The English name of MENSA is Mensa, which means "round table" in Latin. Mensa, taken from the round table, means that people can sit together on an equal footing, provided, of course, that their IQ is similar. Mensa is the name of the world's top IQ club. It was founded in Oxford, England on 1946. Its founders are lawyer Roland Beril and scientist and lawyer Lance Waring. At that time, these two people who thought they were clever and abnormal had a whim and made up some difficult questions to test IQ, which was widely sought after. Excited, Beril and Lin Wei simply set up a club and called on people with high IQ to join. They plan to set up a club for smart people, so that participants' high IQ can be recognized, affirmed and constantly improved through challenging club activities, and share each other's success. Mensa has adhered to the principle of neutrality, non-politics and non-profit for many years, and it has not changed so far. Mensa International Headquarters and the club also organize some paid activities and some publishing activities, but all the income is used for the expansion and improvement of the club. All participants are not personally profitable.

Mensa has more than 654.38+million members, covering more than 100 countries and regions in the world. Mensa test paper generally has 30 questions, and 23 questions are answered correctly, which is converted into IQ 148, which is the standard that can be added to Mensa. Mensa exams generally set questions from attention, observation, logical thinking, imagination, memory and other aspects. The distribution ratio of these 30 questions is roughly the same, and you will find that you are better at these questions, that is, which one is more prominent.

Mensa not only provides an exciting intellectual exchange forum for members, but also publishes the most challenging intellectual problems contributed by members for people outside the members to share. With Mensa's position in the field of IQ test, "Mensa Series" is not only popular in Europe and America, but also listed as an important reference standard for selecting talents by many government agencies and multinational companies around the world.

In 2003, the first member of Mensa International came from Chinese mainland. After several years of obscurity, the number of members increased by single digits every year, and Mensa China Branch was established on 20 10. It has been booked by Shandong, Henan and other TV programs. The more you plan, the happier you are, and the more you broadcast, the better you look. Huashang Daily, Beijing Evening News, Information Times, Guangzhou Daily, Yangcheng Evening News, Qilu Evening News, etc.

By June of 20 12, there were more than 200 members in Mensa China, covering more than 20 cities in China, mainly in big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Most of them are engaged in finance, foreign trade, IT, design and other industries, mostly private entrepreneurs, middle and senior managers of large foreign enterprises and state-owned enterprises, senior media people, famous writers and so on. A small number of student members are mainly doctoral students from well-known universities, aged after 70. There are also foreign and China Mensa members who work or visit in China for a short time. Generally speaking, Mensa members have high consumption power and taste in life. China's total population and high average IQ also indicate that the number of members will increase exponentially in the future. At the 20 1 1 mensa international conference, mensa branches in many countries and regions expressed their willingness to support the development of mensa China branch through funding or borrowing.

Mensa China provides convenient examination and membership services for friends who want to become members of Mensa, and has set up fixed examination rooms in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Nanchang. The examination period is generally one month.

Members of Mensa China included in Baidu Encyclopedia are: Zhang Anqi, Chen Wenjin, Yang Bingyang, Lin Jiandong, Zhu Xiaochuan, Zhang Jiajia and Zhu Wenyou.