Both surrounded by water, New York and Shanghai tell a shared story of China-US cultural exchange.From the Huangpu River to the Hudson River, the two global cities continue to connect through culture, education and dialogue."From Shanghai to New York: A Century-Long Cultural Journey Inspiring New China-US Dialogue", a core session of the third season of "Bund: A Global Urban Humanities Dialogue...

The graduation ceremony for East China Normal University’s Class of 2026 took place on the morning of June 16 on the spacious lawn in front of the Minhang Campus Library. The ceremony was co-hosted by Professor Chen Qiqing from the State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, and Wang Letong, an undergraduate graduate of the Class of 2026 from the School of Communication.Academician...

A week-long workshop in Shanghai brings together scholars from different disciplines to explore how technologies, goods, beliefs and people have moved across one of the world’s most connected maritime regions.For centuries, the Indian Ocean has been more than a body of water separating continents. It has also been a corridor: a space where ships carried commodities, technologies, religious ide...

East China Normal University broke ground on its third campus in Shanghai's Lin-gang Special Area on Saturday, marking an expansion aimed at strengthening the institution's technological development and educational innovation.Ma Yugang, president of the university, said that the Lin-gang campus represents far more than geographic expansion. "It serves as our integration into national strategy a...

On a quiet afternoon in Shanghai, a visitor stands before a vast, swirling canvas. It feels like an ocean, a galaxy, a storm, all at once. The painting is not the work of a single artist, but of many hands and bodies, moving together through grief and emerging with something luminous. This is art therapy, and it is changing the way we understand ourselves.These works were created by ordinary pe...

East China Normal University (ECNU) in Shanghai and the University of Victoria in Canada celebrated the 45th anniversary of their higher education partnership on April 28.As the first officially documented overseas partner of ECNU, the partnership is regarded as a significant milestone in Sino-Canadian educational exchanges.Zeng Zhi, acting consul general of China in Vancouver, sent a congratul...

On April 8, the “Voices of the Future: China–U.S. Youth Education and Cultural Exchange Forum” was held at the Putuo campus of East China Normal University, co-organized with China Institute of America. Educators, students, and scholars from both countries gathered in Shanghai for a cross-cultural dialogue centered on youth, education, and the future.The forum coincided with two milestones: ...

Macau SAR, 7 April 2026 - The United Nations University (UNU), via the UNU Institute in Macau (UNU Macau), and East China Normal University (ECNU) have joined forces to establish the UNU Hub on AI-Finance at ECNU’s Shanghai AI-Finance School (SAIFS). Alongside the UNU Hub on Ethical and Responsible AI Development in Beijing, this milestone marks one of the first UNU Hubs in Mainland China, ref...

On the afternoon of Wednesday, April 1, a folk culture festival was held at the Cherry Blossom Path on East China Normal University’s Minhang Campus. More than 20 student clubs gathered to present a wonderful folk culture experience for teachers and students.At the event, teachers and students strolled along the Cherry Blossom Path, enjoying the flowers while experiencing traditional folk cust...