The China Center launched its newly redesigned website on September 13.

Margaret Wong, a former Chinese language teacher at the Breck School and China Center Advisory Council member, has been awarded the University of Minnesota's Outstanding Achievement Award.

Dr. Ding Yi, who recently graduated from the University's College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM), is the first Chinese citizen to obtain a DVM from a U.S. university in 70 years!

Through a generous donation from Dr. Sping Lin and his late wife, Ying-Ngoh T. Lin, the China Center has established the Sping Lin and Ying-Ngoh T. Lin China Center Visiting Scholars Initiative.

Tianhong Cui, a professor in the University's Department of Mechanical Engineering and a China Center Advisory Council member, has been named a 2017 Distinguished McKnight University Professor.

Eric Jing, a 2005 Carlson Executive MBA-China Program (CHEMBA) graduate, became the first Chinese alumnus to offer a keynote address at the commencement of a University of Minnesota college.

Alumnus Dr. Heping Li (Post-doctoral Fellowship '01-'04, Faculty in Engineering Physics at Tsinghua University) won the Gold Medal at the 45th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva.

This April, six Chinese Olympic and world champion athletes and a coach celebrated their graduation from the China Champions Program (CCP) after completing an academic year of studies at the University's School of Kinesiology.

James McGregor, author and Greater China Chairman for APCO Worldwide

Chinese language learners from throughout the state gathered at the University of Minnesota for the first annual Minnesota Chinese Speech Contest on April 22, hosted by the Confucius Institute at the University of Minnesota.