Yan 'an Institute for Nationalities, formerly known as Yan 'an Institute for Nationalities, was founded in 194 1. It is an institute for nationalities with glorious revolutionary tradition founded by China * * * Production Party during the revolutionary period. Founded in Yan 'an City, Shaanxi Province, the College provides education and training for minority cadres and Han cadres in the northwest.
The establishment and development of Yan 'an University for Nationalities came into being under the background that China faced severe oppression from internal and external hostile forces and needed to train a large number of ethnic cadres to promote the development of the national revolution. At that time, Mao Zedong and other central leading comrades attached great importance to and guided the establishment of Yan 'an Institute for Nationalities, and regarded it as an important base for cultivating minority cadres and national unity.
Yan 'an University for Nationalities pays close attention to cultivating students' political consciousness, organizational ability, cultural quality and practical experience in the course of running a school, in close connection with the actual needs of revolutionary struggle. The teaching content of the college closely revolves around the party's line, principles and policies, combines the actual situation in northwest China and the whole country, pays attention to integrating theory with practice, and emphasizes practicality and application.
In the form of running a school, Yan 'an University for Nationalities has adopted various forms, such as full-time, part-time work-study, correspondence and so on, to meet the learning needs of different students. At the same time, the college also actively carries out social practice activities, organizes students to go deep into the grassroots to carry out investigation and study and participate in productive labor, and enhances students' practical ability and social responsibility.
Yan 'an University for Nationalities has also built a platform to promote mutual understanding and exchanges among ethnic groups, which has made positive contributions to enhancing national unity and border stability.
The establishment and development of Yan 'an University for Nationalities not only trained a large number of outstanding minority cadres for China * * * Production Party, but also promoted the victory of China Revolution and the construction of new China, and also provided valuable experience and enlightenment for exploring the development path of national higher education with China characteristics.
Today, Yan 'an University for Nationalities has developed into a high-level multi-disciplinary ethnic college, which has made important contributions to training ethnic minority cadres and all kinds of talents.