User:Hebin Zhang/School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University,

Lanzhou University School of Life Sciences was established in 1999.

History

 * In 1946, the then principal Professor Xin Shuzhi, together with Professors Dong Shuangqiu and Chang Linding established the Department of Botany and Zoology of Lanzhou University.
 * In 1951, the departments of Botany and Zoology merged into the Department of Biology.
 * In 1999, the Department of Biology, the Laboratory of Cytology, the Laboratory of Plant Physiology directly under the Ministry of Education, and the State Key Laboratory of Arid Agroecology merged into the School of Life Sciences.