Renmin University of China is a national research-oriented comprehensive university focusing on humanities and social sciences, directly under the Ministry of Education and jointly established by the Ministry of Education and Beijing Municipality. The school, formerly known as Northern Shaanxi Public School, was born in the bonfire of 1937 War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, followed by North China United University and North China University. Famous educators Wu, Cheng, Yuan, Huang Da, Ji Baocheng and Chen successively served as principals. The current party secretary is Professor Jin Nuo, and the principal is Professor Liu Wei.