In 2020, China ramped up a national initiative, known as the National Silver-Age Teacher Action Plan, to encourage retired teachers to return to the classroom as part of broader steps to narrow regional gaps in education. This initiative also strives to make better use of an aging society.Since the launch of this initiative, 17 retired teachers from ECNU have volunteered to supplement the teach...

In 2020, China expanded a national initiative, known as the National Silver-Age Teacher Action Plan. As part of broader steps to narrow regional gaps in education, this initiative also strives to make better use of an aging society by encouraging retired teachers to return to the classroom.Since the launch of this initiative, 17 retired teachers from ECNU have volunteered to supplement the teac...

In 2020, China ramped up a national initiative, known as the National Silver-Age Teacher Action Plan, to encourage retired teachers to return to the classroom as part of broader steps to narrow regional gaps in education. This initiative also strives to make better use of an aging society.Since the launch of this initiative, 17 retired teachers from ECNU have volunteered to supplement the teach...

 Starting from scratch,  the “Chishui Youth Choir” was formed within a mere three days. Several pieces of music were rehearsed to a relatively polished state, as excellent music educational resources were shared with both students and teachers from Chishui. This summer, the Guizhou division of ECNU’s School of Music, as part of the “Education for Dreams” initiative, accomplished a “seemin...

On July 1st a group of undergraduate students from ECNU, led by Prof. Wang Xiangmin, embarked on an 11-day field investigation in Liuba County of Shaanxi Province.  The experience offered was part of the summer course program “Researching China” offered by the School of Political Science and International Relations.During the course, the students had the opportunity to visit local households,...

The mailbox of the ECNU President received a letter of appreciation from Song Jie, an alumna of the Class of 2004 of the School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering. In the letter, Song remarked about the experience of learning at ECNU: “Though my dream was small, I find it becoming more achievable with the help of so many teachers from ECNU.  The students can also feel the power of educatio...

The State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University has recently launched the "Delta Database" as part of the "Mega-Delta Programme" of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). This marks the first batch of open data under the programme, and users can now access and download data through the Mega-Delta Database webs...

Using mobile phones to “scan” instead of using a traditional manual recording machine has led to more studies on advanced electronic locks. These studies have achieved the whole-process monitoring of the containers’ logistics, embodied by the scientific innovation achievement of this electronic seal, as developed by Bao Qifan’s team at ECNU. It has consequently solved the “pain point” rev...

ECNU launched 70 programs on the first day of the new year to help impoverished areas by raising the quality of their education. The move is part of ECNU’s 70th anniversary celebrations this year.The...