On January 31st, British Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in Central China's Hubei province, and chose Wuhan University as the first stop of her three-day official visit to China.​At 10:00 am, Theresa May met with the secretary of Hubei Provincial Party Committee at the reception hall of Wuhan University’s History Museum. Representatives present included British ambassador to China Barbara ...

On the evening of December 10th, a Lantern Riddle Party was held at Jianhu Lake, where dazzling handmade lanterns and novel riddles were elaborately displayed,  attracting numerous students as well as passersby on campus to stay awhile and participate in this extraordinary event. People deciphering riddles Fantasy night of lanterns and riddlesThe Lantern Riddle, blending both creativity and ae...

An inspiring news arrived last November—Professor Xu Hongxing from the School of Physics and Technology at Wuhan University had been recently selected as a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Prof. Xu is the first one in Wuhan University who has received this honor in physics.Bai Chunli, president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (right) presenting the award to Xu Hongxing (left...

Liu Yandong, Vice Premier of the State Council, visited the exhibition of China-UK science and innovation achievements in London, during her stay at the forum of “China-UK Science and Innovation Cooperation: Shaping the Golden Era Together”. She gave credit to the project on display of “Gaofen-3” (GF-3) satellite achievements from Collaborative Innovation Center of Geospatial Technology (CI...

The 213th Luojia Lecture was delivered by Professor Ai Chunrong in the large lecture hall of the main library on the night of Dec. 9 2017. Professor Ai is the dean of The Institute of Statistics and Big Data at Renmin University of China. The lecture was organized jointly by WHU School of Information Management (SIM) and WHU School of Humanities and Social Sciences and was presided by the deput...

"Endowed with three towns and two rivers flowing across, Wuhan enjoys a unique and complex urban transportation. A good use of the Big Data can not only ease the traffic congestion but also make the city a smarter one so as to better serve the public." On Dec 11th, Premier Li Keqiang affirmed the construction of Smart Traffic when he inspected the construction of Smart City in Wuhan, Hubei Prov...

Moon Lake decorates the golden autumn with her smiling eyes. Clouds curling or stretching, her glittering surface always mirrors the gorgeous silhouettes around her. It is the first ray of the sunlight that knocks on the door of the brooding night. Endless forests and glorious sky usher us in the vision of a wider world and a brighter future. I used to dream to be one of the little howling cubs...

​Chai, a student from the School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering, was asked about his impression of Prof. Fan after Fan’s speech about his experience of studying abroad in Germany. “Prof. Fan is definitely not the way others conceive a professor should be—not an amiable old man with a white beard, looking wise at first sight; and not a supremely talented person, however with o...

The first Luojia Think Tank Forum was held jointly by Wuhan University and Guangming Daily in the Old Library on December 9th. 20 top-tier scholars and experts from academia and various industries shared their opinions about the status of China’s economy and the future reform. Under the theme of “New era, new concept and new system”, this pioneering forum was undertaken by the School of Econ...

​On November 1st, the 12th Graduate Students’ Academic Science Festival of Wuhan University was inaugurated. With the theme of “Captivating the youth dream with the Chinese Dream, enlightening a new future with new thinking”, this festival is mainly comprised of 10 parts including a training camp for graduates, lectures & forums, academic competition, innovational and entrepreneurial activi...