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About Jinggangshan University
History
Jinggangshan University was established in 1958 in the Jinggangshan Mountains.Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong and his colleagues established the first rural base of the revolution in the Jinggangshan Mountains in 1927. It was closed due to poor national economy of China in 1963. It was closed five years later when China faced economic difficulties. In 1978, to initiate the Jinggangshan University, Branch of Jiangxi Normal University and Jiangxi Medical University in Jinggangshan was joint together. In the April 1982, and the March 1993, they were renamed respectively 'Jinggangshan Teacher College' and 'Jinggangshan Medical School". In the March of 2000, approved by the Education Ministry of China, Jinggangshan Teacher College was renamed as Jinggangshan University after merging with Ji'an Educational Institute. In the July of 2003, approved by the Education Ministry of People's Republic of China, Jinggangshan Normal University was renamed as Jinggangshan University by joining with Jinggangshan Medicine College and Jinggangshan Vocational Technical College.China's education authorities have re-established Jinggangshan University in the area known as the cradle of Chinese revolution 44 years after it was closed. The Ministry of Education and the provincial government of Jiangxi have signed an agreement to provide more support for Jinggangshan University. The university of 27,000 students and 974 teaching staff was upgraded from the former Jinggangshan College and the campus covers 170 hectares.
The library has electronic periodicals in Chinese or foreign languages and other net services such as foreign language database, diskette database, on-line database with a total storage of 1,030,000 volumes of books .
This university includes Jinggangshan University Medical School (Chinese: 井冈山大学医学院; pinyin: jǐng gāng shān dàxué yīxuéyuàn). There is an affiliated hospital with 522 sick beds and 35 medical departments and sections. The affiliated hospital is "Jinggangshan University Affiliated Hospital". |