Counter-Japanese Military and Political University


Counter-Japanese Military and Political University, also commonly known as Kàngdà and Kangri Junzheng University, was a comprehensive public university located in Yan'an, Shaanxi, the headquarters of the Communist Party of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Its former site has been converted to a memorial hall.

History

Counter-Japanese Military and Political University was founded in 1931 in Ruijin, Jiangxi, it was initially called China Red Army School and then extended to a college named China Red Army College in 1933. During the fifth counter-campaign against "encirclement and suppression" in 1934, the college relocated to Wayaobao Town of Anding County in northwest China's Shaanxi province, formed China Workers' and Peasants' Red Army School by the merger of Shanbei Red Army School and later changed the name to Xibei Counter-Japanese University of the Red Army in 1936. Zhou Kun was its president and Yuan Guoping was political commissar. On January 20, 1937, it was renamed "Counter-Japanese University of the Red Army". Lin Biao was its president, Liu Bocheng was vice-president, and Mao Zedong was its chairman of the Board of Education. In March 1943, Xu Xiangqian succeed Lin Biao as the president. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the university was merged into PLA National Defence University.

Culture

Notable alumni