The Military and Cultural Institute of National Defense University, People's Liberation Army (), previously the People's Liberation Army Academy of Art (, colloquially known as Junyi 军艺), is an academic institute of the

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, China. It has one campus, consisting of 7 departments and 12 specialties.

History

The PLA Academy of Art was founded in May 1960. It was revoked in October 1969, during the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goal ...

. In May 1976,

Hua Guofeng Hua Guofeng (; born Su Zhu; 16 February 1921 – 20 August 2008), alternatively spelled as Hua Kuo-feng, was a Chinese politician who served as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and Premier of the People's Republic of China. The design ...

and

Ye Jianying Ye Jianying (; 28 April 1897 – 22 October 1986) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary leader and politician, one of the founding Ten Marshals of the People's Republic of China. He was the top military leader in the 1976 coup that overthrew ...

toppled the

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, two years later, the university was rebuilt. In 2017, the previous PLA Academy changed name to The Military and Cultural Institute, National Defense University PLA. The current chairman of the institute is Zhang Qichao.

Departments

* Department of Literature * Department of Arts * Department of Drama * Department of Music * Department of Dance * Department of Troop Culture * Department of Literature Administration

Notable alumni

Note that class year indicates the entrance year, not graduating year.

Department of Dance

*Class of 1979 :

Jin Xing Jin Xing (; born August 13, 1967) is a Chinese ballerina, modern dancer, choreographer, actress, founder and artistic director of the contemporary dance company Shanghai. She is a transgender celebrity. Early life Jin was born in 1967 in Shen ...

*Class of 1993 :

Ma Su Ma Su (190–228), courtesy name Youchang, was a military general and strategist of the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period of China. Ma Su had conspicuous talent in military theories and was admired by the Shu chancellor Zhuge Liang. ...

*Class of 2003 : Yang Yang *Unknown class :

Dong Jie Dong Jie (, born 19 April 1980) is a Chinese actress and dancer. Dong made her debut in Zhang Yimou's '' Happy Times'' (2000) ( Yimou girl), playing a blind girl mistreated by her stepmother. Zhang selected Dong after a casting call on the Int ...

Department of Drama

*Class of 1979 :

Liu Peiqi Liu Peiqi (; born 30 November 1957) is a Chinese actor. He started his training in 1979 when he joined Military Art School. He joined Military Drama Group in Xinjiang Province in 1983. In 1985 he starred in his first movie, ''Father and Son'', di ...

*Class of 1999 :

Yin Tao Yin Tao (, born 6 December 1979) is a Chinese actress. In 2017, she became one of the Chinese actresses to win the "Grand Slam", after winning the three biggest awards including the Feitian Awards, Golden Eagle Awards and the Magnolia Awards. B ...

*Unknown class :

Xu Lu Xu Lu (, born 28 December 1994), also known as Lulu Xu, is a Chinese actress and singer. She first became recognized in China for her role in the drama ''Empresses in the Palace'' (2012) and internationally with the drama '' One and a Half Summ ...

Wu Gang Wu Gang (), formerly romanized as Wu Kang and also known as Wu Zhi in some sources,Eberhard, Wolfram. ''Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought''pp. 76 ff Routledge & Kegan Paul (London), 2013. Accessed 12 Novem ...

, Xu Dongdong

Department of Music

*Class of 2003 :

Alan Dawa Dolma Alan Dawa Dolma (; ; born on 25 July 1987), known professionally as Alan, is a Tibetan singer and she is known for her signature "Tibetan wail", often incorporated into her music. She is a graduate of the PLA Academy of Art, majoring in vocal m ...

*Unknown class : Chen Sisi, Han Hong,

Tan Jing Tan Jing (; born September 11, 1977) is a solo Chinese singer in the CPC Central Military Commission Political Department Song and Dance Troupe and a first class national actress. Her music blends bel canto, Chinese national music (Guoyue), and ...

Department of Troop Culture

*Unknown class : Liu Jing

Unknown Department

Dai Yuqiang Dai Yuqiang (; March 12, 1963) is a Chinese operatic tenor. He was the first and only Chinese student of Luciano Pavarotti. With Wei Song and Warren Mok Warren Mok () is a Hong Kong-based Macau operatic tenor who has performed many leading role ...

Lin Yongjian Lin Yongjian (, born 14 February 1970) is a Chinese actor. Lin, Yongjian graduated from PRC Academy of Drama in 1990, has been a successful stage actor at Guangzhou Soldiers' Drama Troupe after graduation. He has been starring in more than 50 ...

Liu Lili Liu Lili (born ) is a Chinese female track cyclist, representing China at international competitions. During the 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup The 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup was a multi-race series over a track cycling seas ...

Liu Yuanyuan Liu Yuanyuan (; born March 17, 1982 in Dalian) is a retired Chinese female biathlete and cross-country skier who represented China at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino. During the 2006–07 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Liu placed 4th at the ...

Mo Yan Guan Moye (; born 17 February 1955), better known by the pen name Mo Yan (, ), is a Chinese novelist and short story writer. Donald Morrison of U.S. news magazine ''TIME'' referred to him as "one of the most famous, oft-banned and widely pirate ...

Qian Gang Qian Gang (; born 11 August 1953) is a Chinese non-fiction writer and journalist from Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province, China who over four decades has written hundreds of articles and dozens of books. Life In 1969 Qian joined the People's Liberati ...

Sa Dingding Sa Dingding (, born Zhou Peng () on 27 December 1979) is a Chinese folk singer and songwriter. She is of mixed Han Chinese and Mongol ancestry, and sings in languages including Mandarin Chinese, English, Standard Tibetan, as well as an imaginary ...

Wang Hongwei Wang Hongwei (; born in Anyang, Henan) is a Chinese actor. Wang is perhaps best known for his work with director Jia Zhangke. The two men were classmates at the Beijing Film Academy when they began their professional relationship, with Wang star ...

* Yan Ni

Notable faculty

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Peng Liyuan Peng Liyuan (; born 20 November 1962) is a Chinese soprano and contemporary folk singer and the spouse of Xi Jinping, current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of the People's Republic of China. Peng gained popularit ...

References

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