On September 28, the Beijing-based Center for China & Globalization (CCG) launched the Annual Report on the Development of Chinese Students Studying Abroad (2022) and concurrently held the Roundtable on Global Talent Education and Development. Yenching Academy Associate Dean Fan Shiming spoke at ...

11 October 2022

On September 30, Yenching Academy threw a welcome party for the Eight Cohort Scholars arriving on campus who had missed the opening ceremony due to the pandemic. In the warmth of the Fall season, arguably Beijing’s best season, our new arrivals joined the YCA family and had heartfelt talks about...

03 October 2022

On September 22, Yenching Academy held a lecture, “From The Book of Songs to the Internet: Why Poetry Matters in China,”as part of its Topics in China Studies Lecture Series for the 2022 Fall semester, taught by Professor Tian Xiaofei, who teaches Chinese Literature at Harvard University.

29 September 2022

On 15th September, the newly arrived Eighth Cohort of Yenching Scholars toured the Peking University Library, learning about book reservation, the check-in and check-out process, and exploring the Library’s archived resources built over one century ago in 1898.The event consisted of three sectio...

28 September 2022

I love the sense of community at YCA. Even though I haven’t set foot on campus due to the pandemic restrictions, I have always felt very welcome. Some of that is due to the effort the office and students in Beijing put into hosting online events for everyone, and a lot comes from YCA being a gre...

20 September 2022

On the evening of September 10, Yenching Scholars from the 2021 and 2022 cohorts celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival at Jingyuan Courtyard 3. The event was co-moderated by Du Xinran (China) onsite and Claire Qiao (USA) online, and all attendees had a happy evening.

16 September 2022

When summer heat clears, everything under the sky glistens.Our newly enrolled Scholars kick-started their academic activities at Yenching Academy. They set sail for the new journey on the Academy’s wings of interdisciplinary studies and warmth.

14 September 2022

On September 3, the Yenching Academy of Peking University held the opening ceremony of 2022. At the ceremony, Dean Dong shared his experience of studying aboard and his thoughts on cross-cultural exchanges, and delivered the "the First Class" for new scholars on campus. Dean Dong advised scholars...

09 September 2022

On September 3, Yenching Academy of Peking University held the 2022 Opening Ceremony for the 8th Cohort of Yenching Scholars.

03 September 2022

Why did you choose to study at YCA?I took several China-themed courses related to my majors to enhance my understanding of the country while studying for my bachelor’s degree in economics and finance at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). By the end of my undergraduate studies, I had developed a ...

08 July 2022