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
• Chen-Bo Zhu – mathematician, president of Singapore Mathematical Society

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
• 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
• Shi Zhengrong – Founder & CEO of Suntech Power
• Pete Lau (Liu Zuohu) – Founder & CEO of OnePlus

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.