Aviation education in China started earlier, and space education gradually developed in 1950s. 19 14, Dr. Sun Yat-sen established the China Revolutionary Party Aviation School in Biwahu, Kyoto, Japan; 19 13, Beiyang government established Nanyuan Aviation School in Beijing; 19 18 set up a diving school in Mawei, Fujian, and set up an aircraft manufacturing department in it. Later, the Central Aviation School and the Air Force Machinery School (formerly known as Aviation Machinery School) were established, mainly to train pilots and aircraft maintenance technicians. Since 1930s, many colleges and universities have offered aviation courses. 1930, Central University opened an elective course of aircraft engineering in department of mechanical engineering; 1934, Tsinghua University cooperated with the Aviation Committee to hold an aviation lecture; Around 1939, Central University, Beiyang University and Jiaotong University successively established departments of aviation engineering; Subsequently, Zhejiang University, Xiamen University, Yunnan University, Sichuan University and Northwestern Polytechnical University all set up departments of aviation engineering, and 1944 China University of Technology also set up specialized courses of aviation machinery. The special machinery class founded by Central University 1935 and the advanced machinery class founded by Aviation Machinery School 1936 all offer courses to train graduate students majoring in aviation engineering. 1939, the School of Engineering of Tsinghua University Graduate School officially recruited aviation engineering graduate students. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), with the development of space industry, space education has also made great progress. China has established a relatively complete space education system consisting of higher education, secondary professional education, technician education and staff education. There are only seven institutions of higher learning directly under the Ministry of Aviation Industry and the Ministry of Aerospace Industry, which train undergraduates and postgraduates, and 29 scientific research institutions also train postgraduates. In addition, there are dozens of secondary specialized schools, technical schools and staff universities to train engineering and technical personnel, production and scientific research managers and skilled workers. Besides regular schools, education such as correspondence, publishing and television has been established.