It’s the best time in the Yanyuan Garden,With delightful scenery outside windows.It’s the best time to immerse in the scent of books,Bathed in spring warmth and breeze.We organized an online “shared reading” session to celebrate this year’s World Book and Copyright Day. Although physically d...

22 April 2022

The 2022 Yenching Global Symposium (YGS) was held online and on the Peking University campus between April 8 and 10. A lineup of 178 YGS delegates from 60 countries and regions sat in the three-day Symposium, discussing issues about globalization together with Yenching Scholars and alumni. The 20...

15 April 2022

On Friday, April 8, the 2022 Yenching Global Symposium themed “Globalisation or Guóbalisation? Internationalism in Flux” kicked off with the opening ceremony held at the Jingyuan Courtyard 3 of the Peking University campus and online. In attendance were Prof. Dong Qiang, Dean of Yenching Academ...

08 April 2022

On March 31, Gordon Liu, Professor of Economics at Peking University National School of Development (NSD), taught the first Topics in China Studies Lecture Series class of the 2021/2022 Spring semester titled “The Baumol Cost Disease in Healthcare and Post-pandemic Economy.” Prof. Lu Yang, Yenc...

06 April 2022

In March 2022, the Yenching Academy of Peking University established the Lide Chair Professorship Fund, with a 20 million RMB generous donation from PKU alumni couple Li Ge and Zhao Ning, both B.Sc. ’85 from the Department of Chemistry and honorary  trustees of Peking University.

25 March 2022

On March 10, the Professional and Leadership Mentor Program 2022 kicked off at the Yenching Academy, with YCA Dean Prof. Dong Qiang, Associate Deans Prof. Fang Shiming and Associate Prof. Brent Haas, and seven high-profile individuals from different sectors meeting our Scholars online.

17 March 2022

Looking EastwardA series of choices I made during my undergraduate culminated in my decision to study in China. As a student majoring in International Relations, the extensiveness of IR produced a sweet and sour feeling; I sometimes felt I knew a little about many things but a lot about nothing. ...

15 March 2022

Editor’s note: On March 7, CGTN Français had a video interview with Professor Dong Qiang, Dean of the Yenching Academy of Peking University. Prof. Dong discussed his thoughts on the Olympic Manifesto and the Olympic spirit proposed by Pierre de Coubertin, who is considered the founder of the mod...

09 March 2022

Why did you decide to study in China?I unexpectedly took an interest in China as a country and research field. During my Master of Laws in the Corporate and Financial Law track, my International Economic Law professor introduced me to the Belt and Road Initiative. I had not anticipated myself to ...

03 March 2022

Sarah Brooker, a 2021 Cohort Yenching Scholar from the United States, sat in the audience during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the National Stadium. As a little girl, Sarah watched the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics on TV. On the site, she ...

28 February 2022