Dear Members of the Yenching community—faculty, staff, alumni and friends—please join me to extend our warmest welcome to the newest members of our community, the incoming students of the 2020 cohort and their families. Among them, 40 are from Asia, 4 from Africa, 22 from North America, 20 from...

23 September 2020

On Saturday 19th September, the Opening Ceremony of the Yenching Academy’s academic year 2020-2021 took place. With many of our students still unable to join us on campus, the Ceremony combined the on-site event with a live stream for those attending online. The ceremony was moderated by Dr. Bre...

23 September 2020

Yenching scholars not only belong to the Yenching Academy family, but also bond strongly with the larger Peking University community. Here, we are delighted to present a video made by our scholars, and a message from the producer, Samu Ngwenya (2019 Yenching Scholar, Zimbabwe):Hello 6th cohorters...

07 August 2020

The Yenching Academy of Peking University introduces its sixth cohort: 94 outstanding young scholars who will enroll in the interdisciplinary Master’s in China Studies program this September. The scholars hail from 30 countries and regions; 69 international students will come together with 25 Ch...

30 July 2020

On June 29th, 2020, the Yenching Academy of Peking University held a memorable joint online and offline Graduation Ceremony for its 2020 graduates. Wang Bo, Vice President of Peking University sent his blessings to the students in a video message. Yuan Ming, Dean of the Yenching Academy, Associat...

02 July 2020

Today I am so filled with pride to celebrate the achievements of the 2020 graduates of the Yenching Academy of Peking University. Graduates, you have overcame extraordinary challenges to be here today--and, while the COVID-19 pandemic we currently face has made special the way we celebrate the gr...

30 June 2020

I am honored to join you in celebrating your academic achievement, and I find the format for doing so this year to be refreshing, unique and memorable. I hope that both now and many years into the future, you will look back on this moment in the same light.

30 June 2020

Thanks or no thanks to the pandemic of COVID-19, we have to have such a special cloud graduation ceremony. I hope in your mind it is another luxury that only your generation could enjoy. I know you all have beautifully completed on-line defense of your MA thesis with no less amount of in-depth re...

30 June 2020

We are gathered together today in a world that is unimaginably different from the one we sat in on a warm fall day two years ago when we celebrated YCA’s opening ceremony for the 2018 Cohort. While none of us could have imagined that our graduation would look quite like this, there are some impo...

30 June 2020

“Staying foolish” is one suggestion that Steve Jobs made to conclude his speech at Stanford commencement in 2005. Although I’ve known the words since junior high school, not until coming to Yenching Academy did I realize its true meaning. Overall, “staying foolish” has become the main theme ...

30 June 2020