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

Many people come to China drawn by the rapid expansion of technology, the pace of its cities, or the opportunities of a growing economy. Ashleigh Johann Curry-Machado, however, arrived in pursuit of something different: the chance to expand his creative life and discover where it might lead.Long ...

16 January 2026

On October 17, Yenching Academy invited international marketing professionals from several Chinese enterprises to a roundtable discussion themed “Global China: Careers in China’s International Expansion”, followed by a campus recruitment fair joined by around 20 enterprises. Co-sponsored by th...

16 January 2026

The year of 2025 marked the 40th anniversary of China’s accession to the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, and the 60th anniversary of the founding of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). On December 3, Song Xinchao, President ...

15 January 2026

In December 2016, the Yenching Academy of Peking University hosted the “China and the World: Observation, Analysis, Prospect” academic symposium, convening eminent scholars from China and abroad to explore China studies and cross-civilisational dialogue in the age of globalisation. To mark YCA...

08 January 2026

From November 16 to November 22, 2025, the 11th cohort Yenching Scholars took part in an in-depth exploration through Zhejiang Province, being immersed in the regions historical, cultural, and technological realms. As a core requirement course, the Yenching Academy field trip combines a wide mix ...

15 December 2025

On November 5, Prof Zeng Yi, research from the Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASIA) and dean of Beijing Institute of AI Safety and Governance (Beijing-AISI), delivered a lecture titled “Global Governance of AI for Sustainable Development and for All” at Yenching Ac...

12 December 2025

On November 28, 2025, Yenching Academy welcomed Bruno Angelet, Ambassador of Belgium to China. The event opened with welcoming remarks by Dean Dong Qiang, who emphasized the significance of the ambassador's visit and noted that Belgium has been invited to Yenching Academy twice in recent years. D...

05 December 2025