In the 1920s, Shanghai University carried out the mission of "cultivating talents for the founding of the People's Republic of China and promoting cultural undertakings", with remarkable achievements and abundant talents. Yang, Wang Jiaxiang,,, Li Shuoxun, Wang Buwen, He, Yang Hansheng, Ding Ling, Dai Wangshu,, Zhang Gentile, Zhong Fuguang, Shi Zhecun and Wang Yizhi all walked out from here. Among them are party and state leaders, martyrs who died for their country, famous social activists, first-class scholars and writers.