The 2017 University President Forum themed "New times, New mission" was held in Tianjin Dongli district on Dec 16. The 2017 China Colleges Social Influence List was released at the forum.

The deputy editor-in-chief of People's Daily, and the president of people.cn, Wang Yibiao, chairs the opening ceremony and gives a speech. [Photo/People.cn]

Tsinghua University, Peking University, Wuhan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Fudan University, Renmin University of China, Sun Yat-sen University, Tianjin University and Nankai University were the top ten in the list.

The editor-in-chief of people.cn Yu Qingchu delivers a speech. [Photo/People.cn]

Fifty-eight students including Zhang Hongyao from Peking University, Wu Yuqing from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and Zhang Chenyuan from the Central Academy of Fine Arts won scholarships given by people.cn.

The 2017 University President Forum had four sub-forums -- double top construction, cultivate thoughtful, capable, responsible talents, universities' development methods and how universities serve local economic development.

The University President Forum is hosted by People's Daily and people.cn. Since 2014 it has gathered over 100 presidents to discuss hot topics such as universities; development and their enrollment system and internationalization.