Chinese boy abducted at 3 now gets direct admission to PhD program
Peng Wenle was abducted at three years old and taken hundreds of kilometers from his parents, who he was only reunited with three years later.
In 2008, a 3-year-old Chinese boy named Wenle was abducted from outside his parents' shop in Shenzhen. After a three-year search across China, Wenle was found by a university student in Jiangsu Province who recognized him from photographs posted online by his father. He was subsequently reunited with his biological family and began his journey to reconnect with his roots.
In 2022, Wenle scored highly on China's national college entrance examination and was admitted to Wuhan University's School of Computer Science and Technology. He later graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science and technology in 2026 and has been admitted to an integrated master's-doctoral program in computer science, reflecting his determination to pursue higher education and become a better version of himself.
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