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Peking University (PKU) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction. It is also a member in the C9 League.

Established as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898 by a royal charter from the Guangxu Emperor, it is the second oldest university in China after Tianjin University (established in 1895). In May 1912, the government of the Republic of China ordered the Imperial University of Peking to be renamed Peking University. Then Peking University merged with Yenching University during the nationwide restructuring of universities and academic departments in 1952. In April 2000, the Beijing Medical University merged with the Peking University.<ref name="ABOUT-PKU HISTORY"> Template:Cite web</ref>

Peking University has six faculties, namely Humanities, Social Sciences, Economics and Management, Science, Information Technology and Engineering, as well as Health Science. It consists of 55 schools and departments, 60 research entities, and ten affiliated hospitals.<ref name="ABOUT-PKU HISTORY"/> By 2017, Peking University's staff include 76 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and 25 members of the World Academy of Sciences.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

History

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The plaque of the Imperial University of Peking.

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Establishment

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Following China's defeat in the Sino-Japanese War, intellectuals – including Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, and Yan Fu – called for reforms to the country's education system. In June 1896, Minister Li Duanfen proposed to create a university in the capital. On 11 June 1898, the Guangxu Emperor, as part of the Hundred Days' Reform, authorised the creation of the Imperial University of Peking<ref name="pu_earlyyears">Template:Cite web</ref> (Template:Zh).<ref name="pu_beginning"/> The Imperial University was formally established on 3 July 1898 when the emperor approved the royal charter written by Liang. Minister Sun Jianai was charged with the implementation. IUP served as the country's foremost institute for higher learning, but also as its highest educational authority.<ref name="pu_earlyyears"/> William Alexander Parsons Martin was appointed as the first president.<ref name="pu_beginning"/> Most of the reforms were abolished when the conservative Empress Dowager Cixi seized power on 21 September. The university survived with altered objectives and reduced scope. It opened on 31 December with 160 students, instead of the planned 500.<ref name="pu_earlyyears"/>

Following the Xinhai Revolution, the Imperial University of Peking was renamed "Government University of Peking" in 1912 and then "National University of Peking" in 1919<ref name="pu_beginning">Template:Cite web</ref> (Template:Zh).

Early Republic of China period (1916–1927)

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The noted scholar Cai Yuanpei was appointed president on 4 January 1917, and helped transform Peking University into the country's largest institution of higher learning, with 14 departments and an enrollment of more than 2,000 students.Template:Cn President Cai, inspired by the German model of academic freedom, introduced faculty governance and democratic management to the university.Template:Cn Cai recruited an intellectually diverse faculty that included some of the most prominent figures in the progressive New Culture Movement, including Hu Shih, Liu Bannong, Ma Yinchu, Li Dazhao, Chen Duxiu, Lu Xun and Liang Shuming. Meanwhile, leading conservatives Gu Hongming and Huang Kan also taught at the university.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Failed verification A firm supporter for freedom of thought, Cai advocated for educational independence and resigned several times protesting the government's policy and interference.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>Template:Failed verification

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The faculty of Peking University Institute for Chinese Classics in 1924
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Peking University students protesting the Treaty of Versailles in the May Fourth Movement.

On 1 May 1919, some students of Peking University learned that the Treaty of Versailles would allow Japan to receive Germany's colonising rights in Shandong province. An assembly at Peking University that included these students and representatives from other universities in Beijing was quickly organised. On 4 May, students from thirteen universities marched to Tiananmen to protest the terms of Treaty of Versailles, demanded the Beiyang government to refuse to sign the treaty. Demonstrators also demanded the immediate resignation of three officials: Cao Rulin, Minister of the Ministry of Transportation, Zhang Zongxiang, China's Ambassador to Japan and Lu Zongyu, Minister of Currency, who they believed were in cooperation with Japanese. The protest ended up with some protesters being beaten and arrested, and Cao Rulin's house burned by protesters. Following the protest on 4 May, students, workers and merchants from nearly all China's major cities went on strike and boycotted Japanese goods in China. The Beiyang government eventually agreed to release the arrested students and fired the three officials under intense public pressure, China's representatives in Paris refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Failed verification

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Peking University's West Gate, one of the symbols of the university campus

During the Criticize Lin, Criticize Confucius campaign of 1973 to 1976, critique groups formed at Peking University and Tsinghua University disseminated commentaries under the pseudonym of "Liang Xiao."<ref name=":22">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Failed verification The pseudonym sounds like a person's name but is a homophone for "two schools."<ref name=":22" />Template:Failed verification

World War Two (1938-1946)

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During the Second World War, Peking University staff joined Tsinghua University and Nankai University staff in establishing the National Southwestern Associated University. Based in Kunming, Yunnan, this institution saw a period of high productivity that would shape the course of Chinese intellectual history and its reconstruction post-war.

21st century (2000–present)

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In October 2015, Peking University alumnus and Professor Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her discovery of artemisinin. Having saved millions of lives, artemisinin has made significant contributions to global health in regard to the fight against malaria.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

On 20 February 2017, the university officially signed a contract with the The Open University to establish the Oxford Campus of Peking University HSBC Business School, Peking University Oxford Center and Shenzhen Oxford Innovation Center.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On 29 June 2020, the Sino-Russian Mathematics Center was established.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Sino-Russian Mathematics Center is led by Peking University and Moscow State University, and jointly constructed by relevant domestic units and other Russian universities and research institutes such as St. Petersburg University, relying on the "Double First-class" construction alliance in mathematics.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On 2 April 2021, Peking University Nanchang Innovation Research Institute was inaugurated.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On 15 July 2021, Peking University School of Integrated CircuitsTemplate:Nbswas inaugurated.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On 6 September 2021, the new Changping campus of Peking University was officially opened, welcoming the first batch of teachers and students. On 30 September, Peking University Lanyuan Centre was officially launched.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> The first dean of Lanyuan Centre is Ke Yang, Professor of Peking University School of Clinical Oncology and a foreign academician of the American Academy of Medical Sciences. In October, Peking University officially announced the establishment of Peking University School of Computer Science,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> which means the computer major of Peking University was officially upgraded from a department to a school. Yang Fuqing,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, served as the honorary president.

In 2022, Peking University and Lancet established a commission on healthy aging in China.<ref name=":02">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp The Commission's purpose is to re-focus the debate on aging not just on the risks of China's aging population but on opportunities by "unleashing the intellectual and vocational capacities of the older population and the whole of Chinese society."<ref name=":02" />Template:Rp

In June 2022, the International University Sports Federation (FISU) released the first series of "Healthy Campus" list. Peking University, as the only Chinese university that has obtained platinum certification from the International University Sports Federation, participated in 4 projects and became the only representative from China among 130 projects worldwide.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Campus

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View of the central campus

The university campus is on the former site of Qing dynasty imperial gardens and it retains traditional Chinese-style landscaping, including traditional houses, gardens, pagodas, and notable historical buildings and structures. American architect and art historian Talbot Hamlin designed some of the university's buildings constructed during the 1919 to 1922 period.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> There are several gates that lead into campus — East, West and South gates, with the West Gate being the most well known for the painted murals on its ceiling. Weiming Lake is in the north of the campus and is surrounded by walking paths and small gardens. The university hosts many museums, such as the Museum of University History and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="dest">Template:Cite web</ref> Notable items in these museums include funerary objects that were excavated in Beijing and date back thousands of years from the graves of royals of the Warring States period. There are ritual pottery vessels as well as elaborate pieces of jewelry on display. There are also human bones set up in the traditional burial style of that period.<ref name="dest" />

Beyond its main campus, Peking University Health Science Center (PKUHSC) is on Xueyuan Road where the country's most distinguished colleges are, and is a fitting site for academics and research.

During the Third Front construction, Peking University opened a branch in Hanzhong, Shaanxi.<ref name=":9">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp

In 2001, Peking University's Shenzhen campus, the Shenzhen Graduate School, opened its doors. The campus is located in the northwest part of Shenzhen City.

Academics

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One of the administrative buildings with the huabiao

Peking University consists of 30 schools and 12 departments, with 125 majors for undergraduates, 2 majors for the second bachelor's degree, 282 programs for Master's degree candidates and 258 programs for doctoral candidates. In addition to basic research, the university also conducts applied research.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

At present, Peking University has 216 research institutions and research centres, including 2 national engineering research centers, 81 key national disciplines, and 12 national key laboratories. With 8 million holdings, the university library is the largest of its kind in Asia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Peking University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Emory University jointly administer the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Over the past century, some Peking University alumni have become presidents of other major Chinese universities, including former Tsinghua President Luo Jialun, Renmin University President Yuan Baohua, Zhejiang University President Qian Sanqiang, Fudan University President Zhang Zhirang, Nankai University President Teng Weizao, Chinese University of Science and Technology President Guan Weiyan and many others.<ref>Club Yahoo! Template:Dead link</ref>

Rankings and reputation

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Several rankings have placed Peking University among the top universities in mainland China.<ref name="sicas.cn">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":5">Template:Cite web</ref> In 2015, the Chinese University Alumni Association<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in partnership with China Education Center considered it first among all Chinese universities.<ref name="sicas.cn" />

Template:As of, Peking University was ranked the best in the Asia-Pacific and the 16th worldwide in terms of aggregate performance (THE+ARWU+QS) as reported by the Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The joint THE-QS World University Rankings 2005 & 2006 ranked Peking University 1st in the Asia & Oceania region and 14th in the world in 2006.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2014, the U.S. News & World Report ranked Peking University 39th in the world, 2nd in the Asia-Pacific and 1st in China.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Peking had topped the newly launched Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies since its inception in 2014.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The 2023 QS Rankings ranked Peking University 12th in the world and first in Asia.<ref name=":5" /><ref name="topuniasia"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:As of, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked Peking University 13th in the world, with its teaching and research environment indicators placed at 9th and 7th in the world respectively.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Peking University was also ranked 15th in the world and 1st in the Asia-Pacific in The Three University Missions Ranking.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Academic Ranking of World Universities, also known as the "Shanghai Ranking", placed Peking University 24th in the world and 2nd in the Asia-Pacific & China.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The U.S. News & World Report ranked Peking University 31st in the world, 4th in Asia and 2nd in China.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2017, an annual ranking of university graduates' employability, Peking University was ranked 11th in the world and 2nd in Asia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2019, the QS World University Rankings ranked the university as one of the world's top 20 universities for academic reputation where, it ranked 16 globally,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and top 10 in the world and first in the Asia-Pacific for employer reputation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Since 2017, Peking has been placed among the world's top 20 most reputable universities by the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings, where it ranked 11 globally in 2023.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Research Performance

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The 2020 CWTS Leiden Ranking ranked Peking University at 8th in the world based on their publications for the time period 2015–2018.<ref name=":3">Template:Cite web</ref> For the high quality of research in natural science and health science, Peking University ranked 6th among the leading institutions, and 4th among the leading universities globally in the Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders by Nature Research.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2023, it ranked 8th among the universities around the world by SCImago Institutions Rankings.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In November 2024, Clarivate Analytics ranked Peking University 12th in the world for the most Highly Cited Researchers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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List of schools

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Faculty of Sciences
School of Mathematical Sciences School of Physics College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering School of Life Sciences
College of Urban and Environmental Sciences School of Earth and Space Sciences School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Faculty of Information and Engineering
School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> College of Engineering Institute of Computer Science and Technology School of Software and Microelectronics
College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering National Engineering Research Center for Software Engineering* Wangxuan Institute of Computer Technology<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> School of Materials Science and Engineering
College of Future Technology
Faculty of Humanities
Department of Chinese Language and Literature* Department of History School of Archaeology and Museology Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
School of Foreign Languages School of Arts School of Chinese as a Second Language Academy of Opera
Faculty of Social Sciences
School of International Studies Law School Department of Information Management Department of Sociology
School of Government School of Marxism Graduate School of Education School of Journalism and Communication
Department of PE
Faculty of Economics and Management
School of Economics Guanghua School of Management Institute of Population Research National School of Development
Peking University Health Science Center
School of Basic Medical Sciences School of Pharmaceutical Sciences School of Public Health School of Nursing
School of Health Humanities School of Continuing Medical Education* Peking University First Hospital Peking University People's Hospital
Peking University Third Hospital Peking University Hospital of Stomatology Peking University Sixth Hospital Peking University Cancer Hospital
Peking University Shenzhen Hospital Peking University Shougang Hospital Peking University International Hospital<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Peking University BinHai Hospital
Interdisciplinary
Yuanpei College (undergraduate liberal arts) Yenching Academy Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies Institute of Molecular Medicine
The Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics Institute of Nuclear Sciences and Technology Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences
Shenzhen Graduate School
School of Electronic and Computer Engineering School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology School of Environment and Energy* School of Urban Planning and Design
School of Advanced Materials HSBC Business School School of Transnational Law School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Library

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On 24 October 2018, Peking University Library, the largest library among Asian universities, held the opening ceremony of the 120th anniversary at the Yingjie Overseas Exchange Center.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

National School of Development

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The National School of Development (formerly China Center for Economic Research) is ranked amongst the top five most influential think tanks in China.<ref name="english.pku.edu.cn">Template:Cite web</ref>

In 1998, Justin Yifu Lin et al. jointly founded the Beijing International MBA at Peking University (BiMBA),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> which is ranked among the top six MBA programs by Quacquarelli Symonds in its TopMBA ranking of the best MBA programs in Asia Pacific for the year 2014–2015.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> BiMBA has also been ranked as the second most valuable full-time MBA in China by Forbes (after CEIBS)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and among Asia's best business schools by Bloomberg Business.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Shenzhen Graduate School

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Peking University HSBC Business School at its Shenzhen campus.

Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School is a satellite campus of Peking University located in Shenzhen, Guangdong. It was founded in September 2001 in collaboration with the Shenzhen Municipal Government and is located in University Town of Shenzhen along with Tsinghua University Shenzhen International Graduate School and Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen) campus. Dr. Wen Hai, a renowned economist in China and the vice-president of Peking University is the present chancellor of PKU Shenzhen.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The graduate school houses several research schools including, Peking University HSBC Business School and Peking University School of Transnational Law.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On 29 August 2016, Peking University signed a strategic agreement with the Shenzhen Municipal Government to further develop its Shenzhen Graduate School, the university plans build a brand new campus near the existed graduate school and open undergraduate programs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

International cooperation

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The Langrun Garden, located in the north-eastern area of the university, is the home of the Beijing International MBA at Peking University

Every year, there are approximately 7,000 international students studying at Peking University.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Peking University offers dual degree programs at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels with the renowned Waseda University (早稲田大学) in Northeast Asia. It is one of the most engaged partners with Waseda, having established a strong cooperative relationship of the highest level. This partnership began with an academic agreement in 1982, enhancing dual degree programs and joint research initiatives since 2003. Under the PKU-Waseda project, each year, the university selects undergraduates to spend their third year studying at Waseda University in Japan, and then they return to Peking University for their fourth year. Simultaneously, Waseda University sends numerous students to Peking University as exchange students. Upon graduation, students receive two bachelor's degrees, one from each university. Additionally, joint master's student training programs and dual doctoral degree programs with Waseda University are also in operation. The comprehensive collaboration of offering dual degrees at all bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels, as seen in the Peking-Waseda partnership, is rare on a global scale.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The dormitories for international students at the main campus are located at Shaoyuan Garden (勺园) and Zhongguanyuan Global Village (中关新园). Its international students are made up of students from most countries in the world including most of Western Europe, North America, and South America, Asia, Australia and many countries in Africa. In 2005, Peking University and Cornell University signed an agreement formally establishing<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the China and Asia-Pacific Studies major<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> at Cornell, which requires students to spend a semester studying at Peking University while working at internships. In 2006, PKU launched a joint undergraduate program with Yale University<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="english" /> in which students will spend a semester overseas, living and studying together with the host institute's students.<ref name="english">Template:Cite web</ref> PKU's School of International Studies also launched joint degree programs with London School of Economics, Paris School of International Affairs,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Seoul National University, and the University of Tokyo. PKU also has a longstanding relationship with Stanford University which operates a joint research center and base for Stanford students and scholars at the Stanford Center at Peking University, located in the Lee Jung Sen Building.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Peking University HSBC Business School has joint degree programs with University of Hong Kong and Chinese University of Hong Kong. The university has maintained a partnership with the Freie Universität Berlin since 1981 and the Higher School of Economics since 2015, and in 2019, became a partner of Washington University in St. Louis through the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Global excellence strategy

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On the 121st founding anniversary, Peking University unveiled the "Global Excellence Strategy", an international blueprint aiming to enhance Peking University's global presence during the "Fourth Industrial Revolution". The "Global Excellence Strategy" aims to strengthen international cooperation, overcome development barriers, gather global resources, and stimulate collegial relationships. The Global Excellence Strategy is based upon the English word "CLOUDS", representing the "cloud era" of the "Fourth Industrial Revolution". Each letter stands for a corresponding word, namely creativity, leadership, openness, uniqueness, diversity and shaping.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Art research

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A performance of Kunqu at Peking University

Peking University has participated in many joint art-research projects, such as the Center for the Art of East Asia (CAEA) with the University of Chicago,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Department of Digital Art and Design with UNESCO.<ref>Culture: Peking University, Department of Digital Art and Design UNESCO.</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Notable people

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Statue of Cai Yuanpei on Peking University's campus

Notable alumni

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Notable alumni include the current chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and the third-ranking member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee Zhao Leji. Other alumni in politics include former premier of China Li Keqiang, former vice premier of China Hu Chunhua,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> former minister of Education, Chen Baosheng; current Chief Executive of Macao, Sam Hou Fai; former minister of Natural resources, Wang Guanghua; current Minister of the United Front Work Department, Shi Taifeng, former Governor of the Central Bank of China, Yi Gang, former Interpol-president, Meng Hongwei, and former minister of commerce and Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing, Bo Xilai.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Notable alumni in the sciences include Nobel laureate Tu Youyou, who for her work in discovering artemisinin and dihydroartemisinin used to treat malaria, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura;<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> nuclear physicists and contributors to Chinese nuclear weapons program Qian Sanqiang and Deng Jiaxian, and "father of the Chinese hydrogen bomb" physicist Yu Min, nuclear physicist Zhu Guangya, particle physicist and discoverer of the partial conservation of the axial current, Zhou Guangzhao; mathematician and MacArthur Fellow Yitang Zhang,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> neurosurgeon Wang Zhongcheng, pulmonologist and recipient of the Medal of the Republic, Zhong Nanshan,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and chief economist of the World Bank, Justin Yifu Lin.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Notable alumni in the humanities and arts include author Lu Xun, philosopher and essayist Hu Shih,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> polymath Lin Yutang, philosopher Liang Shuming, Qing-dynasty educator Gu Hongming, anthropologist Fei Xiaotong, translator Li Bulou, computer scientist Wang Xuan, and author Jin Yong.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Notable international alumni include emeritus professor and linguist Michael Halliday,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> author Julia Ebner,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and philosopher Professor Li Chenyang.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Notable alumni in business include co-founder and CEO of Baidu, billionaire Robin Li,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Other notable alumni include chess grandmaster, four-time Women's World Chess Champion, and Rhodes Scholar Hou Yifan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Notable academics and staff

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Peking University has benefited from the services of notable academics and staff. These include founder of the People's Republic of China Mao Zedong who worked as a library staff at the university, as first claimed in Edward Snow's Red Star Over China.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Although Mao audited classes while working at PKU, he was not a formally enrolled student and did not graduate from the university.

The university's second president was educator, politician, and revolutionary Cai Yuanpei, who was the first to bring European university concept to China after a stint at Free University of Berlin and fought for the school to be named "Beijing Daxue". Cai equally protected the freedom of expression of his staff and students, allowing a plethora of influential journals, including New Youth and New Tide. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Peking University students participated heavily in the May Fourth Movement, spurned and sometimes also held back by staff from the time.

More recently, the university has been home to influential economist Michael Pettis.

See also

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Further reading

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  • Lin, Xiaoqing Diana (2005). Peking University: Chinese Scholarship and Intellectuals, 1898–1937. State University of New York Press. Template:ISBN.
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