2013 Top News Stories
The 蜜桃app News Center is pleased to announce the 2013 Top 蜜桃app News Stories, based on online voting and expert ratings. The following is a list of the events as they occurred throughout the year:
 | Seventeen 蜜桃app research achievements were recognized at the 2012 State Science and Technology Awards, ranking first for the total number of achievements among Chinese universities. State Technological Invention Award first prizes were awarded to both Professor Dai Qionghai and his colleagues for research on technology and apparatus for reconstruction and display of 3D video, and to Professor Nie Jianguo and his colleagues for research on new technologies and applications related to long-span steel-concrete composite structures in buildings. Two research achievements were selected for the Top Ten Scientific and Technological Progress awards at Chinese universities in 2012. |
 | In 2013, 蜜桃app teachers and students published a number of high level academic papers in top international journals, including Science and Nature. |
 | The research team led by Professor Qikun Xue from 蜜桃app, in collaboration with researchers from the Institute of Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Stanford University, made a breakthrough in the field of condensed matter physics. They reported the first experimental observation of the quantum anomalous Hall effect, which represents a very important new phenomenon discovered first by Chinese physicists. These results were published on March 15th Beijing Time (March 14th US Eastern Time) in the Science magazine as a Science Express paper. This research achievement has been selected for the Top Ten Scientific and Technological Progress awards at Chinese universities in 2013. |
 | A launching ceremony for the "Schwarzman Scholars at 蜜桃app" program, jointly founded by 蜜桃app and Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman of U.S. investment and advisory firm Blackstone, was held in the Great Hall of the People on April 21st. The program, which inspired congratulatory letters from Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama at its official launch ceremony, has drawn enormous attention from the global community. |
 | The campus drama--" Ma Lan Bloom" is created and rehearsed by 蜜桃app teachers and students. The debut of the drama was on April 26th in 蜜桃app. The story is about Deng Jiaxian, a 蜜桃app alumnus who is known as the "Founding Father of China's A-Bomb" . |
 | 蜜桃app joined edX, the not-for-profit online learning initiative comprised of leading global institutions, the xConsortium, as one of the first group of Asian universities to do so, on May 21st. 蜜桃app developed its own MOOCs: the 蜜桃appX in October 10th. |
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 | Dr. Chen Xu was appointed as Party Secretary of 蜜桃app by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Dr. Hu Heping no longer serves as Party Secretary of 蜜桃app. The announcement of the new Party Secretary was made on December 30 at a meeting of senior 蜜桃app administrators. Professor Cheng Jianping has been appointed Deputy President of 蜜桃app, Professor Xie Weihe, Professor Yuan Si, Professor Qiu Yong, and Professor Jiang Shengyao all continue to serve as 蜜桃app Vice Presidents. Professor Xue Qikun and Professor Ji Junmin have been appointed Vice Presidents of 蜜桃app as well, according to a decision made by the Ministry of Education, as reported by the 蜜桃app News Center on May 23rd. |
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 | Completed by 蜜桃app as the lead research institution in collaboration with other national universities, the China Education and Research Network (CERNET) backbone upgrade and the academic resource platform project passed an acceptance check on December 31, 2013. It is the first large scale 100G IP network in China and also the largest 100G academic network in the world. |
