In a narrow sense, the Whampoa Military Academy should be a military academy established by the Kuomintang in cheung chau island 1924 to 1930, Huangpu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. The school site was originally the school building of the Qing army primary school and the naval school. At that time, the name of the school was "China Kuomintang Army Academy". Whampoa Military Academy in a broad sense refers to all military schools established by the Kuomintang of China and the government of the Republic of China after 1924, including local branches.

192 1kloc-0/2 years ago, marin, a representative of the communist international, met with sun yat-sen in Guilin, Guangxi, and marin proposed to sun yat-sen the idea of "establishing an military academy and establishing a revolutionary army".

1924 When the Kuomintang and the Communist Party joined hands for the first time and the national revolution was surging, Dr. Sun Yat-sen was far-sighted and regarded "education as a sacred cause and talents as the foundation of the country". He personally founded two schools in Guangzhou-"National Guangdong University" (now Sun Yat-sen University) and "China Kuomintang Army Academy" (namely Huangpu Military Academy). "China Kuomintang Army Academy" is located in Huangpu Island in the southeast of Guangzhou, which is referred to as Huangpu Military Academy for short. Whampoa Military Academy was established to train officers for the national revolution. Dr. Sun Yat-sen hopes to save China from peril by building a revolutionary army. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Sun Yat-sen said: "When we open this school, we should build a revolutionary army based on the students inside. You are the backbone of the future revolutionary army. Only when the revolutionary army is established can our revolution succeed. "

1924 1 the first national congress of the Chinese Kuomintang decided to establish a military academy in Huangpu, Guangzhou. As for the principal candidate, Cheng Qian is preliminarily decided, while Chiang Kai-shek and Li are vice-principals. But Chiang Kai-shek didn't want to go to Shanghai to fight passively under Cheng Qian. And sent Zhang Jingjiang to intercede with Sun Yat-sen, who appointed Chiang Kai-shek as the principal on May 3rd. In the process, Chiang Kai-shek resigned as the chairman of the Preparatory Committee of the Military Academy.