1983 With the spring breeze of reform and opening up, Mudanjiang University was formally established in Mudanjiang City, which is known as the "land of plenty in the north of the Yangtze River". It is one of the first batch of local universities approved by the People's Government of Heilongjiang Province and put on record by the Ministry of Education. It is a comprehensive full-time college sponsored by Mudanjiang Municipal People's Government.