On the morning of March 5, 2008, flowers were in full bloom and colorful flags were flying on the campus of the former HSBC Middle School. The awarding ceremony and unveiling ceremony of Changzhi Receiving Factory and Mine Middle School were held here. Vice Mayor, Deputy Secretary-General of the Municipal Government, Director Zhang of the Municipal Personnel Bureau, Director Zhang of the Municipal Editorial Office, Director Fan Changxi of the Municipal Education Bureau, principals of all middle schools in the city, principals of raw mines and all teachers and students of HSBC Middle School attended the award ceremony.
Separating primary and secondary schools run by state-owned enterprises and handing them over to social management is an important measure of enterprise reform in China and the only way for the development of factories and mines. According to the instructions of the provincial government on the divestiture of enterprise schools, under the correct leadership of the municipal party committee and municipal government, and with the close cooperation of municipal organizations, personnel, finance, education and other departments, the divestiture of enterprise schools in our city has been basically completed. After research and decision by the Municipal Bureau of Education, HSBC Middle School was renamed Changzhi No.4 Middle School, Tianji Middle School was renamed Changzhi No.13 Middle School, Lukuang Middle School was renamed Changzhi No.15 Middle School, Huaihai Middle School was renamed Changzhi No.16 Middle School, Changbei Tiezhong was renamed Changzhi No.17 Middle School, Tiesan No.1 Middle School was renamed Changzhi No.18 Middle School and Changgang Middle School was renamed Changzhi No.19 Middle School. Li Guolong, vice mayor, pointed out in his speech that bringing enterprise schools into social management is a concrete manifestation of implementing the strategic decision of "giving priority to education" made by the municipal party committee and municipal government, which will inject new vitality and motivation into the development of schools. It is hoped that these schools will actively change their development concepts, standardize school-running behaviors, improve the quality of running schools, run characteristic schools well, and cultivate more talents for the economic and social development of our city. Vice Mayor Li Guolong also unveiled the Shangdang Basin in Changzhi No.4 Middle School. In the southern suburbs of Changzhi, there is a school with beautiful scenery, namely Huifeng Middle School, which enjoys a high reputation on Taihang Mountain.
HSBC Middle School was founded in 1968. There are 50 classes with nearly 3000 students and 150 faculty members. Among them, there are 30 high school classes and 20 junior high school classes. Special-grade teachers 1 person, senior teachers 16, 5 graduate students, 20 in-service graduate students, 85 first-grade teachers, and special-grade English teachers 1 person. Among them, there are 6 provincial teaching experts and 2 national excellent teachers.
For more than 30 years, HSBC Middle School has adhered to the Party's education policy in an all-round way and taken the road of reform and innovation, which has made great contributions to the education of the people in the old Shangdang area. For 14 years, it was rated as a model unit by Changzhi Municipal Committee and Changzhi Municipal People's Government, and the college entrance examination rate continued to rise 10 years, and it always maintained a leading position in Changzhi area. In the college entrance examination over the years, nearly 100 outstanding talents, including small swallow, Wang Nan, Wang Bo, Zhan Tingting, Sun Juan and Zou Jing, were admitted to the junior class of the University of Science and Technology of China, becoming rare talents in the country, and some of them were called young talents. Some of them are called top candidates in the college entrance examination, become dazzling stars in Changzhi area, and are admitted to national famous universities. In the national Olympic competitions of various disciplines, the students of HSBC Middle School performed outstandingly and won the gold medal and silver medal, which is first-class in Shanxi Province. In 2003, Guo Qingyuan, a senior three student from HSBC Middle School, participated in the national physics competition for senior high schools, and was ranked 14 in Shanxi Province and 1 in Changzhi City with excellent results. In 2004, he became a walk-in student of a famous university in China. In 2004, Zhang Xin, a junior student of HSBC Middle School, won the third place in the women's 5000 meters in the national sports competition and was selected as the seed player of the 2008 Olympic Games. With superb tactics and sharp play, the men's football team of HSBC Middle School has maintained the champion position of 13 years in Changzhi City and become the "international team" on Taihang Mountain.
In order to meet the needs of the development of the situation, a 7000-square-meter teaching building was put into use in 2000. In 2004, a 7200-square-meter student apartment building was also fully completed. HSBC Middle School has the best computer network classroom in Shanxi Province, the best electronic lesson preparation room for teachers and the first-class multimedia classroom in China. They also have an advanced online receiving system, which realizes the sharing of online teaching information. The teachers and students of HSBC Middle School have created first-class achievements and trained first-class talents by using modern teaching equipment and modern educational means.
HSBC Middle School is an irresistible banner on Taihang Mountain. Qin Laiying, vice mayor, at the on-the-spot meeting on improving teaching quality, asked all schools in the city to seriously study and popularize the experience of running HSBC Middle School and strive to improve the education quality in Shangdang old district. Under the new historical conditions, we will unswervingly take the road of reform and innovation and make new and greater contributions to the education of the people in the old Shangdang area. No.397 Yan 'an South Road, Changzhi City