Yao Yang is dean of the National School of Development and director of the China Centre for Economic Research at Peking University.China’s economy is, at long last, undergoing a rebalancing, with growth rates having declined from more than 10% before 2008 to roughly 7.5% today. I...

Peking University, Sept. 5, 2014: With nations in West Africa facing the biggest and most complex outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in history, international response is stepping up to combat the disease. Peking University People’s Hospital has summoned a medical team to set ou...

One scholar is going above and beyond to do his part to preserve Chinese culture. A massive collection of Confucian classics called the "Confucian Canon" is being compiled by a group of scholars from Peking University. Renowned philosopher, Professor Tang Yijie, is leading the pr...

Peking University, July 8, 2014: “I have a phone given to me here. Its screen is made of carbon nanotubes,” said Li Yan, as she took out one phone made in China from a draw within her easy reach. Noting that the application of carbon nanotubes is wide in electronics and other fie...

Peking University, Mar. 27, 2014: There are ten Chinese scientists who have been elected Member of National Academy of Sciences U.S. with higher education background in Mainland China, according to preliminary estimates. Only three of these ten are women. Professor Chen Xuemei, a...