Peking University, founded in 1898 and formerly known as Shi Jing University Hall, is the first national university in China and the first university formally established in modern China. Its establishment marks the beginning of modern higher education in China. Peking University was the earliest institution established as a "university" in China and the earliest comprehensive university in modern times, which gave birth to the earliest modern academic system in China. Peking University is the only university in modern China founded as the highest institution of higher learning. At first, it was also the highest educational administrative organ of the country at that time, exercising the functions of the Ministry of Education and being in charge of national education. Peking University inherited the academic system of Guozi School (Guozi School, imperial academy), the highest institution in China for thousands of years. At the beginning of the school, it was not only a traditional imperial academy system, but also a modern university. It not only inherited the orthodoxy of the highest institution of higher learning in ancient China, but also pioneered the modern higher education in China, which can be described as "inheriting the orthodoxy of Imperial College and establishing a university ancestor". Since its establishment, it has enjoyed a high reputation and status. In the first year of the Republic of China (19 12), Shi Jing University Hall was renamed the National Peking University.