Wu Jianping, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Professor of the Department of Computer Science and Technology, and Yan Xuetong, one of the first Distinguished Professors of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Tsinghua University and Professor of the School of Social Sciences, was awarded the 9th Tsinghua University Award for Outstanding Contributions.
The Tsinghua University Award for Outstanding Contributions is a special award dedicated by Tsinghua University to people who have made outstanding contributions to the university’s development and talent cultivation. It is awarded every two years with no more than three recipients each time.