Issue 25 Tsinghua Newsletter May 2014

The First Tsinghua President’s Innovation Challenge Competition Tsinghua x-lab Education Platform Attracts Hundreds of Projects

TH-T-1016 Tsinghua Newsletter (Issue 25) May 2014

CONTENTS News & Events Tsinghua Online Courses ‘XuetangX’ Welcomed by Public 1 Thirteen More Faculty Members and Alumni Elected to CAS and CAE 1 Horse Zodiac Stamps Designed by Tsinghua Alumni and Faculty 1 Professor Shi Yigong Wins Gregori Aminoff Prize 2 Yi Siling Sets New World Record in Rifle Finals 2 UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks Awarded Honorary Doctorate 3 Pavilion for Expo 2015 Designed by Tsinghua 3

Student Education & Development Internationalization-themed iTalk Show Held 4 The First Tsinghua President’s Innovation Challenge Competition 4 100-plus Student Innovation Projects 5 Tsinghua Top Grade Scholarships Awarded 5

Research & Achievements Fifteen More National Science & Technology Awards 6 Plasma Hsp90α: A Novel Tumor Biomarker 7 CERNET: China’s First 100 Gb Internet Backbone 8 Tsinghua Faculty Explore Secrets of PM2.5 8 Two Patents Win First Prize in Invention Patent Awards 9

Social Links Tsinghua x-lab Education Platform Attracts Hundreds of Projects 9 3D Printer Company Registered by Students 10 10th Anniversary of Education Poverty Alleviation Project 10

International Cooperation & Exchange XIN Center Inaugurated with TAU 11 Editor-in-chief: Zhang Yi Cooperation on UV Disinfection 12 Executive Editor: Song Peijing International Design Management Symposium 12 Editors: Lin Yuan, Fang Dandan, Global Finance Forum at Tsinghua 12 Guo Jing, Liu Qingling, Joint Center for Innovation and Intellectual Property 13 John Olbrich, Larry Neild Photographers: Yu Zhifei, Yuan Xihui, Education Outlook Shi Jiadong, Wang Haoran Universities to Establish Academic Committees 13 Designer: Zhang Jianqiang Contact: Office of Overseas Promotion, Tsinghua University E-mail: [email protected] Previous issues of the Tsinghua Newsletter can be found on the website at © 2014 Tsinghua University. All Rights Reserved. http://news.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/newsen/7160 News & Events

News & Events

Tsinghua Online Courses ‘XuetangX’ Welcomed by Public

More than 170,000 registered users have and students. Students are able to test Antiques and Culture are continuing been attracted to the online learning their study results on ‘XuetangX’ with to be updated this semester. Financial website, ‘XuetangX’ since its launch in related exercises after they have learned Analysis and Decision Making, College October 2013. The website currently from the course videos. They can Physics, Linear System Theory, Organic offers over 160 courses. communicate with other students and Chemistry and four other courses are Tsinghua University launched their lecturers in an online community now open for new registrations. the website to provide “massive open just as in a real class. The new form of online courses” from Tsinghua, Peking courses gives the public the opportunity University, Massachusetts Institute of to study conveniently, as they can learn Technology, the University of California, everywhere and at any time. Berkeley and other universities. All the The courses now cover social courses are offered free of charge. sciences, engineering, natural science, ‘XuetangX’ is already playing arts, and management. All the an important role in popularizing courses are meticulously produced by higher education. It is different from different groups of faculty members. traditional web courses in China with Principles of Electric Circuits, Chinese more interaction between lecturers Architectural History and Chinese ‘XuetangX’ website

Thirteen More Faculty Members and Alumni Elected to CAS and CAE

Thirteen more faculty members and Institute for Advanced Study were Ouyang Qi, Wu Lixin, Fang Daining, alumni of Tsinghua University have elected foreign members of CAS, and Gao Deli were elected CAS been elected members of the Chinese which brings the total number of CAS members, while He You, Ouyang Academy of Sciences (CAS) and members at Tsinghua to 43. Xiaoping, Hu Chunhong, and Xiao Chinese Academy of Engineering(CAE). Professor You Zheng from the Xuwen were among the newly elected Professor Shi Yigong from the Department of Precision Instrument CAE members. School of Life Sciences and Professor and Professor Nie Jianguo from the CAS and CAE both elect new Qiu Yong from the Department of Department of Civil Engineering were members once every two years. In 2013, Chemistry were elected members of elected members of CAE, taking the CAS inducted 53 Chinese scientists and CAS. Chair Professor Michael S. total number of CAE members working nine foreign scientists as new members, Waterman from the School of at Tsinghua to 34. while CAE inducted 51 Chinese and six Information Science and Technology There were also five alumni elected foreign members. and Shoucheng Zhang from Tsinghua’s to CAS and four to CAE. Xiang Tao,

Horse Zodiac Stamps Designed by Tsinghua Alumni and Faculty

A postage stamp featuring a Horse more than 2,300 retail outlets in China has the forcefulness and grandeur of the Zodiac designed by Tsinghua alumnus with sales reaching 800,000 sets. Han and Tang dynasties. The design of Chen Shaohua was officially unveiled to Chen Shaohua, who graduated from the stamp drew on the characteristics the public as China’s Year of the Horse the Academy of Arts and Design in of the tricolor-glazed pottery of the arrived. The stamp was available in 1982, said the basic style of the design Tang Dynasty. In the design, Chen

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Hongwei and his graduate student Hao Wangshu, are also from the Academy of Arts and Design at Tsinghua. The inspiration of the design came from bronze chariots and horses in the Chinese Han Dynasty. The theme of this stamp is ‘everything goes well Chen Shaohua and his Horse Zodiac postage stamp Professor Wang Hongwei and his Horse Zodiac stamp for 2014 immediately’. The horse New Year’s postcards featured on the stamp is presents the horse’s power and strength The special stamp with a face value considered festive, and symbolizes by employing geometrical figures. of RMB 1.2, was part of the 11th set wealth and luck in traditional Chinese Instead of a galloping horse, a carefree (Year of the Horse) of China Post’s third culture. The decorations and textures all and elegant white horse appears in round of its release of the Zodiac Series express the wish to ‘make a fortune or Chen’s design. In Chen’s eyes, it is of stamps. Chen previously created sets have happiness and luck immediately’. the embodiment of China and Chinese of Zodiac stamps for the Year of the The circular and cloud patterns in people. It’s the national spirit. Monkey (2004), Pig (2007), Ox (2009) the background signify an integrated The stamp also features patterns of and Dragon (2012). harmony of heaven and earth, with bats and peonies, which best express Another Horse Zodiac Stamp, the hope it will bring a new era in the the meaning of a blessed and auspicious created specially for 2014 New Year’s upcoming Year of the Horse. Year of the Horse in traditional Chinese postcards, was also released by China culture. Post. Its designers, Professor Wang

Professor Shi Yigong Wins Yi Siling Sets New World Gregori Aminoff Prize Record in Rifle Finals

Dr. Shi Yigong, Dean of Tsinghua’s the key regulatory components in Yi Siling, an undergraduate from Tsinghua’s School of Life Sciences, has been the apoptotic pathways and other School of Economics and Management, awarded the Gregori Aminoff Prize important cellular processes, the won the gold medal and set a new air rifle in Crystallography 2014 “for his structural biology of important world record in the 2013 ISSF (International groundbreaking crystallographic membrane proteins and the structural Shooting Sport Federation) World Cup Finals in studies of proteins and protein mechanisms of macromolecular , , on November 10th, 2013. complexes that regulate programmed machineries. In the contest Yi Siling set a new world cell death”. record with 422.5 circles in the Women’s 10m air The award ceremony was held rifle finals. She had previously broken the world in Stockholm on March 31st, 2014 record in the 2012 world shooting championships. at the Annual Meeting of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Dr. Shi Yigong studied Biology and Mathematics at Tsinghua from 1985 to 1989 and was awarded a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, in 1995. His research interests include the structural biology of cancer, with a focus on Professor Shi Yigong

Yi Siling (center) wins Gold, Ivana Maksimovic from Serbia (left) wins Silver and (right) from China wins Bronze medals

2 News & Events UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks Awarded Honorary Doctorate

Nicholas Dirks, Chancellor of a speech entitled “Global the University of California, Universities: A New Model for Berkeley, has been awarded an Collaboration”. He spoke highly Honorary Doctorate by Tsinghua of the collaboration between the University. two universities and outlined Tsinghua President Chen UC Berkeley’s development and Jining conferred the Honorary transformations. Doctorate on Chancellor Dirks at President Chen Jining and a ceremony on April 21st, 2014 Chancellor Nicholas Dirks also and reviewed the collaboration signed an addendum to the and academic exchanges between Tsinghua-UC Berkeley Strategic Tsinghua and UC Berkeley since Partnership Agreement sealed 1979. Tsinghua President Chen Jining (right) confers an Honorary in 2012 to broaden the scope of Chancellor Dirks delivered Doctorate on Nicholas Dirks their collaboration.

China Pavilion for Milan Expo 2015 Designed by Tsinghua

A competition to choose a winning Elements like rice and wheat from of ‘Heaven, Earth and Human Beings’, design for the China Pavilion at next Chinese traditional agrarian cultures are fully integrated with traditional Chinese year’s World Expo in Milan was won by incorporated in the design. Bamboo has architectural structures and forms, as Tsinghua’s Academy of Arts and Design. been chosen as the material for the roof, well as applying modern technology. AAD worked alongside Studio Link-Arc showing an image of China, as well as The overall design of the China to jointly conceive their China Pavilion. being cost-effective. Pavilion was finished in April 2014, Their winning proposal stood out from It is the first time China has with construction underway from June 14 finalists to win the final bid, with the participated in an overseas Expo with an in Milan, . The China Pavilion result announced on March 31st, 2014. independent design. The 4590-square- opens when the Milan World Expo 2015 In accordance with the theme of meter structure will be the second starts its six months run from May 1st the Milan Expo, ‘Feeding the Planet – largest national pavilion at World Expo until October 31st. Energy for Life’, involving agriculture, 2015. It conveys the core design concept food, food culture and food safety, the China pavilion developed a theme Architectural rendering of the China Pavilion for World Expo 2015 featuring a cloud floating over a ‘land of hope’. It comprises a field of crops with an overhead wave-like roof. The roof will create a sheltered public space incorporating the building’s exhibition program to create an iconic image for the Expo. The project embodies the theme in part through its undulating roof, derived by merging the profile of a city on the northern side with the profile of a landscape on the southern side. This expresses the idea that hope can be realized when nature and city exist in harmony.

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Student Education & Development

Internationalization-themed iTalk Show Held

Tsinghua’s iTalk show, on the theme Board of the Royal Schools of Music, Apart from iTalk, “Friday Talk” of internationalization, was held at the shared her own understanding and and “Top Talk” are a series of campus university on May 24th. Six speakers interpretation of music. Xu Jiru, a law activities organized by the Graduate Union were invited to make speeches aimed at school student with an offer of a place at to cultivate international competence inspiring Tsinghua students to go out into Harvard University, delivered a speech for students. Friday Talk is a regular the world and achieve more. entitled ‘speak, travel and reflect’. In English academic salon while Top Talk is Yu Feng, a top grade scholarship addition, Sir Anthony Leggett, the winner a platform for students to communicate Ph.D. candidate winner from the of the 2003 Nobel Prize for Physics, with highly-esteemed academicians. At Department of Psychology, gave a also attended the show and shared his Tsinghua the cultivation of international speech on ‘the death of moral education’. experiences. competence for students is made up Wang Zhanshuo, a gold medal winner of This was the fourth session of of two parts - on campus and overseas Tsinghua’s Social Practice Prize, shared Tsinghua’s iTalk, English - language talk experience. The ultimate goal is to enable his experience as a teaching assistant shows hosted by the university’s Graduate students to contribute to society, together in Africa. Chris P. Tostado, a Mexican Union. iTalk - catchphrase I Talk to the with other talent from across the world. American student, spoke about becoming World - aims to provide a cultural exchange messenger using his a platform for Tsinghua own experiences in China. Roger Olesen, students to present their who has taught in the Department of own unique personalities Foreign Languages and Literatures for ten and images from their years, talked about his own understanding various fields such as of choice and life. Li Xiaolu, the first science and research, student to be offered a chance to study on culture, public service a postgraduate course with the Associated and art.

The First Tsinghua President’s Innovation Challenge Competition

After a five-month preparation period and the first Tsinghua President’s Innovation 3D printer, ‘YOUERYUN’ family and rounds of competition, the top 10 teams of Challenge Competition were finalized on kindergarten interaction platform and the May 25th. high-performance scanning tunneling Xiao Pengfei, Wang Tongzhou microscope project. In addition the and Wu Yuanquan won the gold ‘Shecare’ pregnancy-aided project also award of RMB 100,000 for their received the ‘best popularity’ award. ‘Neatrition’ new material project. The competition was held by The aerogel insulation material Tsinghua’s x-lab, the university- and the ‘Shecare’ pregnancy-aided based education platform, co-built projects both won silver awards of by 14 of its schools and departments RMB 50,000. Bronze awards of to foster creativity, innovation and RMB 20,000 went to the other seven entrepreneurship. The ‘Neatrition’ innovation team award, from left, Xiong teams, including the ‘Yishuodian’ Zhang Wei, director of x-lab, said Xiaoge from IDG Capital, President Chen Jining, Xiao English program, AOD intelligent the Tsinghua President’s Innovation Pengfei, Chen Hong from HINA Group, Wang Tongzhou and Wu Yuanquan

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Challenge Competition is the university’s only annual competitive activity on real innovative and entrepreneurial programs open to all Tsinghua faculty members, students and alumni. Its goal is to discover, cultivate and enhance entrepreneurial leadership among students, enabling them to take responsibility for solving problems in social development by guiding them to pay more attention to international, transformative and innovative entrepreneurial programs. A total of 125 innovation teams competed in the competition, which commenced on December 13th, 2013.

President Chen Jining and other participants making an X-sign for Tsinghua x-lab

100-plus Student Innovation Projects

More than 100 innovative projects have were founded in 2009 as part of the ‘Ultra of Precision Instrument, and his team. It can been completed by 12 Tsinghua student Future’ initiative. With names such as produce three-dimensional images through innovation groups as part of a university ‘Future Aircraft’, ‘Future Healthcare’, the rotation of an illuminated object. The program known as ‘Ultra-Future’. A total ‘Future Communication’, and ‘Future first batch of the products to reach the of 20 patents have been granted, with 70 Robots’, the 12 teams consist of more marketplace have already sold out. innovation projects currently in progress. than 500 students from all departments Tsinghua provides various support The first batch of innovation groups and grade levels in Tsinghua. They have for the inventive students, including focused on projects such as using intelligent the provision of workspace, funding systems on the management of dormitories, and guidance. The teams have also had developing the ‘Internet of Things’ for the opportunity to attend international the university network, renovating sports invention exhibitions, or visit and study in grounds through virtual reality technology, well-known organizations and enterprises. inventing an intelligent pillow for a better About half of the team members have sleep, wireless car charging, and a pilot- applied for patents, published academic free four-rotor aircraft, plus numerous papers, or won technology awards. similar inventions. The pilot-free four-rotor aircraft designed by ‘Future Aircraft’, was used to take panoramic view photos of the Tsinghua campus from a height of 200 meters. Some of the inventions and technologies have moved from the lab into the marketplace. The ‘Cube of Light’ is

A photo taken from pilot-free four-rotor aircraft at an invention by Yan Bin, a graduate a height of 200 meters student from Tsinghua’s Department Three-dimensional images produced by the ‘Cube of Light’

Tsinghua Top Grade Scholarships Awarded

Ten undergraduates and ten graduates Grade Scholarships at a ceremony held on The undergraduate winners are Huang have been awarded 2013 Tsinghua Top December 20th, 2013. Cheng from the School of Economics

5 Tsinghua Newsletter (Issue 25) May 2014 and Management, Ji Zhe from the Department of Chemistry, Ren Dongsheng from the Department of Automotive Engineering, Sun Hongfeng from the Academy of Arts and Design, Sun Qili from the Department of Civil Engineering, Wu Jiajun from the Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Yang Yuanchen from the School of Humanities, Zhai Shang from the School of Architecture, The 2013 Top Grade Scholarship winners and their supervising professors Zhang Guowei from the Department of Feng from the School of Social Sciences, recommendation, review, preliminary Electronic Engineering, and Zhao Huakai Zhang Rufan and Zhang Tongbao from assessment and a selection competition from the Department of Computer Science the Department of Chemical Engineering. consisting of a self-introduction, and Technology. Among them, Hamidreza Arandiyan, presentation and a question and answer The graduate winners are Feng a Ph.D. candidate from Iran, is the session. The competition aims to promote Xiao from the Department of Physics, first international student to win the the overall development of students and Hamidreza Arandiyan from the scholarship. to cultivate more talent for society by School of Environment, Li Guoxuan The Tsinghua Top Grade Scholarship, commending those who excel in an all- and Li Jinjin from the Department of worth RMB 15,000 to each winner, was round way, or who have made outstanding Mechanical Engineering, Tian He from established in 1989, and is regarded contributions, or those who have special the Department of Microelectronics and as the most competitive and highest strengths in specific fields. At present there Nanoelectronics, Wu Yu’en and Xu Jun academic honor that students can be are 166 scholarship programs at Tsinghua. from the Department of Chemistry, Yu awarded. The selection procedures include

Research & Achievements

Fifteen More National Science & Technology Awards

Fifteen research projects from Tsinghua on January 10th, 2014. projects led by Tsinghua faculties are: have won 2013 National Science and The successes include five State Research on the Physics Basis of Technology Awards. The prizes were Natural Science Awards (SNSA), five Quantum Communication and Quantum awarded at a ceremony held in Beijing State Technological Invention Awards Algorithms, led by Professor Long (STIA), and five State Scientific Guilu from the Department of Physics. and Technological Progress Awards Serial Studies on High- (SSTPA). Performance FEM Based on Professor Zhang Jianmin and his Generalized Conforming and New team from the Department of Hydraulic Natural Coordinate Methods and Engineering won the only first prize for Analysis of Structures, led by Professor State Technological Invention Awards LongYuqiu from the Department of (General Category) for their research Civil Engineering. on the Development and Application of The four projects to win second New Large-scale Structure-soil Interface prizes in STIA are: Test Systems. Vehicle Intelligent Safety Two second SNSA prize-winning Technologies and their Applications Professor Zhang Jianmin

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Based on Driving Environment The Radiation Imaging Innovative By the end of 2013, Tsinghua had Recognition and Coordinated Control, Research Team of Tsinghua University, received 471 national awards for science led by Professor Li Keqiang from the led by Professor Kang Kejun, won and technology, the highest number Department of Automotive Engineering, a State Scientific and Technological among China’s universities. 4over6 Transition Technologies Progress Award (Innovative Team). The and Applications for the Next- special awards Generation Internet, led by Professor were initiated in Wu Jianping from the Department of 2012 to promote Computer Science and Technology, collaboration A District Heating Technology and innovation. Based on Absorption Heat Exchange, Only three led by Professor Fu Lin from the School awards are of Architecture, given out every Marine Gyro with its Manu- year. facturing Technology, led by Professor Gao Zhongyu from the Department of Precision Instrument. Professor Kang Kejun (middle) and his research team

Plasma Hsp90α: A Novel Tumor Biomarker

A research team led by Professor Luo ubiquitous molecular chaperone with Detection Kit for plasma Hsp90α can Yongzhang from Tsinghua’s School the function of stabilizing its client be used for disease monitoring and of Life Sciences has made a major proteins in their active states. It is one of efficacy evaluation” said Professor Luo. breakthrough in the battle against the most abundant proteins in eukaryotic “Compared with other traditional means cancer with their discovery of a novel cells, which accounts for about 1-2% of of tumor detection, the tumor biomarker tumor biomarker, known as plasma heat total intracellular proteins. Due to its key detection is more convenient and much shock protein 90α or Hsp90α for short. role in modulating signal transductions, less expensive.” Collaborating with Protgen Co., Ltd., a especially in tumor cells, Hsp90α has The clinical trials were led by Quantitative Detection Kit for plasma become a potential therapeutic target in Professor Shi Yuankai, Vice President Hsp90α has been developed, which has cancer therapy. of the Cancer Hospital of CAMS, who been authorized with the Certificate of Professor Luo’s team first reported said: “Clinical trials on lung cancer Class III (top class) Medical Devices by in 2009 the regulatory mechanism of patients showed that the accuracy rate China Food and Drug Administration Hsp90α secretion, and predicted that of the Quantitative Detection Kit for (CFDA) and the European Union secreted Hsp90α would be an effective Plasma Hsp90α is higher than two other CE and ISO13485 certifications, target in cancer therapy. In their research traditional lung cancer detection agents. respectively, after the completion paper they reported that “the correlation The changes of Hsp90α levels correlate of clinical trials carried out in eight between the levels of plasma Hsp90α well with the therapeutic efficacy. This hospitals. with tumor malignancy indicates that could help physicians to customize Hsp90α is an essential and it may not only be a promising marker specific medical treatment for their for diagnosis of malignant tumors, but patients.” also a potential index for prognosis of Professor Luo’s team also found metastasis.” out that Hsp90α is sensitive to a wide Based on their findings, they variety of cancers. Clinical trials on developed the Quantitative Detection other cancers, including liver cancer, Kit for Plasma Hsp90α and carried out breast cancer, and colorectal cancer, the clinical trials with a total enrollment have almost been finished. of 2,347 cases conducted among Fu Yan, an assistant professor of eight hospitals, including the Cancer Luo's team said, "The discovery of this Hospital of the Chinese Academy of new biomarker, plasma Hsp90α, offers a Professor Luo Yongzhang Medical Sciences. “The Quantitative new option for doctors and patients.”

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CERNET: China’s First 100 Gb Internet Backbone

The world’s largest 100 gigabit 100 Gb CERNET, with a transmission speed, but also provides better security academic Internet backbone, China distance of 22,000 kilometers, covers 34 services. Professor Li Xing, Deputy Education and Research Network cities across the country. Director of CERNET, explained that (CERNET), successfully passed its The aggregate bandwidth of the with the 100 Gb network, it takes performance evaluation at Tsinghua CERNET 100 Gb transport network has only 0.2 of a second to download a 2 University on December 31st, 2013. a capacity of 4Tbps. It can offer more Gb file, 10 times faster than a 10 Gb CERNET is China’s first 100 Gb than 1Gbps Internet connections to over network. Internet backbone. 2,000 universities. China Education and Research The project, CERNET Backbone Professor Wu Jianping, Chair of Network is a national academic Network and Key Discipline Tsinghua’s Department of Computer computer network managed by the Information Service System Upgrade Science and Technology and Director Ministry of Education and operated and Expansion Project, was launched of CERNET’s experts committee, by universities including Tsinghua. in September 2011. A total of 38 said that the CERNET’s 100 Gb Over 2,000 universities and schools are universities participate in the project led Internet backbone outperforms current connected to CERNET. by Tsinghua University. The finished networks not only in capacity and

Tsinghua Faculty Explore Secrets of PM2.5

One of the by-products of China’s contribution of PM2.5 to PM10, and POM is 15% to 53%, which is lowest economic development, environmental a high ratio of secondary species in at the Changbai Mountain and highest pollution - and especially air pollution PM2.5. in Urumqi. The sum of POM and SNA - is becoming an increasingly daunting Professor He Kebin and his team constitutes 53% of PM2.5 in Beijing, threat to public health and the daily lives published the 1999-2010 Beijing PM2.5 the rest being crustal dust and other of people. City residents are familiar Air Quality Report based on their years unidentified or un-analyzed components. with a relatively new term PM2.5, or of observations. In the report they reveal Between 1999 and 2008 the percentage particulate matter with an aerodynamic that PM2.5 results from a combination of secondary species in PM2.5 has been diameter of 2.5 micrometers or less. of complicated sources, including growing. For example, the SNA (the These types of small particles, which are primary particulate matters directly sum of sulfate, nitrate and ammonium) 100 times thinner than a human hair, are emitted from pollution sources, and fraction in identified PM2.5 mass in considered to be more dangerous as they secondary particles formed from sulfur Beijing rose from 29% in 2002 to 36% can penetrate deeper into the lungs. dioxide, nitrogen oxides (NOX), volatile in 2007. Experts and researchers from organic compounds, and ammonia in the Results from long-term measurements Tsinghua’s School of Environment have atmosphere. conducted in Beijing suggest the ratio of been working hard to find solutions Generally, particulate organic PM2.5 to PM10 has tended to increase to China’s pollution issues. Professor matter (POM) Hao Jining, a member of the Chinese and SNA are the Academy of Engineering, said, “China’s major components air pollution is a combination of several in PM2.5. Both factors. It combines not only different are significantly pollutants from sources such as coal influenced by combustion, petroleum, and vehicle emissions and emissions, but also other factors.” The atmospheric other factors that need to be considered oxidation activity. In are demographic, meteorological, China’s eastern area, as well as social and economic SNA is the dominant development. component in PM2.5, Three basic characteristics of accounting for 40% PM, or Particulate Matter, in China to 57%, while the Professor Hao Jining (second right), Professor He Kebin (second left) and are high PM2.5 concentrations, a high contribution of other researchers

8 Social Links during the last decade. density of particulate Ting from Tsinghua’s School of Life For most cities in China, matters, the airborne Sciences examined the composition of especially the eastern cities microbes in the air also microbes in PM2.5. They found that with heavier pollution, it is raise concerns. Are there although there are more than 1,300 even more difficult to control any dangerous microbes species of microbes, most of them are PM2.5 pollution than PM10 floating in the air? To not pathogenic. Only a very few of the pollution. answer the question, a microbes may cause respiratory diseases Apart from the high team led by Professor Zhu or allergy. Professor Zhu Ting

Two Patents Win First Prize in Beijing Invention Patent Awards

breathing Portable Power Source’ invented by researchers from the Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, and ‘Method and Apparatus for Recognizing Substance’ co-invented by faculties from the Department of Engineering Physics and Nuctech Company Limited. Self Air-breathing Portable Power Source The Beijing Invention Patent Awards, Two patents from Tsinghua University founded in 2008, are the first specialized won first prizes at the Third Beijing provincial Awards in China. This year’s Invention Patent Awards Ceremony held 36 winning projects, including one The comparison between single-energy grayscale on May 15th, 2014. special prize and five first prizes, were image and dual-energy color image with the The two winning patents were ‘Self Air- selected from 182 projects. patented recognizing technology

Social Links

Tsinghua x-lab Education Platform Attracts Hundreds of Projects

Over 300 innovation and start-up project programs have attracted public interest, network resource and cultivation. It offers applications have been received since including innovative ventures such as the on-campus angel investment and business Tsinghua launched its x-lab education AOD 3D intelligent printer team, Yun advisory services via speed-up programs, platform in April 2013. Of over 53 on- Cheng Basal Body Temperature Expert start-up plans and also acts as a bridge site projects, 18 have already secured team, and the Endless Flow project team. between project teams and MBA students. capital investment. Phantom Smart, from which the team In January 2014, Tsinghua x-lab The new location of Tsinghua x-lab Intellectual Home Utility System evolved, signed a bond with InnoSpring at the is within the Tsinghua Science Park. was honored in February 2014 by the US Silicon Valley workstation. This center The design of the site was completed magazine Fast Company as one of ten will expose x-lab to Silicon Valley’s by faculty members and students of Chinese companies possessing the most rich innovation ecosystem, provide a Tsinghua’s School of Architecture. The global innovative abilities. base for Tsinghua researchers, students, intelligent service system for community As a university-based education and entrepreneurs and embed them management of the site was developed platform for fostering creativity, innovation into InnoSpring’s network of talent, by AlliStart Technology, one of the and entrepreneurship, Tsinghua x-lab focuses investment, and ideas. project teams supported by x-lab. on the development of talent pools for Other channels are also used to Many of the innovation and start-up innovation, centering on learning, activities, support and provide resources for

9 Tsinghua Newsletter (Issue 25) May 2014 the innovative teams, such as free campus industry training center, and departments across the university. It pro bono services, including creative at the Tsinghua Science Park site. The aims to provide services for students, activities, open days for entrepreneurial support extends to the exchange and alumni, faculty, and off-campus teams, entrepreneurial business training of entrepreneurial teams, and entrepreneur teams, through a variety of partner services, support from EiR provision of guidance and resources for measures to promote the proliferation (Entrepreneurs in Residence) and AiR business development with the help of of entrepreneurial activities and the (Angels in Residence). Also available Tsinghua alumni and cooperative partners. development of an entrepreneurial is the online platform of Tsinghua x-lab Tsinghua x-lab was initiated under ecosystem. The measures also cultivate (Tsinghua Entrepreneurship Website), the auspices of Tsinghua’s School the innovative qualities of students, and entrepreneurial learning and practice of Economics and Management foster the integration of resources across space, such as internships at the on- and links together 14 schools and various schools at Tsinghua University.

3D Printer Company Registered by Students the second and third generation 3D printers. The printer’s sprayer can achieve precision printing from 0.1 mm to 0.4 mm. Whether it is a mold of just one centimeter or a craft plate of 20 centimeters, it can be printed perfectly. Thanks to good quality and an economical price, Wang’s online shop had, by March 2014, sold more Wang Shidong with his products than 200 of the 3D printers. Nearly Wang Shidong, a postgraduate from started their entrepreneurial dreams in 100 third generation 3D printers were Tsinghua’s Department of Automotive July 2013. sold out in just 30 days.Their online Engineering, and four other students have The first generation of their 3D shop was ranked No.1 for sales, with established their own 3D printer company printer evolved in less than a month. It all customers giving high praise for on the campus. printed out a 5cm height octopus mold. their purchases. Wang, 25 years old, and his four Once satisfied with the performance of “We are now developing the fourth partners, registered their company in their 3D printer, Wang’s generation of 3D March 2014. They are operating their team opened an online shop. printers”, said Wang business from a 10 square meter studio A South American student Shidong. The latest at Tsinghua Science Park offered free studying in China became models will be equipped by the university in support of Tsinghua their first customer, buying with LED displays. x-lab education platform. Aiming at a 3D printer for RMB Future printers will developing 3D printers for ordinary 3,000. also employ stereo Chinese families with a low price and Since then, Wang’s team planographic printing of good quality, Wang and his partners has successfully developed technology.

10th Anniversary of Education Poverty Alleviation Project

Tsinghua University’s Education estimated at over 2,000 credit hours per for integrating society’s resources and Poverty Alleviation Project, initiated in year. In 2013 alone, about 210,000 people diversified patterns of talent training. 2003, has trained more than 1.7 million received training courses through the project. Several of the project’s programs people in its first ten years. The project’s ultimate goal is to were initiated by Tsinghua students. By January 2014 the project had help eliminate poverty by spreading The Tsinghua Postgraduate Student established more than 3,600 distance knowledge. In the past ten years, the Voluntary Teaching Program, founded learning centers at county schools and project has not only built a platform in 1998, has sent about 240 volunteers education organizations around China. to alleviate poverty in many areas of to help with teaching in rural areas The project provides various free courses, China, but has also become a platform of Henan, Gansu, Shanxi, Hubei,

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More than 300 members have so far resources. People who have undertaken created several influential activities, training through the project include local such as the program for ‘delivering officials, primary and middle school love through computers’. Through teachers and students, medical and health the program, 232 computers have been personnel, technicians and farmers. donated to nine primary schools in poverty-stricken areas. It built several computer labs and offered Map of Tsinghua University education-aiding-the- computer training in schools. poor modern long-distance learning centers Aiming at benefiting poverty- and Qinghai provinces, and the Tibet stricken areas of China, Autonomous Region. The program Tsinghua’s Education Poverty is currently hosting several one-year Alleviation Project was voluntary service initiatives in various founded to provide people in locations. In 2006, Tsinghua students underdeveloped areas with the launched the Education Poverty opportunity to access high- Alleviation Commonweal Association. quality educational and training Volunteer students deliver a lecture

International Cooperation & Exchange

XIN Center Inaugurated with TAU

Tsinghua University President Chen to fostering the next generation of Chen Jining also met Israeli Prime Jining and Joseph Klafter, President of innovative talent. Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mayor Tel Aviv University (TAU), have signed Professor Zheng Quanshui, of Tel Aviv-Yafo Ron Huldai, Founder an agreement and officially inaugurated Director of Center for Nano and Micro and Managing Partner of the Infinity the joint XIN Center. The signing Mechanics at Tsinghua will serve as the Group Amir Gal-Or, Chairman and ceremony took place in Tel Aviv on founding Director of the XIN Center. CEO of Rainbow Medical Efi Cohen May 20th in the presence of Madame Professor Yael Hanein, Director of Arazi and other representatives from Liu Yandong, Vice Premier of the State Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at various circles of Israel, seeking their Council of China. TAU, will serve as the Co-Director. support for the XIN Center and future The XIN Center, a joint innovative During his stay in Israel, President cooperation with Tsinghua University. education and research center between Tsinghua and TAU to be based at Tsinghua with a branch at TAU, is designed as an international hub for cross-disciplinary scientific and technological innovation. The aim is to boost global innovation by joining hands with top scholars, innovators, and entrepreneurs from around the world. The center is being established in response to challenges facing humanity in sustainable development. It is oriented to tackle global challenges in science and technology and is committed Agreement signing and inauguration of XIN Center, from right, President Chen Jining, China’s Vice Premier Madame Liu Yandong, and President Joseph Klafter

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Cooperation on UV Disinfection

Tsinghua’s School of Environment will together carry out a three-year Trojan Technologies have promoted the renewed its five-year cooperation project cooperative project initiated by China’s research and application of ultraviolet with Canada-based Trojan Technologies Ministry of Science and Technology and disinfection technology. They jointly on March 11th, 2014. the Government of Ontario, Canada, worked on China’s first municipal The two sides will work together on looking at the evaluation and control drinking water plant UV disinfection both basic theory and application research of biological risk of drinking water in project in Tianjin. Two other water into drinking water ultraviolet disinfection Beijing related to the South to North plants in Beijing which will use source technologies. The project will also provide Water Diversion Project. water from the South to North Water internship opportunities for students. Since the first cooperation agree- Diversion Project have also employed Both the university and the company ment was signed in 2006, Tsinghua and their UV disinfection technology.

International Design Management Symposium

The 2013 Tsinghua International Design Management Symposium was held on December 1st and 2nd at Tsinghua’s Graduate School at Shenzhen in China’s Guangdong Province. Over 350 experts, designers, businesspeople, as well as students and faculty members from 18 countries and regions participated in the event. The theme of the Symposium was 'Design-Driven Business Innovation'. Focused around the theme, eight keynote forums and eight workshops were presented. Two keynote lectures were delivered Topics of the eight workshops the China (Shenzhen) International by Mr. Paul Gardien, Vice President of concerned strategies for growth through Industrial Design Festival 2013 and the Philips Design and Mr. Jeffrey Swystun, design-driven innovation, new business Shenzhen Industrial Design Exposition Global Branding & Marketing Executive opportunities, auto design management, were also held. of DDB Worldwide. Six other speakers SMEs design management innovation The biennial Symposium was first from China, the UK, and the US also & 3D printing technology, design held by Tsinghua in 2009. It is one of dilevered speeches on innovation assistance, user experience design mode, the most important design management management, China’s industry, user service design, and users’ insights. conferences focusing on industry and research, service design and related topics. Alongside the Symposium, academy research and exchange.

Global Finance Forum at Tsinghua

The first Tsinghua PBCSF Global ‘comprehensive and deepening’ reforms activities including two plenary Finance Forum was held between May in financial market regulation, the theme sessions, five themed-forums and a 10th and 12th at Tsinghua. Madame of the forum was ‘Reform: The New whole day academic conference were Wu Xiaoling, Dean of PBC School of Odyssey for Development’. Its aim was held. The topics of the forum were Finance, Tsinghua University, and Mr. Li to promote international communication concerned with China’s financial policy, Jiange, Chairman of Shenyin&Wanguo focusing on ways of reviving China’s the establishment and development of Securities Co., Ltd. were Presidents of ‘growth dividend’ and how to enhance a multi-level capital market, E-finance, the Forum. financial stability globally. liberalizing capital accounts, global Against the background of China’s During the three days, various capital flow and financial risk control,

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finance, governance and succession of renowned academic institutions, the family businesses and related topics. International Monetary Fund and the About 3,000 people participated in Federal Reserve System of the US. the three-day event, including officials Participants from both academic from the People’s Bank of China, China institutions and financial organizations Banking Regulatory Commission, China shared their experiences, findings, Securities Regulatory Commission and thoughts openly on issues such and China Insurance Regulatory as banking regulations, financial risk Commission, leaders of China’s major management, and the benefits and risks VC/PE investment and financing, asset financial institutions, authoritative associated with international capital and wealth management, real estate international experts from world- flow.

Joint Center for Innovation and Intellectual Property

The Tsinghua University-Microsoft Joint intellectual property litigation procedures management committee, while Professor Research Center for Innovation and and innovation policies. It will promote Wang Zhenmin, Dean of Tsinghua’s School of Intellectual Property has been unveiled cross-industry and cross-field research as Law, is Director of the Joint Research Center. at Tsinghua. well as case studies on The Center will foster in-depth study sample international on areas such as innovation policy support practices. and intellectual property rights protection. Following the It also looks to provide policy support launch of the center at and proposals for China’s development of Tsinghua on October a sustainable innovation mechanism as 28th, 2013, Tsinghua well as a more comprehensive long-term Vice President Xie intellectual property protection system. Weihe has been The Center’s research will also cover appointed Director Unveiling Ceremony of the Tsinghua-Microsoft Joint Research Center for patent systems, software copyright protection, of the center’s Innovation and Intellectual Property

Education Outlook

Universities to Establish Academic Committees

China’s Ministry of Education has the establishment of new majors, the already had such committees established implemented a new regulation requiring criteria for hiring faculty members and for a long time. Tsinghua University all universities to set up Academic appraisals of academic research. established its committee in 1972 and Committees. The regulation became The regulation requires college Peking University in 1979. Tsinghua effective in March 2014. academic committees to have at least University’s academic committee has According to the regulation, all 15 members from different disciplines. five groups, namely a discipline planning universities are required to set up Half of committee memberships should group, an ethics group, a scientific Academic Committees to function as be non-administrative professors from research group, a teaching group, and an an independent and supreme academic different specialties. Only one quarter of academic communications group. institution on campus. The committees the members can also hold administrative With the establishment of academic will have the right to supervise, evaluate, positions. A definite ratio of young teachers committees, academic power can be separated, and make suggestions and decisions is also required on each committee. enabling better cooperation with adminis- on academic affairs. This will include Some universities in China have trative authorities within Chinese Universities.

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Graduation Exhibitions, Academy of Arts and Design

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