Counter-Japanese Military and Political University

Counter-Japanese Military and Political University
中国人民抗日军事政治大学
Gate of Counter-Japanese Military and Political University with motto.
Motto
团结、紧张、严肃、活泼
Motto in English
 Togetherness, alertness, seriousness, liveliness
Type Public
Active 1931–1945
President Lin Biao (1937-1943)
Xu Xiangqian (1943-1945)
Location
Yan'an
,
Shaanxi
,
China
Affiliations CPC Central Committee of the Board of Education
Counter-Japanese Military and Political University
Traditional Chinese 中國人民抗日軍事政治大學
Simplified Chinese 中国人民抗日军事政治大学
Kangri Junzheng University
Traditional Chinese 抗日軍政大學
Simplified Chinese 抗日军政大学
Kangda
Chinese 抗大

Counter-Japanese Military and Political University (simplified Chinese: 中国人民抗日军事政治大学; traditional Chinese: 中國人民抗日軍事政治大學; pinyin: Zhōngguó Rénmín Kàngrì Jūnshì Zhèngzhì Dàxué), also commonly known as Kàngdà (抗大) and Kangri Junzheng University (抗日军政大学), was a comprehensive public university located in Yan'an, Shaanxi, the headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Its former site has been converted to a memorial hall.

History

Counter-Japanese Military and Political University was founded in 1931 in Ruijin, Jiangxi, capital of Jiangxi Soviet, it was initially called China Red Army School (中国红军学校) and then extended to a college named China Red Army College (中国红军大学) in 1933. During the fifth counter-campaign against "encirclement and suppression" in 1934, the college relocated to Wayaobao Town of Anding County in northwest China's Shaanxi province (Shaanbei), formed China Workers' and Peasants' Red Army School (中国工农红军学校) by the merger of Shanbei Red Army School (陕北红军学校) and later changed the name to Xibei Counter-Japanese University of the Red Army (西北抗日红军大学) in 1936. Zhou Kun was its president and Yuan Guoping was political commissar. On January 20, 1937, it was renamed "Counter-Japanese University of the Red Army" (中国人民抗日红军大学). Lin Biao was its president, Liu Bocheng was vice-president, and Mao Zedong was its chairman of the Board of Education. In March 1943, Xu Xiangqian succeed Lin Biao as the president. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the university was merged into PLA National Defence University.

Culture

Presidents

No. Portrait Name Took office Left office Ref
1 Lin Biao 1937 1943
2 Xu Xiangqian 1943 1945

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

  • Ai Siqi
  • Du Pingzhai
  • Feng Dafei
  • Feng Zhiguo
  • Guo Huaruo
  • Han Zhenji
  • Li Dongchao
  • Liao Guanxian
  • Liu Shaoqing
  • Luo Shiwen
  • Ren Baige
  • Xu Maoyong
  • Yang Lanshi
  • Zhang Qingfu
  • Zhang Ruxin
  • Zhang Wenhua
  • Zhao Shouyi