Liu Hongfu, the head of Yiling District, contacted Donghu Middle School. Chen Xiaoya, Vice Minister of Education, personally visited the school. Director Gao Xuegui of the Department of Basic Education of the Ministry of Education wrote an inscription for the school, and Deputy Director Wang Jintao of the Continuing Education Center of the Provincial Department of Education came to supervise the school. The school has become a national model teacher training school. The school was named "Yichang Famous School" by the Education Supervision Office of Yichang Municipal People's Government.
Yiling District Party Committee and District Government attach great importance to the construction and development of Donghu Middle School. The secretary of the district party Committee has gone deep into the school inspection and guidance work for many times, and the deputy head Rao and other leaders have repeatedly solved problems for the school's development. Chen Lijing, director of the District Education Bureau, and other leaders went deep into the classroom to attend lectures and carry out research activities, which promoted the sustained, rapid and healthy development of all work in the school.