China Education and Culture Foundation is a non-governmental cultural and educational institution established with the "boxer indemnity" returned by the United States in the 1920s. Most of the Chinese members of the board of directors of the Foundation are outstanding figures in the field of science and education in China. They used a stable source of funds to invest in the development of science education in China, which accelerated the process of modernization of science education in China.
After boxer indemnity, the United States refunded the China government twice out of consideration for China's open door policy. The China Education and Culture Foundation was the historical product of the refund of fees in the United States at that time, and set up a special organization to manage the refund. From 1943 to 1925, the board of directors of China Education and Culture Foundation signed a contract with the Ministry of Education of China to jointly organize the National Shi Jing Library. Later, according to the order of the Ministry of Education, Shi Jing Library was changed to National Shi Jing Library.
China Education and Culture Foundation, a nongovernmental organization in boxer indemnity, has invested in librarians.
Beijing Municipal Government approved the establishment of China Education and Culture Foundation.
1924 September 18, China Education and Culture Foundation held its inaugural meeting in Beijing Diplomatic Building, with Fan Yuanlian as its president and Lu Meng as its vice president. The main task of this association is to be responsible for the storage, distribution and use of boxer indemnity returned by the United States. Yan Huiqing, Zhang Boling, Guo Bingwen, Jiang Menglin, Fan Yuanlian, Ding Wenjiang, Huang Yanpei, Gu Weijun, Zhou Yichun and Ke Sze Sao have a total of 65,438+00 directors, and five Americans, Meng Lu, Dewey, Becker, Gary Heng and Bernadette, jointly form the board of directors.
1924 On May 2 1, US President Coolidge approved the proposal to return the balance of China and boxer indemnity, and US Secretary of State Hughes sent a note to China's ambassador to the United States, Ke Sze Sao, demanding the full return of the balance of boxer indemnity, explaining that boxer indemnity is developing China's educational and cultural undertakings.
On June 24th, 1924, the staff of Beijing No.8 Middle School, China Education Reform Institute 1924 and Beijing Education Fund Committee jointly issued a statement, stating that after the debt is paid off, all Geng funds will be used for education, and the management, distribution and use of the returned Geng funds must be undertaken by people with expectations, experience and public trust in the education sector. On July 24th, 1924, the All-China Education Federation sent a reply to the G-coin Committee, arguing that all G-coins should be used to develop educational and cultural undertakings, and resolutely opposed to coveting them for other reasons. In September 1924, the Beijing Municipal Government approved the establishment of China Education and Culture Foundation under the strong voice of educators all over the country.