Shanghai Theatre Academy is a book. According to official website of Shanghai Theatre Academy, Shanghai Theatre Academy, referred to as Shangxi for short, belongs to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of People's Republic of China (PRC) (China) and is a national key art college. Formerly known as Shanghai Experimental Drama School, it was founded by Li Jianwu and others in1945+February. After the development stages of Shanghai Theatre Academy, Shanghai Theatre Academy and East China Branch of Central Theatre Academy, it was officially renamed Shanghai Theatre Academy on 1956. It is an art college and an art university that trains drama professionals in China. The school has four campuses, forming a "four centers" campus layout and functional orientation: drama art education center: Huashan Road Campus; China Opera Education Center: Lianhua Road Campus; International Dance Education Center: Hongqiao Road Campus; Film and Television New Media Education Center: Changlin Road Campus.