University profile
Xi 'an Jiaotong University, referred to as "Xi Jiaotong University", is located in Xi, Shaanxi Province. It is a comprehensive research-oriented national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC). Established by the Ministry of Education and the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, it ranks among the "double-class" in China and is one of the first batch of "2 1 1 project" and "0 project" in China.
History of running a school
1895, the failure of the Sino-Japanese War and the signing of treaty of shimonoseki put the Chinese nation in danger. Sheng Xuanhuai, the minister of Westernization School, put forward the idea that "self-improvement is based on talent storage, and learning must be promoted before talent storage", and suggested reforming the old-style educational institutions. 1896, Sheng Xuanhuai once again made a plan for Chen Ziqiang to the Qing court, with "Please set up a school film" to raise funds to discuss the construction of a new school in Shanghai, named "Nanyang Public School".