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Yurong "Luanna" Jiang
蒋雨融
Born
Qingdao, Shandong, China
EducationDuke University (BS, magna cum laude)
Harvard Kennedy School (MPA/ID)
Known forSpeaker at Harvard University's 374th Commencement
Websiteluannajiang.com

Yurong "Luanna" Jiang (Chinese: 蒋雨融; pinyin: Jiǎng Yǔróng) gained international attention for delivering a speech titled "Our Humanity" at Harvard University's 374th Commencement. The speech, which emphasized diversity, empathy, and shared humanity, circulated widely on social media and received extensive coverage from media outlets across North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. It was subsequently translated and adapted as educational and English-learning material in several countries.[1][2][3][4]

Early life and education

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Jiang was born in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China. She attended Qingdao No. 65 Middle School, and later received a full scholarship to complete the final two years of high school at Cardiff Sixth Form College in Cardiff, Wales, UK.[5][6]

Jiang graduated magna cum laude from Duke University in 2020, double majoring in Economics and Politics. During her last two years in college, she worked with Michelle P. Connolly, a Duke professor and former chief economist of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to assess the effectiveness of and help advance the FCC's subsidy programs for expanding broadband access across rural America.[7][5]

She later enrolled in the two-year Master of Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID) program at the Harvard Kennedy School, graduating in 2025.[8][3]

Career

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After graduating from Duke, Jiang worked as an economic analyst at Credit Suisse and subsequently at a private equity firm.[6]

In the summer of 2024, Jiang worked in the office of the Prime Minister of Mongolia as a Harvard special advisor.[9] As part of a Northeast Asia power interconnection project, she worked with the prime minister's delivery unit on Mongolia's energy market liberalization reform, which aimed to move a state-controlled power sector toward competitive pricing.[10] Jiang also helped evaluate and promote wind and solar generation facilities in the Gobi Desert, in support of Mongolia's transition to renewable energy.[11]

In 2025, Jiang was a member of a Harvard delegation to the Ukrainian Parliament and traveled with the group by overnight train from Warsaw, Poland, to Kyiv, Ukraine. The train carrying the delegation was subsequently struck in a Russian bombing several days after Jiang and the other members of the delegation had disembarked.[12]

During her stay in Ukraine, Kyiv came under the second-biggest aerial attack since the start of the full-scale Russo-Ukrainian War. The strikes killed dozens of people in Kyiv, and missiles damaged buildings at 33 locations across all ten districts of the city. Jiang took shelter underground amid repeated air raids, where she hid and lived with thousands of other civilians for about a week. She later recalled, with some humor, that the experience underground finally gave her the time and patience to finish reading Leo Tolstoy's 1,400-page magnum opus, War and Peace.[13][14]

Harvard commencement speech

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On 29 May 2025, Jiang delivered the speech at Harvard's 374th Commencement before an audience of some 40,000, becoming the first woman from mainland China to speak at a university-wide Harvard commencement.[8][3] The speech, titled "Our Humanity", emphasized empathy, internationalism, and shared humanity amid increasing political and social divisions.[15] The speech received sustained applause and was reported by international media including the BBC, CNN, France 24, the South China Morning Post, NBC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Argentina's La Nación, South Korea's Seoul Shinmun, Thailand's TNN, the Bangkok Post, and the Associated Press.[1][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]

Jiang delivered the address wearing a cloud collar (云肩), a traditional Chinese shoulder garment, over her academic robes.[5]

In a later interview, Jiang said her speech drew on the French Renaissance writer Michel de Montaigne, whom she had spent a semester reading in weekly one-on-one tutorials with her philosophy professor. She described Montaigne as having written in an age of violence, plague and religious war, and as returning repeatedly to the question of how a person preserves their humanity in a disordered world, which she said became the theme of her address. Jiang drew a parallel to the present, arguing that people are pulled in opposing directions by identity and allegiance at a moment when the world is marked by conflict. She said the question was as relevant in Montaigne's time as it is in the present and may remain so in the future, and that she therefore deliberately avoided addressing any specific event, hoping instead that the speech would transcend a particular time and place.[2][14]

Reception

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The address was well received by those in attendance, drawing applause during the speech and a standing ovation at its conclusion. The Associated Press reported that Jiang was repeatedly approached by Harvard community members praising the speech in the days that followed, and Prism Reports wrote that she received messages of support from people internationally.[1][25]

Videos of Jiang's speech circulated widely on social media; one upload alone received more than one million likes on TikTok and 860,000 likes on Instagram.[26] In China, discussion of Jiang's speech remained among Weibo's top trending topics for several consecutive days, becoming a major subject of public discussion nationwide.[14][27][23]

Reactions to the speech included praise for its emphasis on empathy, global solidarity, and human connection, as well as criticism concerning elite education.[27][28] Jiang said that the polarized response to a speech about human connection was itself revealing about the state of the world, and that this was why she had felt it necessary to speak about shared humanity.[29] A number of internet users also criticized Jiang's English accent. In response, she said that she was proud of her accent, describing it as a person speaking another language "in their own way, through their own culture." She said that an accent reflects the influence of one's mother tongue and the language patterns formed from childhood, rather than being something that necessarily needs to be erased.[14]

Educational use and international reach

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The speech was subsequently translated, republished, and adapted for educational and English-learning purposes in several countries. In Japan, Jiang's address was incorporated into an ongoing English-learning series, with Japanese translations and listening exercises accompanying the original English text. The installment featuring Jiang's speech received more than 1.3 million views on YouTube. Other Japanese-language editions similarly presented the speech with English and Japanese subtitles for language learners.[30][31][32][33]

In Vietnam, Dân trí, the official newspaper of the Vietnamese Ministry of Home Affairs, published a full Vietnamese translation of the speech, while educational platforms produced materials based on the address.[4] Yersin University of Dalat's Faculty of Foreign Languages and Oriental Studies subsequently included Jiang's speech in a comparative discourse-analysis research project on applied linguistics, English-language education, pragmatics, and cultural studies.[34][35]

In Thailand and China, educational platforms similarly adapted the address into study materials, including section-by-section readings, bilingual transcripts, and exercises for listening and shadowing.[36]

Personal life

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Jiang experienced severe physical bullying during middle school. She began boxing in high school at a police training center and later won a silver medal in the women's super-flyweight division at a local boxing tournament in Birmingham, England.[6][37][14]

While at Harvard Kennedy School, Jiang founded a boxing club focused in particular on training and empowering female students.[14]

Jiang has said that she was initially reluctant to discuss her experiences of being bullied because of the emotional pain associated with them, but chose to speak publicly about them in the hope that people experiencing similar circumstances might encounter her story sooner and draw encouragement from it. Jiang has attributed a line from her Harvard commencement speech — "if a girl skips school out of fear of harassment, that threatens my dignity" — to her experiences being bullied as a teenager.[15][14][37]

Jiang advocates for the rights and safety of children, women, and Asian communities. She has spoken at conferences and forums organized by financial-industry groups, universities, and Asian organizations. [38][39]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Chinese student struck a chord emphasizing humanity during Harvard commencement speech". Associated Press. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  2. 1 2 Sweet, Jacob (27 May 2025). "Fresh insights from old tradition". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "Kennedy School Student Luanna Jiang Celebrates International Diversity". The Harvard Crimson. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Bài phát biểu tốt nghiệp của nữ sinh Trung Quốc tại Harvard gây xúc động" [Chinese student's Harvard graduation speech moves audiences]. Dân trí (in Vietnamese). 2 June 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 对话蒋雨融：我是怎样选上哈佛毕业演讲的？ [In conversation with Jiang Yurong: how I was chosen for the Harvard commencement address]. 三联生活周刊 (in Chinese). June 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 專訪哈佛女孩蔣雨融：主動選擇站在時代的裂縫中發出試圖修補的聲音 [Interview with Harvard's Jiang Yurong]. 亞洲週刊 (in Traditional Chinese). June 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  7. ↑ "Michelle P. Connolly". Duke Scholars. Duke University. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Harvard Student Commencement Speakers". Harvard Magazine. May 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  9. ↑ "ERC and NARUC Host Workshop on Competitive Wholesale Electricity Market Strategy". Energy Regulatory Commission of Mongolia. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  10. ↑ "Action Plan". New Recovery Policy Accelerator. Government of Mongolia. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  11. ↑ "Mongolia: Promotion of the Northeast Asia Power System Interconnection". Asian Development Bank. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  12. ↑ "Russian missiles pound Ukraine, damage EU and British offices". Reuters. 28 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "Emergency crews complete work after mass Kyiv attack, 25 dead". Reuters. 29 August 2025.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 蒋雨融独家回应质疑 [Jiang Yurong responds exclusively to the criticism]. 凤凰网 (in Chinese). June 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  15. 1 2 "Graduate English Address: "Our Humanity"". Harvard Magazine. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  16. ↑ "What We Know". CNN. 30 May 2025. CNN. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  17. ↑ "Live interview on the Harvard commencement address". France 24. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  18. ↑ "Harvard Chinese student's graduation speech strikes a chord as Trump leads crackdown". Bangkok Post. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  19. ↑ "Chinese student struck a chord emphasizing humanity during Harvard commencement speech". NBC Washington. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  20. ↑ "Graduate Yurong "Luanna" Jiang delivered a powerful address titled "Our Humanity"". ABC News Australia. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  21. ↑ "Cómo se vive la cruzada de Trump en el epicentro del drama de los estudiantes extranjeros en Harvard". La Nación (in Spanish). 28 May 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  22. ↑ "Harvard celebrates graduation in the shadow of its fight with Trump". The Washington Post. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  23. 1 2 "Coverage of the Harvard commencement address". BBC News. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  24. ↑ สุนทรพจน์รับปริญญาของนักศึกษาจีนที่ฮาร์วาร์ด. TNN Thailand (in Thai). 2 June 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  25. ↑ Yao, Diamond (14 July 2025). "Harvard's Chinese commencement speaker refuses to be used as a geopolitical pawn". Prism. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  26. ↑ "Harvard commencement address by Yurong "Luanna" Jiang". TikTok. Mothership. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  27. 1 2 "Blick aus China: Warum die Harvard-Rede von Jiang Yurong polarisiert" [A view from China: why Jiang Yurong's Harvard speech polarises]. China.Table (in German). Table.Media. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  28. ↑ 哈佛畢業致詞｜蔣雨融又遭質疑擁「綠咭」 發帖澄清：我是中國護照 [Harvard commencement speech: Jiang Yurong denies holding a green card, says she holds a Chinese passport]. Sing Tao Daily (in Traditional Chinese). 3 June 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  29. ↑ Yao, Diamond (14 July 2025). "Harvard's Chinese commencement speaker refuses to be used as a geopolitical pawn". Prism. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  30. ↑ 【世界情勢理解】2025年ハーバード大学卒業生代表の涙のスピーチ『人としての本質』ジャン・ユロン氏 (in Japanese). Vox Nova. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026 – via YouTube.
  31. ↑ 【日英字幕】2025年卒業式ハーバード大学首席スピーチ (in Japanese). 3 June 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026 – via YouTube.
  32. ↑ 中国人留学生、ハーバード大学卒業式スピーチで人間性を強調し心を打つ [Chinese student strikes a chord emphasizing humanity at Harvard commencement]. Arab News Japan (in Japanese). June 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  33. ↑ 「不正入学」疑惑に反論　蒋雨融氏、喬峰のように信念を貫いた道のり [Jiang Yurong rebuts the "improper admission" allegations]. 風傳媒 (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  34. ↑ Nguyen, Vi-Thong (2026). "From global vision to the construction of national identity: conceptual metaphors". The University of Danang - Journal of Science and Technology. 24 (2): 108–113. doi:10.31130/ud-jst.2026.24(2).713E. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  35. ↑ Nguyen, Vi-Thong (2022). "Conceptual Metaphor of Different Conventionality Levels from the Perspectives of Translatability Assessment and Translation Strategies". kata. 24 (2): 49–60. doi:10.9744/kata.24.2.49-60. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  36. ↑ "Harvard Commencement 2025". InnerCorner (in Thai). Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  37. 1 2 九派新闻：对话哈佛毕业演讲女生蒋雨融 [Jiupai News in conversation with Harvard commencement speaker Jiang Yurong]. 九派新闻 (in Chinese). 3 June 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026 – via 网易新闻.
  38. ↑ "Tsinghua SEM New Year Economic Forum – Panel 3: Global Expansion 3.0, Listing on Nasdaq" (in Chinese). Los Angeles. February 2026. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  39. ↑ "Harvard and Higher Education Challenges – On Campus and Beyond". Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance West Coast Summit. 11 October 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
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