Peking University, formerly known as Shi Jing University Hall, officially opened in February. 1898. At that time, Shi Jing University Hall was not only the highest institution of learning in China, but also the highest educational administrative organ in China. 1965438+In May 2002, Shi Jing University Hall was renamed Peking University.
During the May 4th Movement, Peking University was the center of the New Culture Movement in China and the initial base for the spread of Marxism in China. Chen Duxiu, Li Dazhao, Mao Zedong, the founder of China's * * * Production Party, and Lu Xun, the leader, writer and thinker of China's New Culture Movement, have all taught or held posts in Peking University.
After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), in order to inherit and carry forward the tradition of the May 4th Revolution, the school decided to commemorate the May 4th Movement. ?
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According to the information of official website, Peking University in February, 20 18, 2 17 historical celebrities in Peking University were selected from the outstanding figures exhibition of Peking University History Museum, mainly including revolutionaries who have made great contributions to the people's revolutionary struggle and socialist modernization among the teachers and students of Peking University (including National Southwest Associated University) in the past century.
Academic predecessors and educators who made great contributions to the modern science, culture and education in China, academicians and first-class professors of Chinese Academy of Sciences in the 1950s, winners of the Nobel Prize, the Meritorious Medal of Two Bombs and One Satellite and the National Highest Science and Technology Award (2000-200 1).
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