Ma Lixun, a British missionary, took the cultivation of religious talents as an activity plan when he came to China in the early 9th century. At that time, China was still in the period of banning religion, so Ma Lixun first took Malacca in Nanyang as its base, and there were many overseas Chinese in Nanyang, which was adjacent to China. Foreigners set up schools in China, which ignited the war.

After the Opium War, the completed Ma Lixun School and Huaying College moved to Hongkong, and the two schools were presided over by American pastor Brown and British pastor Jacob respectively. The scale of the school is expanding, and the curriculum is becoming more and more formal. Hong Rong, a famous cutting-edge scholar in China, and Huang Kuan, a famous western doctor, are both students of this school. Later, he was taken to the United States by Brown to study.

19 After the 1960s, the number of missionary schools increased significantly. By the mid-1970s, the total number of missionary schools had increased to 800, with 20,000 students, mainly primary schools, but a small number of secondary schools had begun to appear.

By the end of 19, the total number of missionary schools had increased to about 2,000, with more than 40,000 students. The proportion of middle schools has increased to 10%, and the embryonic form of universities has begun to appear (this fashion is that middle schools add college classes). Later, Tianjin Beiyang University, Shanghai Jiaotong University and Zhejiang University founded by China people were all established with the support or influence of foreigners.