SICHUAN UNIVERSITY SPECIAL ISSUE FOR 120TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE 16 1896-2016 120th Anniversary of Sichuan University Sichuan University P02 Celebrates its 120th Anniversary The International Development P07 Strategy Advisory Board of SCU Established Alumni Worldwide Gather to P20 Promote Development of the Alma Mater Sichuan University 04 05 Sichuan University SICHUAN UNIVERSITY As one of the few prestigious universities in China, Sichuan University is devoted to world-class teaching, learning, and research, and to serving as an innovation engine that propels China to a new stage of development. With 34 colleges and professional graduate schools covering 12 categories of disciplines, Sichuan University is the most comprehensive university in the country. Our over 5200 faculties graduated from world renowned research universities give diverse and in-depth courses to our 37,000 undergraduate students and 20,000 graduate students, as well as over 3000 international students. Sichuan University provides generous financial supports to both domestic and international students. Sichuan University faculties actively engage the global knowledge network and push the limits of human knowledge in new energy, human health, material science, arts, and more. The full-spectrum of disciplines within Sichuan University is comparatively advantageous to encourage researchers of different areas to collaborate for complex challenges. Sichuan University alumni are people of profound social impact, who are policy makers in the central and provincial governments, academic professionals at research universities, and public and private sector professionals involved in today’s dynamic and global economy. Sichuan University has engaged the global academic community by establishing cooperative relationships with INTRODUCTION over 248 world renowned universities and research institutes in 32 countries and regions. We have established all-dimensional, multi-layer, and multi-format joint academic programs with 213 leading research Founded in 1896, Sichuan University is one of the oldest universities in China. It is among universities from over 31 countries and regions including the United States, Canada, Australia, Great Britain, the most prestigious national key universities in education, research, and social impact. France, and Germany, etc. Sichuan University welcomes more universities to join hands with us in academic and research collaborations. The university went through two mergers: In 1994, merged with Chengdu University of Science and Technology; In 2000, merged with West China University of Medical Sciences. Sichuan University (1896) Chengdu University of Science West China University of and Technology (1954) Medical Sciences (1910) CONTENTS 02 Celebration Activities Sichuan University Celebrates its 120th Anniversary .......................................................................02 Win-Win Cooperation with Government and Famous Enterprises Kick-off of RMB 2 Billion Alumni Tongchuang Fund of SCU ........................................................05 The International Development Strategy Advisory Board of SCU Established .............................07 SCU Institute of International Relations Officially Inaugurated ....................................................09 2016 Joint Conference of IIAS-IASIA Opened in Chengdu ............................................................ 10 Advanced Materials High-End Forum Was Held in SCU ................................................................12 Prof. Zhaozhong Ding, Laureate of Nobel Prize, Revisits SCU ......................................................13 2nd Chengdu International Forum on Precision Medicine Held at SCU to Celebrate Sichuan University the 120th Anniversary of SCU and promote the Construction of “Healthy China” ......................15 NEWSLETTER Nature Published a Commemorative Edition for the 120th Anniversary of SCU ..........................17 Special Issue for 120th Anniversary Glory and Dream ..............................................................................................................................18 ISSUE 16 20 Alumni in Alma Mater The Newsletter is published by the Alumni Worldwide Gather to Promote Development of the Alma Mater ........................20 International Office of Sichuan University. Masters “Revisit” Campus We aim to share the latest news and events on our campus with our faculty members, – Memorial Bronze Statues of Historical Personages at SCU .............................................22 students, and alumni of the University, as well Alumni Donations ................................................................................................................23 as friends around the world. Any suggestions Exhibition of Enterprise Innovation and Entrepreneurship of Global Alumni ................25 and questions are welcomed from our readers. Welcome Back .......................................................................................................................25 Contact Us Alumni Activities ...................................................................................................................26 Address: No. 24, South Section 1, Yihuan Road Chengdu, Sichuan, 610065, China Phone: +86-28-85403116 29 Campus in Anniversary Fax: +86-28-85403260 Email: [email protected] Physicians of West China Hospital Are Here – Large Volunteer Medical Consultation .............................................................................29 Newsletter Online The Newsletter is also available online at: The 6th Invited Exhibition of University Calligraphers Across the Straits ..........................30 http://www.scu.edu.cn/en/index.htm Exhibits of Fine Art for Anniversary ..................................................................................... 31 Anniversary Celebration .......................................................................................................32 C elebration Activities Sichuan University Celebrates its 120th Anniversary eeping pace with the times and ence and Technology and the former an eminent scientist known for "atomic marching forward with the na- West China University of Medical Sci- and hydrogen bombs and man-made sat- K tion’s hope regardless of twists ence. Situated in West China, SCU is ellite", and Le Niching, a founding figure and turns, Sichuan University ushered affiliated to the Ministry of Education in the modern gynecology and obstetrics its 120th anniversary on September 29th. as a comprehensive high-level research- in China. Besides, SCU has cultivated In the morning, SCU alumni from both oriented university under the Project more than 700 thousand excellent gradu- home and abroad, the faculty, staff and 985 and Project 211. It is the pioneer of ates for the country and western China, students as well as leaders at all levels the Chinese universities for institutional including almost one hundred academi- and friends from all walks of life gather reform in a new era, and also a model cians and cultural celebrities. Over the togethr to celebrate its 120th anniversary, of Chinese higher education with the past decade, more than 60% of graduates review its glorious history and look into longest history, the largest scale, and the from SCU have voluntarily chosen to its promising future for a world-class highest teaching level. In the past 120 work in western China. university. years, Sichuan University has pooled many great masters such as mathemati- In the new historical period, SCU Sichuan University is founded as a cian Ke Zhao, botanist Fang Wenpei, lit- has set its goal of building a first-class result of two mergers in 1994 and 2000 terateur Li Jieren, and chemical engineer university and a "three-step" develop- based on the former Sichuan University, Zhang Hongyuan, Guo Moruo and Ba ment strategy; today, it’s moving forward the former Chengdu University of Sci- Jin, renowned writers, Wang Fangding, to the grand goal of building itself into 02 Sichuan University Newsletter Special Issue for 120th Anniversary of the frontier medical Building of SCU kick-off the ceremony to build a world- funded by CheerLand Investment Group, class university. According to Prof. Xie, the “1 + 0.1” billion yuan “innovation SCU is striving to become a think tank and entrepreneurship" special fund con- platform that should be able of cultivat- tributed by Chengdu High-tech Zone, ing talented graduates who have global the "cooperative innovation incubation competence and are capable of tackling fund" and "innovation venture capital future challenges; be able of generating fund", the 2-billion yuan "SCU-Blue Ray new ideas, new knowledge and new the- Fund for Innovation and Entrepreneur- ories that drive the progress of the world ship" invested by Blue Ray Group, a 100 and mankind; be able of continuously million yuan SCU-Kyland Education creating core technologies for strategic Fund for Innovation and Entrepreneur- industries that may catalyze national and ship contributed by Kyland Technology social growth. It will also actively partici- Co., Ltd, were also launched. All these pate in the province’s innovation-driven funds are aimed to encourage and sup- development strategy, join hands with port SCU students and world's outstand- the governments to shape an internation- ing youth to start business in Chengdu ally competitive talents cultivation sys- and Sichuan, marking a new journey of tem, foster a number of international top SCU to build a world-class university.