Lingfeng Hill

The Lingfeng or Lingfeng Hill , is a hill located in , Zhejiang Province, People's republic of China.

Introduction

It's partially located both in the Yuquan Campus, Zhejiang University, and the Botanical Garden, and is very close to the famous West Lake.

''Ling'' here means ''clever/smart'', and ''feng'' means ''peak'' in Chinese. The hill is very famous for its plum blossoms in the early spring, so there's a phrase namely ''Lingfeng Tanmei'' , which literally means ''exploring the plum blossoms on Lingfeng Hill ''.　

The Zhejiang Institute of Modern Physics, a research institute for theoretical physics, is just located on the beautiful hill.

Laohe Hill

The Laohe Hill or Laoheshan , is a renowned hill located in , Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China.

Introduction

It's located on the northwest corner of the famous West Lake and also in the Yuquan Campus, Zhejiang University. It has an altitude of 156 meters, and is covered by forests. 1936, on the foot of the hill, a very large neolithic site was discovered , so it's also a very famous historic site of Hangzhou.

It's also a literature topic often appears in many essays or poems by the people who have visited Hangzhou and climbed on it.

Journal of Zhejiang University

Journal of Zhejiang University , is a journal series published by the Zhejiang University Press.

Introduction

It's the university journal of the Zhejiang University, and one of the top university journals in the People's Republic of China. It's also one of the most comprehensive university journals in China.

The journal has six branches and cover the fields of science, engineering, medicine, humanities and social sciences.

Structure

Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE
*http://www.zju.edu.cn/jzus
Journal of Zhejiang University
*http://www.journals.zju.edu.cn/eng
Journal of Zhejiang University
*http://www.journals.zju.edu.cn/agr
Journal of Zhejiang University
*http://www.journals.zju.edu.cn/sci
Journal of Zhejiang University
*http://www.journals.zju.edu.cn/med/index.htm
Journal of Zhejiang University (Humanities & Social Sciences
*http://www.journals.zju.edu.cn/soc/
Journal of Zhejiang University
*http://www.zju.edu.cn/jzus/index.php

James D. Watson Institute of Genome Sciences, Zhejiang University

James D. Watson Institute of Genome Sciences , is a research institute of . It's located in , Zhejiang Province, and belongs to Zhejiang University in the People's Republic of China.

Introduction

The institute was named after the DNA structure co-discoverer Dr. James D. Watson. The institute was founded on October 6, 2003, when Jame D. Watson visited China, and it was also in the year of the fiftieth anniversary of the great discovery. Dr. Watson also wrote the title for the institute.

The institute was consulted from the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, where Dr. Watson was the president. It's located in the Zhijiang Campus, Zhejiang University, close to the Qiantang River and has a very beautiful landscape.

The institute mainly offers , currently there're about 80 and PhD candidates. At present, the scientist Yang Huangming is the acting director of the institute.

Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University

Institute of Insect Sciences , is a research institute of the Zhejiang University, People's Republic of China.

Introduction

The institute is located in the Huajiachi Campus, Zhejiang University.

The institute mainly pays attention on the entomology and its applications, especially in the agricultural aspects. It currently holds the national key program of the ''Agricultural Entomology and Pest Control''.

The institute also offers postgraduate educations on entomology and agricultural sciences. Currently there're about 50 and 55 PhD candidates working in the institute. It has 17 full professors and more other support staffs and researchers.

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Hubin Campus, Zhejiang University

Hubin Campus , was a defunct urban campus of the Zhejiang University.

Introduction

The campus was just aside the West Lake. ''Hu '' means ''lake'' in Chinese, and stands for the West Lake; ''bin '' means ''bank'' or ''shore''; so it's a lakeside campus. The campus was previous Zhejiang Medical University before 1998. 1998, the Zhejiang Medical University was merged into the Zhejiang University, and then became its medical school. Its main teaching building once was one of the tallest building in the , and was regarded as one of the landmarks around the West Lake. The campus was just in the central downtown of Hangzhou, and was just along its most famous shopping street - the Yan'an Road .

The campus also owned clinic departments and a hospital of 2960 beds. It was one of the centers for the medical training and research in Zhejiang Province. It had one State Key Laboratory, directed directly by the , ; one State Key Laboratory directed by the State Pharmaceutical Administration Bureau, PRC; and three Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratories. It had a library of half million collection, specilized on medical and pharmaceutical sciences.

According to the Hangzhou civic plan, the campus was sold to the Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts at a price of 2.46 Chinese Yuan. The teaching buildings were torn down by explosions. The land of the campus was planned to buid a luxurious hotel.

Huajiachi Campus, Zhejiang University

Huajiachi Campus , is a major campus of Zhejiang University.

Introduction

The campus owns a famous lake named ''Huajiachi'', which is the second largest lake in Hangzhou after the West Lake. ''Hua '' is a common Chinese surname, and ''jia '' means ''family'' in ; so ''Huajia'' implies that this place probably belonged to the Hua Family in the ancient time. ''Chi '' stands for ''lake''. And the campus is just named after the lake.

Before 1998, it was the campus of the Zhejiang Agricultural University . In 1998, the university was merged into the Zhejiang University. In fact, before 1953, the ZAU was an agriculture Sschool of the Zhejiang University, so it was a kind of rejoining, the same as the previous Hangzhou University, Zhejiang Medical University. etc.

The campus owns a total surface of 1484 '''', with a constructional area of 0.3 million m². It owns a botanical garden, which is the first one in modern China's history.