The Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, also commonly known as Kàngdà () and Kangri Junzheng University (), was a comprehensive public university located in Yan'an, Shaanxi, the headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Its former site has been converted to a memorial hall.
History The Anti-Japanese Military and Political University was founded in 1931 in Ruijin, Jiangxi, capital of Jiangxi Soviet, it was initially called China Red Army School () and then extended to a college named China Red Army College () in 1933. During the fifth counter-campaign against "encirclement and suppression" in 1934, the college relocated to Wayaobu Town of Anding County in northwest China's Shaanxi province (Shaanbei), formed China Workers' and Peasants' Red Army School () by the merger of Shanbei Red Army School () and later changed the name to Xibei Anti-Japanese University of the Red Army () in 1936. Zhou Kun was its president and Yuan Guoping was political commissar. On January 20, 1937, it was renamed "Anti-Japanese University of the Red Army" (). Lin Biao was its president, Liu Bocheng was vice-president, and Mao Zedong was its chairman of the Board of Education. In March 1943, Xu Xiangqian succeed Lin Biao as the president. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the university was merged into PLA National Defence University.
Culture Motto: University Song: Song of the Military University ()
Presidents No. Portrait Name Took office Left office Ref 1 Lin Biao 1937 1943 2 Xu Xiangqian 1943 1945
Notable alumni
Chen Geng Feng Yuhe Geng Biao Guo Shusheng He Changgong He Jinnian Hu Yaobang Hu Zhuting Lai Chuanzhu Li Tao Li Xiannian Liu Huinong Liu Xiping Liu Yalou Luo Binghui Luo Huasheng Luo Ronghuan Mo Wenhua Peng Xuefeng Qi Xin Shao Shiping Su Zhenhua Tan Guansan Tan Zheng Wang Weizhou Wang Jian'an Wang Ping Xi Henghan Xiang Xuan Xiao Wenjiu Xu Shiyou Yang Chengwu Yang Dezhi Yang Lisan Yao Jiming Zeng Xisheng Zhang Aiping Zhang Chunqing Zhang Jingwu Zhao Erlu Zhou Chunquan Zhou Jianping Zhou Wenlong Zhou Zikun
Notable faculty
Ai Siqi Du Pingzhai Feng Dafei Feng Zhiguo Guo Huaruo Han Zhenji Li Dongchao Liao Guanxian Liu Shaoqing Luo Shiwen Ren Baige Xu Maoyong Yang Lanshi Zhang Qingfu Zhang Ruxin Zhang Wenhua Zhao Shouyi
See also Kàngrì (抗日)
References
Further reading Li, Xiaobing. China at War: An Encyclopedia (ABC-CLIO, 2012) pp 5–8. Saich, Tony, and Benjamin Yang. eds. The Rise to Power of the Chinese Communist Party: Documents and Analysis: Documents and Analysis (`996)