Jinan University is the first overseas Chinese university founded by the state in China, and currently has the largest number of overseas students in China. It is a national key comprehensive university under the leadership of the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office under the "2 1 1 Project". The word "Jin 'an" comes from the article "Shangshu Gong Yu": "The east is gradually in the sea, the west is in quicksand, and the south is combined, and the sound teaches the world." It means facing South Asia and spreading Chinese culture. The school's predecessor was Jinan School, which was founded by the Qing government in Nanjing on 1906. Later, it moved to Shanghai, and 1927 was renamed as National Jinan University.

1949 merged into Fudan University, Jiaotong University and other universities in August. 1958 Reconstruction in Guangzhou. Jinan University, known as "the highest institution for overseas Chinese", abides by the motto of "loyalty and forgiveness" and pays attention to cultivating talents with the excellent traditional moral culture of the Chinese nation. The school actively implements the policy of "facing overseas, facing Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan". Since its establishment, * * * has trained more than 200,000 talents from five continents 137 countries and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions, and is known as the peach blossom and plum blossom in the world. Key discipline construction projects.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Jinan University School of Education.