On the morning of September 14, REN Shaobo, Chairman of the Zhejiang University Council, met with Chinbat Undram, Chair of the Standing Committee on Education, Culture, Science, and Sports of the State Great Hural of Mongolia, and her delegation.REN Shaobo extended a warm and gracious welcome to Undram and her delegation. He introduced Zhejiang University’s innovative educational framework, strategies for global engagement, and recent advancements in disciplines such as agriculture, computer sc...

Zhejiang University's IDEAS team showcased exceptional expertise in AI-driven agriculture at the prestigious 4th Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge held in the Netherlands. Competing against the world’s top universities and industry leaders, they claimed the championship, marking a historic achievement as the first Chinese team to win this honor.The competition brought together 23 teams from 24 countries, aiming to advance smart greenhouse management through artificial intelligence, while mini...

During the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, ZHOU Jianghong, Vice President of Zhejiang University, met with South Africa’s Minister of Electricity and Energy, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, and his delegation in Beijing.ZHOU Jianghong extended a warm welcome to Ramokgopa and his delegation, emphasizing the deepening ties between China and South Africa, and the pivotal role academic institutions play in fostering this relationship. Zhejiang University, ZHOU Jianghong highlighted, ha...

On the afternoon of September 7, REN Shaobo, Chairman of the Zhejiang University Council, warmly welcomed Rwanda’s Minister of Health, Sabin Nsanzimana, and his delegation. This special visit followed the conclusion of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing.REN Shaobo introduced the recent strides Zhejiang University has made in teaching, research, healthcare, and global engagement. He stressed the University’s commitment to sharing its expertise in public health, ...

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), an emerging class of porous crystalline materials, have shown great promise in fields ranging from gas storage and separation to catalysis and biomedicine. However, MOF powders are notoriously difficult to dissolve and melt, and MOF thin films are often hard and brittle, making it extremely challenging to process these materials into functional forms. This has long been a bottleneck in integrating these materials into practical applications.Now, a research team l...

On the afternoon of September 8, Zhejiang University held a grand opening ceremony to welcome over 10,000 new graduate students, marking the beginning of their academic journeys at Qiushi Yard. With hearts full of ambition, the students were eager to carve out new “key frames” in their lives, driven by dreams and determination.In his keynote address, President DU Jiangfeng greeted the new cohort with warmth and optimism. He stressed that the world has entered an era where innovation defines su...

In a bid to strengthen ties between Zhejiang University and the Asia-Pacific region, President DU Jiangfeng recently led a high-level delegation on a recent visit to Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. The tour resulted in several significant partnership agreements, nearly twenty academic meetings, and extensive exchanges with Chinese embassies, consulates, and alumni, opening up new avenues for cooperation across various academic and research fields.  At the University of Sydney in Aus...

Controllable doping in a perovskite semiconductor enables ultra-bright LEDsSemiconductors are at the heart of the modern electronic industry. The ability of controlling the polarity and concentration of electric charges in semiconductors have led to revolutionary inventions including diodes, transistors, solar cells, detectors, LEDs and semiconductor lasers. For typical semiconductors, the control of the electrical properties is achieved by “doping”, the inclusion of impurity elements into the...

The course has concluded, but students linger, forming a long line—not for a fleeting chance at a celebrity’s autography, but for the signature of their professor. What’s this revered course? Students’ comments abound: “A real gem,” “It drew me into the world of law,” and “It meets every great expectation I had for a general education course.”This course is Theory and Practice of Economic Law, taught by ZHOU Liming, an associate professor from the School of Economics at Zhejia...

【Editor’s Note: The joint pursuit of modernization by China and Africa will set off a wave of modernization in the Global South and open a new chapter for building a community with a shared future for humanity, as emphasized at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. WEI Longbao, distinguished professor of Qiushi, director of the Institute of Food and Agribusiness Management, Zhejiang University, shares his views with China Daily on the significance of...