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Peking University
China

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Official website: https://www.pku.edu.cn/
Tel：010-62751407
Address：No. 5, Yiheyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing
Peking University was founded in 1898. It was the product of the Reform Movement of 1898 and the result of the Chinese nation’s efforts to save the nation and to build up a strong academic community. It was originally named the Capital University and was the first national comprehensive university in modern China. After the Revolution of 1911, it was renamed in 1912. is the current name. In the long history of civilization, ancient China established the country's highest institutions of learning, such as Taixue, Guozixue, and Guozijian, which had an important influence in the history of education in China and the world. Peking University “inherited the orthodoxy of Taixue and descended from the ancestral home of the University”. It is not only the inheritor of Chinese cultural context and educational tradition, but also marks the beginning of modern higher education in China. When it was founded, it was also the country’s highest educational administrative agency and made important historical contributions to the establishment of modern Chinese academic system. As the center of the New Culture Movement and the birthplace of the May 4th Movement, as the birthplace of the earliest dissemination of Marxism and democratic scientific ideas in China, and as the original important activity base of the Communist Party of China, Peking University has contributed to the revitalization and liberation of the nation, the construction and development of the country, and It has made outstanding contributions to the civilization and progress of society and played an important pioneering role in China's modernization process. The spirit of patriotism, progress, democracy, and science and the academic style of diligence, rigor, truth-seeking, and innovation are alive and well here and passed down from generation to generation. In 1917, the famous educator Cai Yuanpei took office as the president of Peking University. He "followed the principle of freedom of thought and embraced inclusiveness" and carried out fruitful reforms at Peking University, promoting ideological emancipation and academic prosperity. A number of outstanding figures such as Chen Duxiu, Li Dazhao, Mao Zedong, Lu Xun, Hu Shi, and Li Siguang have all taught or served at Peking University. After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937, Peking University, Tsinghua University and Nankai University moved south to Changsha and jointly formed the National Changsha Provisional University. In 1938, the temporary university moved westward to Kunming and was renamed National Southwest Associated University. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Peking University was demobilized in Peking in October 1946. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, colleges and universities across the country reorganized their departments in 1952. Peking University became a comprehensive university focusing on basic teaching and research in liberal arts and sciences, as well as cutting-edge applied disciplines. It has cultivated a large number of outstanding talents for the cause of socialist construction. Among the 23 "two bombs and one satellite" pioneers, 12 are Peking University alumni. Since the reform and opening up, Peking University has entered a new period of steady and rapid development. In 1994, it became the first batch of key construction universities in the national “211 Project”. On May 4, 1998, at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Peking University, the Party Central Committee issued a call for "in order to achieve modernization, our country must have a number of first-class universities with world-advanced levels", and then launched the construction of world-class universities. The university’s “985 Project”. With the support and promotion of this national strategy, the development of Peking University has turned a new page. On April 3, 2000, Peking University merged with the former Beijing Medical University to form a new Peking University. The predecessor of the original Beijing Medical University was the National Beijing Medical College founded on October 26, 1912. In 1903, the Medical Industrial Center established in the Capital University Hall laid the foundation for the birth of this national Western medical school. In the 1930s and 1940s, the school was once called Peking University Medical School, and was merged into Peking University in July 1946. In 1952, during the nationwide restructuring of colleges and universities, Peking University School of Medicine separated from Peking University and became independent as Beijing Medical College. In 1985, it was renamed Beijing Medical University. In 1996, it became one of the first batch of medical universities supported by the country’s “211 Project”. The merger of the two universities further broadened the discipline structure of Peking University, laying a foundation for promoting the cross-integration of medicine with science, engineering, humanities and social sciences, and for reforming and innovating medical education. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, Peking University has accelerated high-quality and connotative development and achieved new breakthroughs in the new journey of building a world-class university with Chinese characteristics. On May 2, 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Peking University and pointed out at a symposium of teachers and students at Peking University: “In recent years, Peking University has inherited its glorious tradition, adhered to the direction of socialist education, and achieved fruitful results in cultivating people morally and achieving double-class construction. It is gratifying that it has made outstanding achievements in serving economic and social development, has clear ideas for school development, and has significantly enhanced its schooling strength and influence. "Under the encouragement and guidance of General Secretary Xi Jinping, Peking University will continue to work hard and persist in educating people well. The cradle of high-quality and top-notch innovative talents, an important position for creating cutting-edge science and technology and advanced thought and culture, a hub platform to serve the country's high-quality development, and a bridge to promote high-level opening up to the outside world, we will continue to write the story of building a world-class university with Chinese characteristics on the new journey. A new chapter. The current school party committee secretary Hao Ping and principal Gong Qihuang.