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History
The High School affiliated to Beijing Normal University was formerly known as Wucheng School (五城学堂). In Qing Dynasty, the capital Beiping (former Beijing) was divided into five cities: East, west, north, south and middle city. The name Wucheng School means "five cities school." It was founded in 1901 by Chen Bi (add more about him) as the chief supervisor. In 1908, the school was divided into two school, Wucheng School and Superior Normal School. In 1912, Superior Normal School was changed into Beijing Higher Normal School, and Wucheng School was changed into the Affiliated Middle School of Beijing Higher Normal School.

In 1921, a women's department was added, which was the beginning of coeducation in middle schools in Beijing. In 1923, with the upgrading of Beijing Higher Normal School to Beijing Normal University, Wucheng Middle School became the affiliated middle school of Beijing Normal University. It became the first public middle school in China.

In the following decades, the High School affiliated to Beijing Normal University changed its name several times. 1977 Beijing Municipal Committee approved the restoration of the original name Beijing Normal University Affiliated High School.

Qian Xuesen
Qian Xuesen (December 11, 1911—October 31, 2009), born in Shanghai, was an applied mechanic, aerospace technology and systems engineer, member of the Faculty of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, winner of the “Two Bombs, One Satellite” Merit Medal. He was a senior advisor to the Science and Technology Commission of the General Armaments Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. 

Qian studied at the High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University in 1923 and graduated in 1926. In 1929, Qian Xuesen studied at the Department of Mechanical Engineering in Shanghai Jiao Tong University from 1929 to 1934. In 1939, he received his Ph. D. degree in Aeronautics and mathematics from California Institute of Technology. In 1943, he became an assistant researcher in the Department of Aeronautics of California Institute of Technology. In 1946, he became an associate professor in Department of Aeronautical Engineering. One year later, he became a professor of Aerodynamics.

Zhao Shiyan
Zhao Shiyan was an early proletarian revolutionary of the Chinese Communist Party, a disseminator of Marxism theory, a leader of the labor movement, and one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party.

In 1915, Zhao Shiyan was admitted to the Affiliated High School of Beijing Higher Normal School. He had participated in the famous "May 4th Movement" and was the organizer of the student movement of the High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University. In 1920, he went to France for work-study and founded the European Branch of the Chinese Communist Party together with Zhou Enlai and others. After returning to China, Zhao Shiyan led three strikes in Shanghai and became a famous leader of the labor movement. He was arrested and killed in 1927.