1995. The query of official website of Yanshan University shows that Yanshan University was founded in 1958, formerly known as Hebei Agricultural College, and became a national key university in 1984. 1995 was listed as the key support of "21project". Yanshan University, referred to as "Yanda", is located in Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province. It is a national key university jointly established by the People's Government of Hebei Province, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.