Nearly a century ago, in 1934, a young man with clear-eyed called Zhang Peigang, best remembered for his work in development economics, was graduated from WHU to embark on a journey of bringing economic reforms in pre-industrial China. He earned a scholarship to pursue his postgraduate studies at Harvard and was shocked by the economic gap between predominately agrarian China and industrialized...

​In September, 2018, Prof. Shu Hongbin’s team published online their new research results on viral RNA-triggered innate immune response in the top international journal Immunity, and viral DNA-triggered innate immune response and inflammation-associated cancer development in Nature Communications in August.It is widely known that viruses that infect humans and other animals fall into two cate...

As a monument recording China's thousands of year’s culture, the Great Wall, is not only the first military defense project in ancient China but also a remarkable cultural heritage of the world. It has nevertheless, suffered from natural disasters and artificial damage. Take the Jiankou Great Wall, one of the steepest sections, as an example. It is in need of urgent repair. But beforehand, pre...

One the morning of 15th September, the History Museum of WHU welcomes Wu Guosheng, professor and also the founder of the Department of the History of Science, Tsinghua University. Professor Wu is the lecturer of the 9th General Education Lecture, and his speech titled “The Origin of Science Spirit” inspired all the faculty and students present.The lecture is co-organized by Undergraduate Coll...

​On 9th September, Zall Gymnasium, where WHU’s newly enrolled postgraduates of 2018 took part in their opening ceremony, looked like an ocean of purplish-red and blue. Wearing the university badge, chorusing the university anthem, listening to the first lesson of the semester and vowing to follow the academic moral and uphold research integrity, WHU’s doctoral candidates in purplish-red T-sh...

At the foot of the scenic Luojia Hill and by the side of the beautiful East Lake in Wuhan City, the brand-new stadium was crowded with post-2000s generations. On Sept. 9th, the opening ceremony of undergraduates of Grade 2018 was grandly held here. Wearing the school badge, singing the school anthem, over 7,000 freshmen stepped over the threshold of their new lives in Wuhan University.Present a...

On the morning of September 6th, 2018, an Honorary Doctorate was awarded to Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic, in a ceremony that was held at the famous Old Library of Wuhan University. Academician Dou Xiankang, President of Wuhan University, awarded President Ali Bongo Ondimba the Honorary Doctorate of Law. Vice president of Wuhan University Li Fei presided over the ceremon...

​    Prof. Feng Youmei, the Executive Vice President of Wuhan University, was appointed Chancellor of Duke Kunshan University and hence becomes one of a few female university chancellors in China. Liu Jingnan, DKU’s first Chancellor and member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, will resume his work in teaching and research after serving as Chancellor for six years.Duke University Presiden...

​August 28th, 2018--a memorable day for Luojia Hill.On this day, Zall Gymnasium and Dangdai Graduate Student Building are officially put into use. On the luxuriant Luojia Hill, WHU’s architectural complex are welcoming these two new comers.   Also on this day, donators of the two buildings offered another 130 million yuan to WHU’s Talents Funds, bringing strong supports to WHU’s “Double Fi...

The revolution of 1911 overthrew the Qing Dynasty, prompting great changes to Chinese society. Subsequently, Chinese people started to pursue a modern lifestyle, and this was when advertisements first caught people’s eyes. Now, 107 years later, from 8 May to 1 July, 76 paintings from those advertisement works are displayed in the Wanlin Museum, which is situated at the foot of Luojia Mountain....