Hexi Middle School in Wuxi was founded in 1944 by Hu Tongxiang, a highly respected people's educator. Founded by Ms. Wang, it was originally named Privatized New Middle School ("innovation" means changing the old into the new). Historical changes, the name of the school changed many times, 1956 was renamed as "Wuxi No.15 junior high school"; 1973 was promoted to a complete middle school and named as "Wuxi No.28 Middle School"; 1982 autumn restructuring, specially set up a junior high school, renamed "Wuxi Hexi junior high school", until 1992.

1July, 1999, the former Taoyuan Middle School merged with Helie Middle School, with more than 3,000 students. The two schools are merged, strong and powerful, and their advantages are complementary. This is another milestone in the development history of Helie Middle School.

Moving into the new campus in 2007 is another new starting point in the development history of Helie Middle School.

The school has successively won many honors, such as "National Youth Green Home Demonstration Site", "Jiangsu Education Modernization Demonstration Junior Middle School", "Jiangsu High-quality and Honest School-running Institution", "Jiangsu Education Equipment Advanced Unit", "Wuxi School Management Standard Advanced Unit" and "Wuxi Moral Education Advanced School", and has created one glory after another with increasing influence.