The "spirit of moving westward" is the precious spiritual wealth of 1956 Jiaotong University in the process of moving from Shanghai to Xi 'an. 1955 In April, the State Council made a major decision to move Jiaotong University to Xi 'an. From 1956, the first batch of teachers and students went to Xi 'an, and from 1959, the main part of Jiaotong University was named Xi 'an Jiaotong University. It took four years for Jiaotong University to move westward, and the total number of people who moved to Xi 'an reached 15000.