Counter-Japanese Military and Political University

Counter-Japanese Military and Political University, also commonly known as Kàngdà and Kangri Junzheng University , 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 and then extended to a college named China Red Army College  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 by the merger of Shanbei Red Army School  and later changed the name to Xibei Counter-Japanese University of the Red Army  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". 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

 * Motto:
 * University Song: Song of the Military University

Notable alumni

 * Chen Geng
 * Feng Yuhe
 * Geng Biao
 * Guo Shusheng
 * He Changgong
 * He Jinnian
 * Hu Yaobang
 * Hu Zhuting
 * Lai Chuanzhu
 * Li Tao
 * Li Xiannian
 * Liu Huinong
 * Liu Xiping
 * Liu Yalou
 * Luo Binghui
 * Luo Huasheng
 * Luo Ronghuan
 * Mo Wenhua
 * Peng Xuefeng
 * Qi Xin
 * Shao Shiping
 * Su Zhenhua
 * Tan Guansan
 * Tan Zheng
 * Wang Weizhou
 * Wang Jian'an
 * Wang Ping
 * Xi Henghan
 * Xiang Xuan
 * Xiao Wenjiu
 * Xu Shiyou
 * Yang Chengwu
 * Yang Dezhi
 * Yang Lisan
 * Yao Jiming
 * Zeng Xisheng
 * Zhang Aiping
 * Zhang Chunqing
 * Zhang Jingwu
 * Zhao Erlu
 * Zhou Chunquan
 * Zhou Jianping
 * Zhou Wenlong
 * Zhou Zikun

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