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On June 7, the Hydrogen Energy and Low Carbon Lanzhou Forum 2025 was held at Lanzhou University (LZU). Nearly 300 experts and scholars in the field convened at the forum and engaged in in-depth discussions on technological innovations and industrial development of the production, storage, transportation, refueling and utilization of green hydrogen energy. Together, they explored the prospects of energy transition and low-carbon, high-end industrial development. At the forum, the Hydrogen Energy...

During the 31st International Conference on Computational Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES),which was held in Changsha, Hunan Province from May 25 to 29, Prof. Zhou Youhe, Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dean of the Institute of Superconducting Mechanics at Lanzhou University(LZU)was presented with the “T.H.H.Pian Medal” for his pioneering contributions to the establishment of multi-field coupling mechanics of superconductors and magnets, as well as a closed wavelet num...

On the afternoon of May 19, Caroline Wilson, British Ambassador to China, and her colleagues visited Lanzhou University (LZU). MA Xiaojie, Party secretary of LZU met with the guests at the university' s Chengguan Campus. WANG Wei, vice-president of LZU also attended the meeting. After welcoming the delegation, MA offered an overview of LZU' s history, academic strengths, and international collaborations. He noted that the university has remained rooted in China' s western region since its founda...

To enhance its faculty and students' comprehension of global governance and broaden their international perspective, Lanzhou University invited Fabrizio Hochschild-Drummond, former Under Secretary-General of the UN to conduct academic events on the campus from May 12 to 13. Fabrizio engaged in in-depth dialogues with LZU teachers and students through thematic lectures and fireside talks on such topics as global governance mechanisms, sustainable development practices, and talent cultivation for ...

On the afternoon of May 12 at the Chengguan Campus, YANG Yongping, president of Lanzhou University (LZU) and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, met with the delegation led by Fabrizio Hochschild-Drummond, former deputy secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) and researcher at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. The two sides engaged in in-depth discussions on global governance, sustainable development, and the cultivation of young talents. Also present was ZHANG Ning,...

On the afternoon of May 13, Elwen Evans, chancellor of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD), ZHU Wei, vice-chancellor of UWTSD, and their colleagues visited Lanzhou University (LZU). MA Xiaojie, Party secretary of LZU, and YANG Yongping, president of LZU and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, met with the guests. WANG Wei, vice-president of LZU also attended the meeting. After welcoming the delegation, MA reviewed LZU’s recent strides in discipline construction,...

On the ancient Silk Road, Rewi Alley, a New Zealander, dedicated his life to bridging Eastern and Western civilizations. Today, along the modern “academic Silk Road,” another New Zealand scholar, Dr. Michael Webster, has planted the seeds of friendship between Lanzhou University and the University of Auckland with sincerity and vision. Through his tireless efforts, the spirit of “diversity and coexistence” has taken root and flourished in academic collaboration....

On March 30, the two-day 2025 National Race Walking Grand Prix Series-2nd, which doubled as both the Race Walking Individual Event and World Athletics Championship Trial, concluded at Luogang Park in Hefei, Anhui Province. Peng Li, a member of High-level Track and Field Team of Lanzhou University (LZU), claimed third place in women’s 35- kilometer race walk with a time of 2:45:21 meeting the qualification standard for Tokyo World Championship. Meanwhile, her teammate Du Shijian achieved a person...

Recently, a research team of Lanzhou University (LZU) has achieved a significant breakthrough in the field of adsorbent materials for uranium extraction from seawater. The team proposed a dynamic spatial coordination strategy that can simultaneously achieve precise identification (with a U/V ratio reaching 215) and highly efficient extraction (uranium adsorption capacity of 588.24 mg·g−1) of uranium in complex seawater systems, showing great potential for seawater uranium resource extraction. Th...

On the afternoon of March 13, the second performance of“Enjoy Sunshine and Youth:Schools and UniversitiesExchange Performance Eventof Gansu Province”in 2025, hosted by Gansu Provincial DepartmentofEducation,was heldat Chengguan Campus, Lanzhou University (LZU). Theeventwas asymphonic wind concertjointlyperformed by LZUSymphony Orchestra andOrchestra of Lanzhou No.14 Middle School. The performance started with Distant Peaks .The classic piece Ode to theMotherland ignited patriotic fervoramong the...