Which Chinese university produces the most billionaires? Which university boasts the most outstanding schoolfellow? For years, it has been a tight race between Tsinghua University and Peking University, with the ladder always maintaining a slight edge.

However, according to a new list of billionaire alumni from Chinese universities, released Monday by Chinese University Alumnus Association, Tsinghua University has finally gained an upper hand. The school boasted 84 billionaires in 30 years since the reform and opening up with a combined worth of 300 billion yuan (US$47.45 billion), surpassing Peking University for the first time.

Nonetheless, alumni from Peking University maintain a solid lead in terms of prestige. The school topped the list of 2012 Distinguished Alumni, producing 456 distinguished politicians, academic talents and businessmen since 1952. Tsinghua University ranked second with 292.

A total of 8,000 distinguished people participated in the survey, including over 1,400 politicians, over 3,600 scholars and over 2,600 business leaders.

The list also shows off Chinese universities' abilities in creating wealthy individuals. Among more than 800 Chinese billionaires with top educational backgrounds, Tsinghua University's 84 surpassed Peking University's 82. The combined worth of the billionaires on the list is 4.5 trillion yuan (US$711.7 billion).

Zhao Deguo, editor in chief of the alumni association said billionaire rankings by Forbes magazine, Hurun list and New Fortune magazine between 1999 and 2011 listed over 1,580 people with higher education backgrounds, accounting for 61 percent of all listed billionaires.

Zhao said that talent cultivation has gotten on the right track since China re-established the college entrance examination system in 1977. Under the environment of respecting knowledge and talents in 1978, capable individuals have consistently stood out from the rest. According to the new list, many who participated in those exams have become the salt of the earth in scientific fields.

(China.org.cn by Lu Na May 18, 2012)

國內(nèi)哪所大學造就的億萬富豪校友最多？誰又是培養(yǎng)杰出校友最多的高校？在這個問題上，很多年來清華大學和北京大學都難分勝負，而通常北大略占優(yōu)勢。

然而，中國校友會網(wǎng)周一發(fā)布的《2012中國大學杰出校友排行榜》顯示，自改革開放30多年來，清華大學培養(yǎng)和造就了84名億萬富豪校友，校友財富合計近3000億元，首次超越北大成為中國造富大學排行榜冠軍。

盡管如此，以校友名望論，北京大學的地位依舊不可動搖。《2012中國大學杰出校友排行榜》總榜單仍是北京大學居首，1952年（含）以后畢業(yè)于北京大學的政學商界杰出人才最多，有456人。其次是清華大學，有292人，名列第二。

這次新公布的榜單共調(diào)研了我國各領(lǐng)域杰出人才合計近8000人。其中，政界杰出人才1400多人，學界杰出人才3600多人，此外還有商界杰出人才2600多人。

該榜單同時顯示了中國大學的“造富職能”。2011年上榜的擁有高等教育背景的億萬富豪有800多人，財富合計約4.5萬億元。其中，清華大學培養(yǎng)和造就的億萬富豪校友最多，有84名；北京大學有82人，名列第二。

據(jù)中國校友會網(wǎng)總編趙德國介紹，在1999至2011年間福布斯、胡潤、新財富等中國富豪榜上榜的億萬富豪中，擁有高等教育背景的“知本富豪”有1580多人，約占全部億萬富豪總數(shù)的61%。

據(jù)趙德國介紹，1977年，我國恢復了高考制度，高等院校的人才培養(yǎng)工作重新走上正軌。特別是自1978年以來，在“尊重知識、尊重人才”的大環(huán)境下，優(yōu)秀人才不斷涌現(xiàn)。這次的排行榜顯示，1977年恢復高考后的幾屆考生已成為或正在成長為我國科技領(lǐng)域的中流砥柱。