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

Distinguished guests,Dear colleagues,Dear scholars, parents and friends, good morning everyone!Today we gather in the peak of graduation season to bid farewell to the graduates of the 2024 cohort of Yenching Academy. Your time at Yenching Academy has quietly come to an end, and a brand-new, bound...

06 July 2026

On June 6, the 2026 YCA Faculty Symposium was held at Jingyuan Courtyard 3. Over 20 teaching faculty members and dissertation supervisors from within and outside Peking University attended the meeting, joined by Dean Dong Qiang, Associate Deans Fan Shiming and Brent Haas, Director of Graduate Stu...

24 June 2026

On April 22, Da Wei, Director of the Centre for Strategy and Security and concurrently professor in the Department of International Relations, School of Social Sciences at Tsinghua University, delivered a lecture titled “China-US Relations: Resilience and New Possibility” at the Yenching Academ...

27 April 2026

On April 15, Xu Long, a member of Club des Chefs des Chefs (CCC) delivered a lecture titled “The Flavours of the Silk Road: Explore Chinese Culinary Art with a Master Chef” at Yenching Academy. In addition to the distinguished CCC membership, Chef Xu, who served as the Western Cuisine Executive...

17 April 2026

On March 18, a Durham University delegation, led by the university’s vice-chancellor Professor Karen O’Brien, paid a visit to the Yenching Academy. YCA Dean Dong Qiang received the delegation at Jingyuan Courtyard 3. Professor Zhang Longxi, Li De Chair Professor at Yenching Academy, attended th...

20 March 2026

The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Conference was held from March 12‒15 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Over 3,000 Asian studies scholars and professionals from research institutions and universities around the globe were brought together, to delve into a wide array of topics...

16 March 2026

The world outside the classroom expands and extends to endless horizons. In the fall semester of 2025, YCA Scholars launched diverse community events centred on sustainable development, arts, and cross-cultural exchange. The Green Week concentrated on planetary health and climate governance. The ...

13 March 2026

As in tradition, Yenching Academy keeps in touch with alumni around the world by engaging them in its worldwide alumni community. The Alumni Enrichment Program invites YCA alumni back as on-campus consultants. They participated in the Alumni Research Salon events and spoke at the Alumni Lecture s...

12 March 2026

From January 9 to 11, PKU students awarded the Asian Future Leaders Scholarship Program (AFLSP) travelled to Chengdu, Sichuan Province, for a field study trip. The 11 AFLSP recipients, including those from Yenching Academy, School of International Studies, and Guanghua School of Management, delve...

12 March 2026