List of Zhejiang University alumni

Politics & government

• Chen Duxiu - the 1st CPC general secretary, 1st CPC chairman
• Xie Xuren - Minister of Finance, PRC
• Zhang Xinsheng - Vice-minister of Ministry of Education, PRC, vice-president of Chinese Olympic Committee
• Lu Yongxiang - NPC Vice-chairman, PRC
• Huang Fu - president, premier of ROC
• Hu Qiaomu - 1st president of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, president of Xinhua News Agency
• Wu Han - politician, vice-mayor of Beijing
• Sun Zhonghuan - Mayor of Hangzhou
• Dong Junshu - politician
• Huang Zhiquan - Governor of Jiangxi Province
• Zhu Yanfeng - vice-governor Jilin
• Zhang Mengjin - politician, vice-governor of Zhejiang
• Chen Mingde - general secretary and vice-president of CNDCA
• Jiang Menglin - president of Peking University and Zhejiang University; minister of education ROC, Chairman SAJCRR
• Chen Yi (Kuomintang) - politician, general
• Jiang Baili - general

Humanities & culture

• Chen Duxiu - communist philosopher, writer
• Hu Qiaomu - communist philosopher, writer
• Wu Han - historian, writer, playwright
• Song Xi - historian, president of Chinese Culture University
• Shao Piaoping - journalist, author, revolutionary
• Xia Yan - playwright, screenwriter
• Wang Xufeng - writer, tea researcher, Mao Dun Literature Prize winner (2000)
• Wu Guanzhong - painter, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres recipient 1991
• Yu Dafu - author, poet
• Chen Daqi - polymath, educator, politician
• Ho Ping-sung - historian, writer, educator; president of Jinan University
• Zheng Xiaocang - writer, educator, translator
• He Xie-hou - educator, president of Peking University.

Science & engineering

Mathematical sciences

• Chen Jiangong - mathematician
• Wang Yuan - mathematician, president of Chinese Mathematical Society
• Gu Chaohao - mathematician, president of USTC
• Hu Hesheng - mathematician, Noether Lecturer 2002
• Zhu Miaolong - mathematician, president of Qingdao University
• Chuan-Chih Hsiung - geometrician, founder of Journal of Differential Geometry
• Jian-Shu Li - mathematician, president of Hong Kong Mathematical Society
• Shi Zhongci - mathematician
• Xia Daoxing - mathematician
• Chung Tao Yang - topologist
• Yuan-Shih Chow - probabilist
• Lin Fanghua - mathematician, Bôcher Memorial Prize winner, 2002
• Huang Daren - mathematician, president of Sun Yat-sen University
• T. Tony Cai - statistician, COPSS Presidents' Award winner 2008
• Pengfei Guan - geometrician
• Xu-Jia Wang - mathematician, Australian Mathematical Society Medal winner 2002
• M. T. Cheng - mathematician
• Lizhen Ji - mathematician and writer
• Jia Rongqing - mathematician

Meteorology, geology, geography

• Ye Duzheng - meteorologist, State Preeminent Science and Technology Award recipient 2005
• Hsiao-Lan Kuo - meteorologist, Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal winner 1970
• Shi Yafeng - geologist, Father of Chinese Glaciology
• Song Xi - geographer
• Xie Xuejing - geochemist, AAG Gold Medal winner 2007
• Ding Zhongli - Vice-president of Chinese Academy of Science
• Chang Jen-Hu - geographer, educator

Physics, material science

• Shiyi Chen - physicist
• Cheng Kaijia - physicist
• He Xiantu - physicist
• Tsung-Dao Lee - physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (physics, 1957)
• Chien-Shiung Wu - physicist, Wolf Prize winner (physics, 1978)
• Zhao Jiuzhang - physicist, Father of Chinese Satellite
• Li Zhijian - physicist
• Shao Xianghua - metallurgist
• Guo Kexin - physicist, metallurgist, crystallographer, Father of Chinese Electron Microscopy
• Hu Ning - physicist, educator
• Xu Liangying - physicist, Andrei Sakharov Prize recipient 2008
• Hsin Pei Soh - physicist, educator
• Hu Jimin - physicist, educator

Chemistry, biomedical sciences, agricultural sciences

• Kwang-Chu Chao - chemist, chemical engineer
• Yang Guanghua - chemical engineer, President of China University of Petroleum
• Rui-Ming Xu - biophysicist
• Wang You - chemist, biochemist
• Xu Guangxian - chemist, president Chinese Chemical Society
• Huang Minlon - organic chemist, pharmaceutical scientist, Honorary-president of Chinese Pharmaceutical Association
• Kun-Liang Guan - biochemist, MacArthur Award winner 1998
• Yang Huanming - biologist
• Tao-Chiuh Hsu - biologist, the 13th president of American Society for Cell Biology
• Binghui Shen - radiobiologist
• Yang Fuyu - biochemist, biophysicist, Father of Chinese Membrane Biology
• Jiang Ximing - zoologist
• Chen Hang - botanist, horticulturist, The Veitch Memorial Medal winner 1990
• Yao Zhen - biologist, oncologist, the 1st President of Asian-Pacific Organization for Cell Biology
• Jin Guozhang - pharmacologist
• Wei Zheng - pharmaceutical scientist
• Qiu Fazu - surgeon, Bundesverdienstkreuz recipient 1985
• Zhu Zuxiang - agricultural scientist
• Jay Gan - agricultural & environmental scientist

Computer science

• Tao Yang
• Min Zhu

Engineering

• Lu Yongxiang - President of Chinese Academy of Science
• Pan Jiazheng - Vice-president of Chinese Academy of Engineering
• Pan Yunhe - Vice-president of Chinese Academy of Engineering
• Ye Peijian - Chief Commander and Designer of Chang'e 1
• Zhang Libin - roboticist, president of Zhejiang University of Technology
• Zhang Yulin - astronautic engineer, president of NUDT
• Zhu Zhaoxiang - 1st President of Ningbo University
• Du Qinghua - physicist, aeronautic and astronautic engineer
• Hu Haichang - Chairman of the Chinese Society of Vibrational Engineering
• Li Enliang - civil engineer
• Bin He - biomedical engineer
• Liangchi Zhang - mechanical engineer
• Han Zhenxiang - electrical engineer
• Wang Guosong - electrical engineer
• Hua Cai - electrical engineer
• Yu Mao-Hong - engineer

Economic & social sciences

• Teng Wei-Zao - economist, educator

Industry & business

• Min Zhu - co-founder and former president and Chief technical officer of WebEx
• Zhou Chengjian - founder and president of Metersbonwe Group
• Cha Chi Ming - industrialist, entrepreneur, philanthropist, Grand Bauhinia Medal winner 1997
• Duan Yongping - entrepreneur
• Bao Yueqiao - entrepreneur
• Zhu Yanfeng - president, First Automobile Works
• Zhang Zhixiang - steel magnate
• Lu Guanqiu - vehicle parts magnate
• Song Weiping - real estate tycoon
• Shi Yuzhu - entrepreneur
• Wang Jianzhou - Chairman and CEO of China Mobile
• Wang Tianpu - President of Sinopec
• Zhengrong Shi - Founder & CEO of Suntech Power

Sports

• Zhu Qinan - Shooter, 10 m Air Rifle olympic champion, 2004 Athens
• Zhou Suhong - Volleyball player, member of 2003 World Cup and 2004 Athens Olympic Games team champion.
• Sun Yang - Swimmer, 2010 Asian Games, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2013 World Aquatics Championships gold medalist, Olympic and world-record holder.