Tianjin School for the Deaf was established in 1928. On the basis of nine-year compulsory education, 1985 established Tianjin Vocational High School for the Deaf, 19 1 established Tianjin High School for the Deaf, and set up Tianjin Special Education Teacher Training Center in this school to be responsible for the training of special education teachers in the city. In September, 2005, Tianjin Education Commission decided to merge three schools for the deaf in Tianjin to form a new school for the deaf in Tianjin.