China’s award-winning mathematician Wan Daqing leaves California for Chongqing

South China Morning PostEN 1 min read 100% complete by Shi HuangMarch 9, 2026 at 05:29 AM

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Award-winning Chinese mathematician Wan Daqing, formerly at the University of California at Irvine (UCI), has returned to China to take a new position. Wan, who won the International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians (ICCM) Medal for proving the Dwork conjecture, retired from UCI in July and will begin his new role in China in December. The ICCM Medal is a prestigious award recognizing outstanding achievements in mathematics by individuals of Chinese descent. Several Chinese universities competed to recruit Wan, including Southeast University in Nanjing, which reportedly made significant efforts to attract him after he presented a report there in 2023. His return reflects a trend of more Chinese scientists leaving the US to work in China.

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