Since the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy, Sun Yat-sen's aim has been to "create a revolutionary army to save the nation and survive". Take "sincerity" as the school motto; Cultivate military and political talents, form a revolutionary army with Huangpu students as the backbone, overthrow the rule of imperialism and feudal warlords in China with armed forces, and complete the national revolution. On the one hand, actively carry out the education of the three people's principles of Sun Yat-sen's revolution; On the one hand, instill Marxism-Leninism.
The military academy adopted the teaching policy of attaching equal importance to military and political affairs and integrating theory with practice, and trained a large number of military and political talents for the China Revolution. Most teachers and students in Huangpu made great contributions to the China Revolution in the struggle against imperialism and feudalism and for national unity and independence.
Imitating the Soviet Union's system of building the army with the Party and developing the school with the Party is to concentrate the military power in their own hands and prevent the tragedy of the first revolution from repeating itself (that is, the warlords stole the fruits of victory).