Nantong High School of Jiangsu Province (
shortname: 通中, Tong-Zhong) is a high school in
Nantong
Nantong (; alternate names: Nan-t'ung, Nantung, Tongzhou, or Tungchow; Qihai dialect: ) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Jiangsu province of China, province, China. Located on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, near the river mouth. ...
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Jiangsu
Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...
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People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. It has been regarded as an elite school since 1930s.
Alumni include 20 academicians of the
Chinese Academy of Science
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); ), known by Academia Sinica in English until the 1980s, is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for natural sciences. It has historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Republic ...
and the
Chinese Academy of Engineering, 5 summer Olympics game gold medalists, many nationally renowned artists, and an exceptional number of politicians and public servants.
Nantong High School of Jiangsu Province was funded in 1909 by
Zhang Jian Zhang Jian may refer to:
Name
* Zhang Jian (fencer) (born 1962), Chinese fencer
* Zhang Jian (football) (born 1965/66), Chinese football administrator
* Zhang Jian (businessman) (1853–1926), courtesy name Jizhi, Chinese entrepreneur, politician ...
, a well-known industrialist and educator in the late Qing Dynasty. It was the first modern middle school in the city of Nantong. It is now one of the provincial key middle schools in Jiangsu. The school motto is Cheng-Heng (Simplified Chinese: 诚恒; English: honesty in a man and perseverance in study).
The school is highly selective. Admission of pupils are judged almost exclusively by the scores in entrance exams. Exceptions are made only when the pupil is considered talented.
Notable alumni
Scientists
* Wei Jiangong (
魏建功): linguist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
* Yuan Hanqing (袁翰清): chemist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
* Li Ta-tsien (
李大潜 Li Daqian), mathematician, member of the French Academy of Sciences
* Yang lo (
杨乐): mathematician, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
* Wang Xi (王曦): physicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
* Guan Weiyan (
管惟炎): physicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
* Shi Yafeng (施雅风): geologist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
* Yan Zhida (
严志达): mathematician, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
* Zhang Miman (
张弥曼): paleontologist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Politicians
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Gu Hao (顾浩): former vice-governor of Jiangsu Province
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Huang Zhendong (黄镇东): former minister of Ministry of Transportation
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Li Jinhua
Li Jinhua (; born July 1943) is a retired government official in the People's Republic of China.
Biography
Li Jinhua was born in Rudong, Jiangsu in 1943. In 1963, he was admitted to the Central Institute of Finance and Economics. After graduat ...
(李金华): former auditor-general, National Audit Office
* He Zhukang (
何竹康): former governor of Henan Province, former governor of Jilin Province
Artists
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Zao Wou-Ki
Zao Wou-Ki (; 1 February 1920 – 9 April 2013) was a Chinese-French painter. He was a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Zao Wou-Ki graduated from the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, where he studied under Fang Ganmin and Wu ...
(赵无极): painter, member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris
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Fan Zeng
Fan Zeng (277–204 BC) was an adviser to the warlord Xiang Yu, who fought for supremacy with Liu Bang (Emperor Gao), the founder of the Han dynasty, during the Chu–Han Contention (206–202 BC).
Life
Fan Zeng was from Juchao (present-day Yafu ...
(范曾): painter, poet, calligrapher
References
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Buildings and structures in Nantong
High schools in Jiangsu
1909 establishments in China
1909 establishments