Guizhou University,China

Guizhou University (GZU) was founded in 1902 as Guizhou Institute of Higher Learning and has undergone several name changes over the years, including Provincial Guizhou University, National Guizhou College of Agriculture and Engineering, and National Guizhou University. The University officially adopted the name “Guizhou University” in October 1950, which was formally inscribed by Chairman Mao Zedong in 1951. In August 1997, GZU merged with Guizhou Agricultural College and other institutions. Then, in August 2004, it merged with Guizhou University of Technology. With a history of more than 120 years, Guizhou University has progressively achieved national designations: “Project 211” status, recognition as a “Double First-Class” university, and support as a key institution jointly built by the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Guizhou Provincial Government. In January 2021, the Guizhou Provincial Government Work Report explicitly proposed to “strengthen Guizhou University” for the first time. In November of the same year, the Guizhou Provincial Department of Education and 11 other departments jointly issued the “Implementation Plan for Strengthening Guizhou University.”