Recently, the first volume of Yangtze River Civilization Studies, China’s first large-scale comprehensive journal dedicated to Yangtze River civilization research, was officially published by Wuhan University Press. The publication of this volume marks the establishment of the first authoritative academic platform in the field of Yangtze River civilization studies, representing a significant milestone ...

On the morning of November 24, 2025, Professor Shi Junqi, Distinguished Professor of the School of Management at Zhejiang University, was invited to deliver the 229th lecture of the Yangtze Forum at the School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University. His keynote speech, titled “The Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence Applications in Human Resource Management (HRM),” was co-hosted by Wuhan ...

On November 21, 2025, Dr. Jian Weiyan, Researcher and Assistant Dean of Peking University School of Public Health, was invited to deliver the 228th lecture of the Yangtze Forum at the School of Political Science and Public Administration, Wuhan University. The lecture, titled “International Experience and Domestic Practice in Smart Supervision of Medical Insurance,” was jointly organized by Wuhan ...

(Reporters: Chen Haodong, Qin Wei) Recently, the 2025 International Symposium on Social Simulation was held at Wuhan University. The conference, themed “Human–Machine Co-Evolution: Future Simulation of Intelligent Societies,” drew over 100 experts and scholars from 15 countries and regions including China, Canada, and Russia. Vice President Lu Wei attended the opening ceremony. He noted that artificial ...

(Reporter: Kang Xiaojing) On November 15, 2025, the Symposium on Rosa Luxemburg Studies and Publication, together with the Launch Ceremony for the Chinese Edition of The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg, was held at Wuhan University. More than 20 scholars from the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in Germany, Kozminski University in Poland, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing Normal University,...

(Correspondents: Chang Xiaoyufei and Meng Ying) On November 13, Wuhan University held a “Humanities & Social Sciences + Medicine” Interdisciplinary Salon as part of the 2025 Academic Service Month activities. The event was jointly organized by the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Tai-Kang School of Medicine (School of Basic Medical Sciences). More than 50 experts and scholars from ...

(Correspondents: Yu Shiyi and Zeng Zihan) On November 1, the 2nd Forum for Marketing Scientists and Marketing Engineers and the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Data and Market Research Committee of the China Marketing Association of Universities (CMAU) were held at Wuhan University. The event was hosted by CMAU and organized by the School of Economics and Management at Wuhan University, under the theme ...

(Correspondents: Tao Chengxu and Shui Diancheng) Recently, the 20th National Conference on Computer Simulation and Information Technology and the annual meeting of the Computer Simulation Subcommittee of the Chinese Society of Optimization, Overall Planning and Economic Mathematics were held at Wuhan University. The conference, themed “AI Large Models and Social Simulation Applications,” attracted ...

On November 8, Professor Du Debin, Director of the Division of Earth Sciences and Dean of the Institute for Global Innovation Studies at East China Normal University, member of the Management Division of the Ministry of Education Science and Technology Committee, and member of the “Future Earth” China Committee, delivered an academic lecture titled “The Theory and Practice of Global Science and ...

On November 7, Professor Ji Weidong, Senior Professor in the Humanities and Member of the University Council of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Dean of the China Institute for Socio-Legal Studies, and Director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence Governance and Law, delivered an academic lecture titled “Techno-Accelerationism and Artificial Intelligence Regulation” as the 513th Luojia Lecture ...

From October 31 to November 1, the 2025 Frontier Forum on Intelligent Media and Intelligent Marketing Communication and the 7th Academic Workshop on Intelligent Marketing Communication were successfully held at the School of Journalism and Communication, Wuhan University. The forum was jointly organized by the Committee on Media Economics and Management of the Chinese Association for History of Journalism ...

On November 1, Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences and Member of the Academic Division of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Professor Yang Kaizhong delivered an academic lecture titled “The Methodological Framework of New Spatial Economics” as a guest speaker of the 512th Luojia Lecture at Wuhan University. Professor Nie Jun, Dean of the School of Economics ...

(Correspondents: Gao Yuan, Lü Pusheng) On October 31, Wuhan University held the Seventh Luojia Think Tank Forum, focusing on “Exploring Pathways to Chinese-style Urban Modernization.” The event gathered renowned scholars from multiple universities. WHU Party Secretary Zhu Kongjun and Xu Yanguo, Party Secretary of the Hubei Academy of Social Sciences, delivered opening remarks. Vice President Lu Wei ...

(Correspondent: Li Xuan) The International Forum on Bamboo and Silk Manuscripts 2025 was recently held at the University of Chicago Francis and Rose Yuen Campus in Hong Kong. The event was jointly organized by the University of Chicago’s Creel Center for Chinese Paleography, the Wuhan University Research Center for Bamboo and Silk Manuscripts, and Hong Kong Baptist University’s Jao Tsung-I Academy ...

On the morning of October 17, Professor Yao Shujie, Director of the Li Anmin Institute of Economic Research at Liaoning University, delivered the 227th lecture of the Yangtze Forum at the School of Economics and Management, titled “AI Development and Great Power Competition.” The forum was jointly organized by Wuhan University, the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the School of Economics ...