On the morning of September 5, 2026 as the whispers of autumn blew through campus, the Yenching Academy of Peking University welcomed its newly minted 12th cohort of Yenching Scholars with the annual opening ceremony at Qiulin Auditorium. Over one hundred students from across the globe gathered i...

29 September 2026

The 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) was held in Beijing from September 9 to 13. Under the overall theme of “Education Empowers the Nation, Intelligence Creates the Future,” the Education Services exhibition was in Hall 8 of Shougang Park. As a flagship program showc...

29 September 2026

On December 15, 2025, Ni Zhange, Professor of Department of Religion and Culture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, delivered a lecture titled “Tamed Apocalypse, Engaged Nihilism, and Cthulhu-Cultivation Novels in Contemporary China” at Yenching Academy. This lecture was the ...

29 September 2026

Walking out of my first Chinese Studies class at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, I felt peace，the type of peace you feel when you have finally worked out the answer to a problem that kept you up all night; the peace you feel when you know you have found your path,  that you are where you are meant to...

28 September 2026

My China story began in 2019, when I traveled there with my father. During that trip, we visited some of the country’s leading universities, including Peking University, where I visited Yenching Academy. At the time, I was still trying to understand what kind of academic life I wanted for myself...

22 September 2026

From June 26 to July 4, the inaugural World Young Sinologists Summer Institute was held at Yenching Academy, Peking University. The event was jointly organized by Peking University’s One Thousand Books in One Century Academic Classics Translation Project and Yenching Academy, with the aim of cul...

11 September 2026

China in Transition is a compulsory course at Yenching Academy. It focuses on development and changes in contemporary China, while remaining grounded in the distinct historical context in the country. Within concentrations of economy, politics & law, society & culture, and environment, the interd...

10 September 2026

On the morning of August 19, a delegation headed by Ren Youqun, member of the CPC Leading Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Education conducted a field visit to Yenching Academy. The delegation was accompanied by Gao Song, President of Peking University (PKU) and a Member of the Chinese ...

10 September 2026

As another summer steals into the Peking University campus, verdant trees cast shadows over campus paths and the melody of the Peking University alma mater resonates in the air.On the morning of July 2, Yenching Academy held its 2026 Graduation Ceremony at Qiulin Auditorium. Together with parents...

26 August 2026

On this happy morning, as I look into the young faces of this year's Yanjingxuetang graduates, I must say you are looking good, very good indeed. And as an educator, it gives me enormous pride to have been part of your Beida experience. As a faculty member at Beida, I have since the introduction ...

07 July 2026