event; Ju Siwei clinched 2 gold medals ...

The 14th National Award for Youth in Science and Technology was jointly presented by the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the CPC, the Chinese Ministry of Personnel and the China Association for Science and Technology recently. 2 Zhejiang University professors, Tian Mei and Hu Hailan, won the Award.Tian Mei is a professor of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, a Cheung Kong scholar, the director of the Provincial Key...

  The Tan Kah Kee Science Awards 2016 and the Tan Kah Kee Young Scientist Awards 2016 have been unveiled recently. Prof. Zhou Kun of Zhejiang University received the Tan Kah Kee Young Scientist Award in Information Technological Sciences. The award ceremony was held at the 18th General Assembly of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on June 1.Zhou Kun works in the College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University. He was named one of the world’s top 35 young innovators by&nb...

 The 1st Reciprocal Student Internship Program between Princeton University and Zhejiang University will make its debut in the summer of 2016. The program will last 8-12 weeks, starting in early to mid June and ending in mid August 2016. Princeton University will send 4 undergraduates to do their research internship in the domain of global health and biomedicine in the Department of Basic Medical Sciences and the Department of Public Health at Zhejiang University. Meanwhile, Zhejiang Univer...

 The research team led by Prof. Xing Huabin of the College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, together with his international collaborators, made a groundbreaking research into acetylene capture from ethylene. Relevant findings were published online in an article titled “Pore chemistry and size control in hybrid porous materials for acetylene capture from ethylene”. As such gases as natural gas, shale gas and polyethylene have become increasingly important energy...

 On May 20, Zhejiang University held a grand awards ceremony in recognition of Top 10 Teachers’ Academic Achievements and Top 10 Students’ Academic Achievements.Top 10 Teachers’ Academic Achievements include ZDPS-2—a nano-satellite mission of the Microsat Research Center, insulin receptors which determine alternative wing morphs in planthoppers, and research into judicial archives in Longquan, etc. These research findings are at the cutting edge of their respective domains domestically a...

On May 16, the Asian Engineering Deans’ Summit, which attracted 30-plus engineering deans and scholars from various countries in Asia and Oceania, kicked off at Zhejiang  University.Present at the opening ceremony were Wu Zhaohui, President of Zhejiang University, Hans J. Hoyer, Secretary General of the International Federation for Engineering Education Societies, and Kee Chaing Chua, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the National University of Singapore. Peter Kilpatrick, Dean of the ...

On May 12, Hong Lei, Deputy Director General of the Information Department and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, delivered an address with regard to Xi Jinping’s important speeches and the current international situation. The address was a vital component of ZJU’s publicity campaign about the G20 Hangzhou summit. Zhang Hongjian, Vice President of ZJU, presided over the address.Hong Lei has long been serving as a diplomat and is well-equipped with rich diplomatic experience. In h...