On 19th February, news commentator Bai Yansong with CCTV interviews academician Dou Xiankang, president of WHU in the live programme “News 1+1”. Q1: How does WHU support its two hospitals in fighting against NCP?A1: WHU’s two hospitals take on significant responsibilities in the battle against NCP. Our support for the hospitals mainly includes the following aspects. Firstly, science and tech...

On 13rd February, the delegation of Kathmandu University, Nepal, headed by its vice-chancellor, along with professors and students of Confucius Institute at the university, sent consolations to the people of Wuhan and China who are now fighting against the novel coronavirus epidemic.Dr. Ram, the vice-chancellor of Kathmandu University, said, “We are very sure that the public health system of C...

While the faculty and students of Wuhan University are fighting against the pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (NCP), many foreign friends and alumni of Wuhan University are offering hands to the prevention and control of the epidemic for the university, the city, even the country with tangible donations and spiritual consolations. On February 4, 2020, Yukio Hatoyama, former Prime Minist...

After 25 years in Ireland, Sylvia Schroeder left Dublin for the coronavirus-hit Chinese citySylvia Schroeder: ‘I’ve lived in Ireland for almost 25 years but I recently chose to move back to Wuhan’It fills me with sadness that Wuhan is currently becoming synonymous with the coronavirus that is causing a national emergency and concern around the world. I see the news coming out of Wuhan daily,...

The King of Morocco ordered to evacuate the Moroccan citizens from Hubei province.Yesterday, 171 Moroccan citizens left Hubei but Hanane decided to stay in Wuhan University for many reasons.She said: “I own a lot to China and Chinese people. China is my second country; I love this country very much. I can’t leave the people whom believed on me and proud of me. By staying here, I want to show ...

With the  outbreak of 2019-nCoV in China, some countries start to evacuate their citizens. However, there is a group of people who choose to stay here with us fighting against the disease.Alexander Toftopyat comes from Russia. In December 2019, he joined the Institute of Technological Sciences of Wuhan University. In his view, Wuhan is a city of talents and cultures with sustained history and i...

Central China's Hubei province is home to multiple universities, with a total of 1.2 million university students. Many students left their universities before the novel coronavirus became widespread. However, many foreign students chose to stay in the city to fight the epidemic.Vera Syrvasova, a Russian student studying at Huazhong University of Science and Technology shouts "Wuhan, Jiayou (sta...

The National Science and Technology Award Conference of China for the year 2019 was grandly held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the morning of Jan 10, 2020. Chinese President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang, Wang Huning, Vice Premier Han Zheng, along with other leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the state government, attended the annual ceremony and presented awards...

On December 25, the undergraduate scholarship awarding ceremony for outbound exchanges , and the overseas exchange programs promotion event of 2019 were held. The awards presented to the student scholarship recipients included the Luojia Eminent Exchange Scholarship, Luojia Excellent Exchange Scholarship and the Third Semester Exchange scholarship.Nearly 300 people attended the ceremony, includ...

Li Ziyuan,  Vice President of WHU, led a WHU delegation to Germany and Switzerland from Nov. 21 to 28. The delegates attended the 10th anniversary celebration of the Confucius Institute Metropolis Ruhr in Germany, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), and visited associated universities and WHU students wh...