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SYSU History
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1924
On February 4, 1924, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, in his capacity as the Grand Marshal of the Army and Navy of the Republic of China, issued an order to merge the National Advanced Normal Univers...
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1924
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1925
On February 6, 1925, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, in his capacity as the Grand Marshal of the Army and Navy, signed respective orders for Hu Hanmin, the Governor of Guangdong, and Zou Lu, the Pre...
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1925
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1926
In January 1926, the National Guangdong University (NGU) set up the Specialized College. New departments of politics, economics, sociology, business, and education were accordingly la...
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1926
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1927
On April 15, 1927, the anti-Communist coup broke out in Guangzhou. The National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU) was supposed to have 444 students and staff, who had cards identifying t...
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1927
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1928
In January 1928, the Ministry of Education and Research divided the country into several University Districts (namely Peiping, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Guangzhou), and named them after ...
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1928
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1929
The Observatory of the NSYSU was completed in March 1929 and its inaugural ceremony was held in June. Professor Zhang Yun was appointed as the head of the observatory. It was China’s...
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1929
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1930
In January 1930, professors at the National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU) such as Chen Zongnan and Zhang Yun initiated the reorganization of the Guangzhou Branch of the Science Socie...
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1930
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1931
On January 13, 1931, Umeya Shokichi, an old friend of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, sent two bronze statues of Sun Yat-sen to Guangdong, one to the National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU) and the ...
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1931
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1932
On February 1, 1932, Zou Lu was inaugurated as President of National Sun Yat-sen University(NSYSU).
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1932
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1933
In January 1933, the Southwest Education Reform Committee led by Zou Lu, the President of National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), passed the outline of the reform of the academic sys...
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1933
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1934
In 1933, Gao Jianfu, one of the founders of the Lingnan School of painting and a well-known Chinese painter, was engaged as a professor at the National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU)....
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1934
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1935
From January 1935 to October 1936, NSYSU successively organized and set up the Longyandong Rural Education Experimental District, the Shipai Rural Service Experimental District, and t...
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1935
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1936
The 4th Annual Meeting of the Chinese Society for Social Education was held at the National Sun Yat-sen University(NSYSU).
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1936
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1937
On March 1, 1937, the National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU) announced the interim implementation of the tutorial system which would be officially launched in the spring semester.
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1937
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1938
On October 21, 1938, following the fall of Guangzhou into enemy hands, the National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU) decided to move to Luoding, a county-level cityin in the northwester...
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1938
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1939
On January 10, 1939, National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU) moved from Luoding City to Chengjiang County, Yunnan Province, and set up offices in Kunming, Longzhou, Hong Kong and othe...
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1939
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1940
In April 1940, President Zou Lu asked for resignation due to his illness. The Ministry of Education granted him a leave and appointed Xu Chongqing as Acting President of National Sun ...
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1940
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1941
In November 1940, with the support of the governments and people of Guangdong Province and Lechang County, National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU) gradually settled down in Pingshi To...
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1941
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1942
In May 1942, the Ministry of Education appointed Jin Zengcheng to replace Zhang Yun as Acting President of National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU). Jin Zengcheng previously served as ...
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1942
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1943
In 1943, Library of Guangdong Province published Library Classification on the Three Principles of People (simplified version), which was written by Du Dingyou, Director of National S...
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1943
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1944
In February 1943, the famous British scholar Joseph Needham was dispatched by the Royal Society to take field trips in China on British Aid to China.
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1944
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1945
In April 1944, the Japanese launched the Battle of Henan-Hunan-Guangxi, causing a major defeat for the Nationalist Army.
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1945
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1946
On January 30, 1946, Sun Yat-sen University and other schools organized a large-scale march and demonstration in support of the "December 1st Movement" by students in Kunming and to c...
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1946
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1947
On January 7, 1947, following the "Shen Chong Incident," students from Sun Yat-sen University organized a large-scale demonstration in Guangzhou, along with students from other school...
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1947
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1948
In February 1948, the Social Sciences, established by the College of Law, published a new volume. In March, the academic journal Natural Sciences, established by the College of Scienc...
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1948
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1949
At the end of 1948, the Nationalist Government relocated southward and occupied the campus of Sun Yat-sen University in Shizpai. In the first half of 1949, news circulated that Sun Ya...
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1949
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1950
On January 20, 1950, the takeover of Sun Yat-sen University was essentially completed, and the interim School Affairs Committee of the university and deans of various colleges were ap...
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1950
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1951
On December 16, 1950, the School of Medicine at Sun Yat-sen University received notification from the Ministry of Health to organize surgical teams and standby teams, mobilizing medic...
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1951
