Sun Yat-sen Memorial Secondary School

Sun Yat-sen Memorial Secondary School 中山纪念中学 Zhōng Shān jì niàn zhōng xúe
Location
Zhongshan , Guangdong China
Information
Former names	Prime Minister's Hometown Memorial School
Type	Public, Boarding
Motto	祖国高于一切，才华贡献人类 (The motherland is higher than everything; Talents contribute to mankind)
Established	1934
President	Lin Jialiang
Campus	Suburb area, 0.565 km2 (0.218 sq mi) [850 mǔ]
Website	www.zsjz.com/jz.do?action=index
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	中山纪念中学
Traditional Chinese	中山紀念中學
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngshān Jìniàn Zhōngxúe Yue: Cantonese Jyutping jung1 san1 kei3 nim6 jung1 hok9/

Sun Yat-sen Memorial Secondary School, (Chinese: 中山纪念中学; pinyin: Zhōngshān Jìniàn Zhōngxúe) was established in memory of Sun Yat-sen, the founding father of the Republic of China and the Premier of the Kuomintang in 1934. The school is located in Cuiheng Village, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China. Cuiheng Village is Sun Yat-sen's hometown. It is next to the former residence of Sun Yat-sen (zh-CN: 孙中山故居纪念馆). There are 120 home classes in the full boarding school with more than 7000 students.

History

Sun Yat-sen Memorial Secondary School was founded in Guangdong Province by Sun Fo, then President of the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China and the eldest son of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the great forerunner of democratic revolution. The school was set up to inherit the wishes of Sun Yat-sen which development and personnel training are the root of prosperity and strength. The initial name of the school was "Premier's Hometown Memorial School" (私立總理故鄉紀念中學校) in 1934. After the Chinese Civil War and the Communist Party of China took power in 1949, the school was renamed "Sun Yat-sen Memorial Secondary School". The existing school name was inscribed by Soong Ching-ling, the Honorary Chairwoman of People's Republic of China and the widow of Dr. Sun, in 1978.

School site construction was completed in 1934 and began to enroll students from all over the country. In 1953, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Secondary School was designated as one of the first 7 key secondary schools, and in 1994 one of the first Top Level schools in Guangdong Province. In 2006 and 2007, this school passed both the primary assessment and re-evaluation as Experimental and Leading Secondary School of State Level with the highest scores.

List of presidents

Presidents of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Secondary School

Duration	Post	Name
August 1934–July 1936	President	Huang Zhongjin
August–October 1936	President	Yang Guoquan
November 1936–August 1946	President	Sun Fo
October 1936–October 1938	Interim President	Situ You
October 1938–August 1946	Interim President	Tai En Sai
August 1946–July 1947	President	Feng Baili
August 1947–March 1950	President	Tang Yingbo
March 1950–August 1953	President	Jiang Shikui
September 1953–August 1954	President	Zhang Huajing
March 1954–June 1966	President	Jiang Shikui
June 1966–November 1968	Cultural Revolution started, no President was in charge
November 1968–April 1970	Chief of the Revolutionary committee	Yang Yuesheng
April 1970–August 1972	Chief of the Revolutionary committee	Huang Bodi
August 1972–August 1978	Chief of the Revolutionary committee	Wu Jingxing
	President
August 1978–September 1980	President	Shen Daqi
September 1980–September 1988	concurrent President
September 1980–September 1984	Deputy President, in charge	Li Qingyu
April–September 1984	Deputy President, in charge	Chen Zesheng
September 1984–September 1988	Vice President	Yao Bentang
September 1988–January 1996	President
September 1987–September 1992	Vice President	Zhang Zhenliu
October 1991–January 1996	Vice President	He Youlin
January 1996–October 2015	President
October 2015–present	President	Lin Jialiang

Rankings

Sun Yat-sen Memorial Secondary School is one of the first top-grade schools of Guangdong Province (省一级学校) and one of the first key high schools of Guangdong Province. In 2006, it became one of the first national demonstrative ordinary high schools (国家级示范性普通高中).

Alumni

• Ye Xuanping, the former member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the vice-chairman of the CPPCC National Committee.
• Gan Ziyu, the former member of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Committee of the CPC, the member of National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, the chairman of the overseas Chinese Committee of the National People's Congress.
• Chen Daming, the former secretary of the party committee and dean of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautic, the deputy proprietor of the Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong branch.
• Yu Zhenxin, the professor and doctoral supervisor of Sun Yat-sen University.
• Liang Xiuling, the distinguished professor and doctoral supervisor of department of neurology of the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University.
• Yin Bingsheng, the former director of hospital and doctoral supervisor of Zhejiang University Medical College Affiliated Sir Run Shaw Hospital.
• Sheldon Xiong, director of debate programs for BL Debate in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Cultural tradition

School Marks

• Architectural Style: red walls and green tiles.
• World Cultural Heritage: architecture of the Republic of China.
• School Tree: Bombax ceiba (the red kapok or cotton tree, 木棉树).
• School Flower: phoenix flower (凤凰花).
• School Uniform: white shirts and blue trousers for boys, blue shirts and black trousers for girls.

Student activities

• Daily Activities - There are a lot of student activities in Sun Yat-sen Memorial Secondary School, such as Singing from the Heart Competition, School Ambassador Competition, Host Contest, New Year's Day Party, Art Festival, Dancing with the Heart Competition, Garment Design Contest. Charity Sale and so on.
• Associations - There are more than 90 student associations, which were founded and organized by students, including dance, chess, animation, musical instruments, foreign languages, astronomy, sports, rap etc.

External links

Media related to Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Middle School at Wikimedia Commons