Shi, male, 1967, from Zhengzhou, Henan. 1985 was admitted to Tsinghua University. After graduation, he went to study in the United States and received a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University. He immediately returned to his alma mater, Tsinghua, and became the vice president of Tsinghua University in 2006. It's hard to imagine that Tsinghua's vice principal is willing to give up what he has achieved and set up another portal, claiming to surpass Tsinghua.

When the idea of West Lake University was conceived on 20 15, Shi was still the vice president of Tsinghua, and he didn't resign until the West Lake University was completed on 20 18.

Behind Shi's resignation, there is another person's shadow, and that is Fang. Fang revealed in the article that Shi was the president and vice president of two universities, and Shi resolutely resigned as vice president of Tsinghua.

Regardless of Fang's intentions, this result is not necessarily a bad thing.

As the saying goes, "You can't do two things at once". If Shi is determined to run West Lake University well, his status as vice president of Tsinghua will be a drag. Having two jobs is not only irresponsible to Tsinghua, but also a lack of attention to West Lake University. At the same time, there are also problems in the distribution of time and energy.

History will follow suit, just resign and concentrate on running West Lake University.

Unlike the university in our concept, the threshold of West Lake University is extremely high. Since its establishment, it has not recruited undergraduates, but only accepted doctoral students. It is said that West Lake University attaches importance to students' independent innovation and research spirit, and doctoral students have strong abilities in these two aspects, so they only recruit doctoral students.

The demand is high, and its own strength is naturally stronger. Students are all doctors, and teachers can't be ordinary people. The faculty of West Lake University should not be underestimated. Shi spent huge sums of money to hire famous professors at home and abroad, and every teacher has made extraordinary achievements in at least one field. Therefore, in terms of faculty, West Lake University is not inferior to Tsinghua Peking University.

West Lake University has gathered 125 experts and professors at home and abroad, and is one of the few institutions of higher learning in southern China.

However, there is still a long way to go to surpass Tsinghua. In April 2020, West Lake University has established four provincial research platforms and laboratories at five university levels, surpassing many key universities.

In the face of the epidemic, West Lake University has implemented 23 national projects in the field of life sciences, with a new project 1 1, completing the first international achievement in analyzing the full-length structure of virus ACE2. The growth of West Lake University from scratch, from small to large, is obvious to all, and the goal of history surpassing Tsinghua may be out of reach in the short term.

In my opinion, with such a rapid growth momentum, West Lake University will one day surpass Tsinghua and become the wave behind!