Jae Young Lee is a 2022 Yenching Scholar from Seoul, South Korea. His first encounter with the Yenching community was in 2016 when he started his undergraduate program in World History at Peking University. He was involved in the English team for student press at the Office of International Relat...

11 May 2023

On April 21, Professor Yuan Ming, Honorary Dean of Yenching Academy of Peking University, spoke at the Lanting Forum on Chinese Modernization and the World at the Grand Halls in Shanghai. Quoting the stories of modern youth, Prof. Yuan appreciated and attached importance to the voices and opinion...

24 April 2023

On April 15, 2023, the 7th Yenching Global Symposium (YGS) officially commenced in Lingshui, Hainan Province. Since its establishment in 2016 as one of the most influential youth forums on China-related topics, the Yenching Global Symposium has successfully organized seven symposia. The forum is ...

21 April 2023

On April 4, Nicolas Idier, the inspector-general of Chinese language education in France, visited Yenching Academy of Peking University and was warmly received by YCA Dean Dong Qiang, Associate Deans Fan Shiming and Brent Haas, and Assistant Deans Chen Changwei, Zuo Jing, and Guo Fei, at the Jing...

06 April 2023

On March 24, Professor Pan Wei, Professor at the School of International Studies, Peking University, gave a lecture titled "A New Perception on Political Life" as part of Yenching Academy's Topics in China Studies Lecture Series for the 2022/2023 academic session.

31 March 2023

On March 24, Professor Dong Qiang, Dean of Yenching Academy of Peking University, delivered a lecture to the BHUA Class, part of the Beijing-Hong Kong Universities Alliance. This event, simultaneously held online-offline, was organized by the PKU Office of Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan Affairs. Du...

30 March 2023

As part of our #PersonofYCA series, we interviewed Ailsa Brown (2022 Cohort) to gain insight into her studies and other activities she has been engaged in since arriving at Yenching Academy of Peking University.

28 March 2023

On March 17, the 2023 Career Advisors Program commenced at Yenching Academy. YCA Dean Dong Qiang, Associate Deans Fang Shiming and Brent Haas, and seven distinguished professionals from various sectors met with our Scholars at the Yanyuan Garden.Prof. Fan Shiming, on behalf of the Academy, expres...

28 March 2023

On March 15, Professor Davy Cheng, Founding Dean and Presidential Chair Professor at the School of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen (CUHK-SZ), delivered a lecture titled “New Era in Medical Education Health System: East Meets West”. The session is part of Yenching Academy...

23 March 2023

On March 17, 2023, eight YCA Scholars joined at the tea party in the Yenching Academy Library. They met with new artificial intelligence technologies in the cozy library room filled with traditional books in print.The Academy invited Wang Xuanzhi, a doctoral candidate from the PKU School of Compu...

21 March 2023