Guanzheng, former governor of the People's Bank of China Zhou Xiaochuan, former minister of finance Lou Jiwei, general Sun Li-jen, Liang Qichao, and more. Since 2016, Tsinghua graduates who have political prominence are disproportionately greater in number than graduates of other famous universities. Notable alumni in the sciences include Nobel laureate Yang Chen Ning, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work with Tsung-Dao Lee on parity nonconservation of weak interaction; mathematician and winner of the Wolf Prize in Mathematics Shiing-Shen Chern, biologist Min Chueh Chang, theoretical physicist Zhou Peiyuan, astronomer Zhang Yuzhe, Leslie Ying, professor at the University at Buffalo and Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, James G. Dwyer Professor of Mechanical Engineering Qingyan Chen, architect and general director at the Beijing branch of the ISA Internationales Stadtbauatelier Yajin Zhang, Jianhua Lu, anthropologist Fei Xiaotong, sociologist and ethnologist Wu Wenzao, political scientist K. C. Hsiao, and Pan Guangdan. Tsinghua is known for having educated the most billionaires of any university in China, and since 2017 counts 152 billionaires amongst its alumni. These include billionaires Sun Hongbin (real estate), chairman of Goertek Jiang Bin (components), Xu Hang (medical devices), and Zhang Zetian (e-commerce), among others. Notable alumni in the arts and poetry include author Qian Zhongshu, Wen Yiduo, historian and poet Wang Guowei, and Chen Yinke. Tsinghua clique The term Tsinghua clique refers to a group of Chinese Communist Party politicians that have graduated from Tsinghua University. They are members of the fourth generation of Chinese leadership, and are purported to hold reformist and hesitantly pro-democratic ideas (a number have studied in the United States following graduation from Tsinghua, and some are said to be influenced by the reform ideals of Hu Yaobang). In the PRC, their ascendance to power began in 2008 at the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. See also Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute Anti-Corruption and Governance Research Center Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology Peking Union Medical College National Tsing Hua University SMTH BBS Tsinghua clique Tsinghua Holdings Tsinghua University Press Education in the People's Republic of China High School attached to Tsinghua University List of colleges and universities in Beijing Wudaokou Note References External links Tsinghua University Tsinghua University Tsinghua University Project 211 Project 985 Plan 111 Universities and colleges in Haidian District Universities and colleges in Beijing Architecture schools in China Educational