51 Notable alumni of
Zhejiang University
Updated:
Zhejiang University is 716th in the world, 148th in Asia, and 14th in China by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 51 notable alumni from Zhejiang University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
-
Sun Yang
- Occupations
- swimmer
- Biography
-
Sun Yang is a Chinese Olympic and world-record-holding competitive swimmer. In 2012, Sun became the first Chinese athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in men's swimming. Sun is the first male swimmer in history to earn Olympic and World Championship gold medals at every freestyle distance from 200 to 1500 metres. A three-time Olympic gold medalist and eleven-time world champion, he is the most decorated Chinese swimmer in history. In 2017, NBC Sports described him as "arguably the greatest freestyle swimmer of all time".
-
Chen Duxiu
- Occupations
- writerpoliticianprofessorphilosopherjournalist
- Biography
-
Chen Duxiu was a Chinese revolutionary socialist, educator, philosopher and author, who co-founded the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with Li Dazhao in 1921. From 1921 to 1927, he served as the Communist Party's first general secretary. Chen was a leading figure in both the Xinhai Revolution that overthrew the Qing dynasty and the May Fourth Movement for scientific and democratic developments in the early Republic of China. After his expulsion from the CCP in 1929, Chen was for a time the leader of China's Trotskyist movement.
-
Chien-Shiung Wu
- Occupations
- physicistnuclear physicistuniversity teacherscientist
- Biography
-
Chien-Shiung Wu was a Chinese-American particle and experimental physicist who made significant contributions in the fields of nuclear and particle physics. Wu worked on the Manhattan Project, where she helped develop the process for separating uranium into uranium-235 and uranium-238 isotopes by gaseous diffusion. She is best known for conducting the Wu experiment, which proved that parity is not conserved. This discovery resulted in her colleagues Tsung-Dao Lee and Chen-Ning Yang winning the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics, while Wu herself was awarded the inaugural Wolf Prize in Physics in 1978. Her expertise in experimental physics evoked comparisons to Marie Curie. Her nicknames include the "First Lady of Physics", the "Chinese Madame Curie" and the "Queen of Nuclear Research".
-
Tsung-Dao Lee
- Occupations
- university teacherphysicisttheoretical physicist
- Biography
-
Tsung-Dao Lee is a Chinese-American physicist, known for his work on parity violation, the Lee–Yang theorem, particle physics, relativistic heavy ion (RHIC) physics, nontopological solitons, and soliton stars. He was a university professor emeritus at Columbia University in New York City, where he taught from 1953 until his retirement in 2012.
-
Chen Yi
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary personnel
- Biography
-
Chen Yi was the chief executive and garrison commander of Taiwan Province after the Empire of Japan surrendered to the Republic of China. He acted on behalf of the Allied Powers to accept the Japanese Instrument of Surrender in Taipei Zhongshan Hall on October 25, 1945. He is considered to have mismanaged the tension between the Taiwanese and Mainland Chinese which resulted in the February 28 Incident in 1947, resulting in the deaths of 18,000 to 28,000 people, and was dismissed. In June 1948 he was appointed Chairman of Zhejiang Province, but was dismissed and arrested when his plan to surrender to the Chinese Communist Party was discovered. He was sentenced to death and executed by shooting in Taipei in 1950.
-
Ying Yong
- Occupations
- politicianjudge
- Biography
-
Ying Yong is a Chinese politician and lawyer who is currently serving as the Prosecutor-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
-
Ho Iat Seng
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
-
Ho Iat Seng is a Macau politician serving as the third and current chief executive of Macau since December 2019.
-
Yu Dafu
- Occupations
- writerpoet
- Biography
-
Yu Wen, better known by his courtesy name Yu Dafu was a modern Chinese short story writer and poet. He was one of the new literary group initiators, and this new literary group was named the Creation Society. His literary masterpieces include Chenlun (沈淪, Sinking), Chunfeng chenzui de wanshang (春風沈醉的晚上, Intoxicating Spring Nights), Guoqu (過去, The Past), Chuben (出奔, Flight) and so on. Yu Dafu's literary works' writing style and main themes profoundly influenced a group of young writers and formed a spectacular romantic trend in Chinese literature in the 1920s and 1930s. He died in the Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies, likely executed.
-
Wu Guanzhong
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
-
Wu Guanzhong was a contemporary Chinese painter widely recognized as a founder of modern Chinese painting. He is considered to be one of the greatest contemporary Chinese painters. Wu's artworks display both Western and Eastern influences, such as the Western style of Fauvism and the Eastern style of Chinese calligraphy. Wu painted various aspects of China, including its architecture, plants, animals, people, as well as many of its landscapes and waterscapes, in a style reminiscent of the impressionist painters of the early 1900s. He was also a writer on contemporary Chinese art.
-
Hu Qiaomu
- Occupations
- journalistpoliticianphilosophersociologist
- Biography
-
Hu Qiaomu was a Chinese sociologist, Marxist philosopher and politician.
-
Wu Han
- Occupations
- historianpoliticianwriter
- Biography
-
Wu Han was a Chinese historian and politician. Wu was one of the most important historians in the development of modern historical scholarship in China during the 1930s and 1940s.
-
Wang Youcai
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
-
Wang Youcai is a Chinese dissident and was one of the prominent student leaders in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. At the time he was graduate student at the Peking University, he was arrested in 1989 and sentenced to four years in 1991 for "conspiring to overthrow the Government of China".
-
Ding Zhongli
- Occupations
- politiciangeologist
- Biography
-
Ding Zhongli is a Chinese geologist and officeholder, who is the chairman of the China Democratic League and a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
-
Xie Zhenye
- Occupations
- sprinterathletics competitor
- Biography
-
Xie Zhenye is a Chinese sprinter. He is the current Asian record holder of the 200 metres with a time of 19.88 seconds. In 2018, Xie ran a personal best of 9.97 seconds in the 100 metres, making him the second Chinese sprinter to record a time below the 10-second barrier, after his compatriot Su Bingtian. Xie represented China at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics where he became the first Chinese athlete to have ever qualified for a semi-final of men's 200 metres at any Summer Olympic Games. In 2023, in the absence of his injured compatriot Su Bingtian, Xie became the 2022 Asian Games champion in the 100 metres event, with a time of 9.97 seconds.
-
Chen Wei
- Enrolled in Zhejiang University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- military personnelepidemiologist
- Biography
-
Chen Wei is a Chinese epidemiologist and virologist specializing in biodefense, and is currently working as a researcher and doctoral advisor at the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, and is an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). In September 2021, The Globe and Mail reported that Chen is also a major general in China's People's Liberation Army.
-
Jiang Yuyuan
- Occupations
- artistic gymnast
- Biography
-
Jiang Yuyuan is a retired Chinese gymnast. She is the 2008 Chinese all-around senior National Champion and a member of the gold medal-winning People's Republic of China team for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Jiang was a member of the silver medal-winning Chinese team at the 2007 World Championships, the bronze medal-winning member at the 2010 World Championships and 2011 World Championships, and the all-around gold medalist at the 2007 Good Luck Beijing Olympic test event. In 2010, she replaced Cheng Fei as the captain of the Chinese national team (due to Fei's leg injury). She won a silver medal in the all-around competition at the 2010 World Championships, which is the highest position that a Chinese woman has ever placed in the all-around competition at a world or Olympic championship.
-
Kang Keqing
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
-
Kang Keqing was a politician of the People's Republic of China, and the wife of Zhu De until his death in 1976.
-
Kwon Ki-ok
- Occupations
- aviation pioneermilitary aviatoraviation writer
- Biography
-
Kwon Ki-ok was the first Korean female aviator, as well as one of the first female pilots in China. Her name in Chinese is Quan Jiyu. Kwon went into exile in China during the Japanese occupation of Korea and became a lieutenant colonel in the Republic of China Air Force. She returned home after the liberation of Korea and became a founding member of the Republic of Korea Air Force.
-
Huang Fu
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
-
Huang Fu was a general and politician in early Republic of China.
-
Zhao Jiuzhang
- Occupations
- meteorologistphysicist
- Biography
-
Zhao Jiuzhang, also known as Jeou Jang Jaw, was a Chinese meteorologist and physicist. He was a pioneer of Chinese space technology and is considered as a founding father of China's satellite program.
-
Jiang Menglin
- Occupations
- politicianacademic administrator
- Biography
-
Jiang Menglin, also known as Chiang Monlin, was a Chinese educator, writer, and politician. Between 1919 and 1927, he also served as the President of Peking University. He later became the president of National Chekiang University. In the early 1950s, he was head of the Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction in Taiwan.
-
Xia Yan
- Occupations
- film directorplaywrightwriterpoliticiantranslator
- Biography
-
Xia Yan was a Chinese playwright and screenwriter, and China's Deputy Minister of Culture between 1954 and 1965.
-
J.G. Teng
- Enrolled in Zhejiang University
- 1979-1983 graduated with Bachelor of Engineering in civil engineering
- Occupations
- structural engineeracademic
- Biography
-
Teng Jin-guang is a Chinese engineer and educator, currently serving as the president of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University since July 1, 2019. Previously he served as the vice-president of Southern University of Science and Technology.
-
Shi Zhengrong
- Occupations
- businesspersonentrepreneur
- Biography
-
Shi Zhengrong is a Chinese-Australian businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and, up to March 2013, chairman and chief executive officer of Suntech Power.
-
Zhou Zuyi
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
-
Zhou Zuyi is a Chinese politician who is the current Communist Party Secretary of Fujian and previously served as Minister of Human Resources and Social Security. He is a member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
-
Lu Yongxiang
- Occupations
- politicianengineer
- Biography
-
Lu Yongxiang is a Chinese mechanical engineer and politician. He served as President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress.
-
Chang Shuhong
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
-
Chang Shuhong was a Chinese painter known as the "guardian of Dunhuang" for his crucial role in documenting, preserving, and publicizing the ancient artworks at the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, China.
-
Gu Chaohao
- Occupations
- translatormathematicianfaculty membernon-fiction writer
- Biography
-
Gu Chaohao was a Chinese mathematician. He graduated from National Chekiang University (Zhejiang University) in 1948, and received a doctorate in physics and mathematical science from Moscow University in 1959. He was primarily engaged in research on partial differential equations, differential geometry, solitons, and mathematical physics. He served as vice president of Fudan University and from 1988 to 1993 as president of the University of Science and Technology of China. In 1980, he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received the Highest Science and Technology Award in 2009.
-
Hu Weiwei
- Occupations
- chief executive officerjournalistentrepreneur
- Biography
-
Hu Weiwei is a Chinese journalist and businesswoman. She is a co-founder of bicycle-sharing company Mobike.
-
Xu Shoushang
- Years
- 1883-1948 (aged 65)
- Occupations
- literary criticpoet
- Biography
-
Xu Shoushang was a Chinese writer.
-
Yang Huanming
- Occupations
- geneticist
- Biography
-
Yang Huanming is a Chinese biologist, businessman and one of China's leading genetics researchers. He is Chairman and co-founder of the Beijing Genomics Institute, formerly of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was elected as member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2007, a foreign academician of Indian National Science Academy in 2009, a member of the German National Academy of Sciences in 2012, and foreign associate of the US National Academy of Science in 2014.
-
T. Tony Cai
- Occupations
- statisticianmathematician
- Biography
-
Tianwen Tony Cai is a Chinese statistician. He is the Daniel H. Silberberg Professor of Statistics and Vice Dean at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is also professor of Applied Math & Computational Science Graduate Group, and associate scholar at the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. In 2008 Tony Cai was awarded the COPSS Presidents' Award.
-
Shao Piaoping
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
-
Shao Piaoping was a journalist, author, and political activist in China during the early 20th century. He was originally named Jingqing (鏡清), and later renamed himself Zhenqing (振青).
-
Xie Xuren
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
-
Xie Xuren is a Chinese politician, serving since 2013 as the Chair of the National Council for Social Security Fund. Previously he served as Minister of Finance of People's Republic of China, and Director-General of the State Administration of Taxation. He was also a member of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
-
Hu Ning
- Occupations
- physicisttheoretical physicistnuclear physicistprofessor
- Biography
-
Hu Ning was a Chinese physicist and writer.
-
Ye Peijian
- Occupations
- aerospace engineerengineer
- Biography
-
Ye Peijian is a Chinese aerospace engineer. He is the Chief Commander and Chief Designer of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program.
-
Lizhen Ji
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- university teachermathematician
- Biography
-
Lizhen Ji, is a Chinese-American mathematician. He is a professor of mathematics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
-
Ye Duzheng
- Occupations
- politicianmeteorologist
- Biography
-
Ye Duzheng was a Chinese meteorologist and academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
-
He Yafei
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
-
He Yafei is a Chinese diplomat who was vice-minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2009.
-
Guoping Feng
- Occupations
- university teacherneuroscientist
- Biography
-
Guoping Feng is a Chinese-American neuroscientist. He is the Poitras Professor of Neuroscience at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT and member of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at Broad Institute. He is most notable for studying the synaptic mechanisms underlying psychiatric disease. In addition to developing many genetic-based imaging tools for the study of molecular mechanisms in the brain, he has generated and characterized rodent models of obsessive-compulsive disorder, autism spectrum disorders, and schizophrenia. Feng has also shown that some autism-like behaviors can be corrected in adult mice by manipulating the expression of the SHANK3 gene.
-
Xie Chuntao
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
-
Xie Chuntao is a Chinese writer and politician currently serving as vice president of the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party.
-
Wang Jianzhou
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 76)
- Occupations
- businesspersonentrepreneur
- Biography
-
Wang Jianzhou, is Chinese business executive. His roles included being the former Chairman of China Mobile.
-
Sha Wenhan
- Occupations
- politicianhistorian
- Biography
-
Sha Wenhan, was a Chinese historian, revolutionary, educator and politician. He served as Governor of Zhejiang Province and President of Zhejiang University.
-
Eva Lüdi Kong
- Occupations
- sinologisttranslator
- Biography
-
Eva Lüdi Kong is a Swiss sinologist, translator, and cultural mediator.
-
Ho Ping-sung
- Years
- 1890-1946 (aged 56)
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
-
Ho Ping-sung, (1890–1946), was a Chinese historian.
-
Hu Jimin
- Occupations
- physicistnuclear physicist
- Biography
-
Hu Jimin was a Chinese nuclear physicist, plasma physicist and educator.
-
Shao Xianghua
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
-
Shao Xianghua, was a Chinese materials engineer and metallurgist. He was considered as a pioneer of modern Chinese metallurgical engineering.
-
Xinyu Zhang
- Occupations
- human rights activistengineer
- Biography
-
Xinyu Zhang is a Chinese computer software engineer. He was a teacher at Inner Mongolia Normal University. He served as a leader of the CIMS Research Office of the Guangzhou City Productivity Center, general manager of the He-Yi Digital Technology Co., Ltd. Tianjin, led foreign experts in computer science of Ningbo University of Technology and Chairman of the NinBo Tian Mei Technology Co.. He was involved in December 1986 China democracy movement and June 4, 1989 China democracy movement.
-
Guozhen Lu
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
-
Guozhen Lu is a professor of mathematics at the University of Connecticut. He is known for his contributions to harmonic analysis, geometric analysis, and partial differential equations.
-
Yu Mao-Hong
- Years
- 1934-.. (age 90)
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
-
Yu Mao-Hong is a Chinese engineer and a university professor. He is noted for his research on the strength hypotheses and yield surfaces of isotropic materials. His unified strength theory (UST) has found acceptance as generalized classical strength theory. It contains the following nonparametric strength theories and criteria:
-
Wei Zheng
- Enrolled in Zhejiang University
- Studied in 1977
- Occupations
- pharmacistpharmacologist
- Biography
-
Wei Zheng is an American pharmaceutical scientist and toxicologist. He is currently the Head of the School of Health Sciences at Purdue University.
