Beijing Chen Jing Lun High School

Coordinates: 39°55′12″N 116°26′29″E / 39.92°N 116.44139°E / 39.92; 116.44139

Beijing ChenJingLun High School 北京陈经纶中学
Location
Chao Wai Da Jie 38 Chaoyang District Beijing, China
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Honesty,Perseverance, Diligence and Innovation 老实 谊强 勤奋 创新
Established	1921
Headmaster	Zhang Deqing (张德庆)
Staff	25
Faculty	191
Enrollment	Secondary and Primary school student
Number of students	2400<
Website	Official website

Beijing Chen Jing Lun High School (simplified Chinese: 北京市陈经纶中学; traditional Chinese: 北京市陳經綸中學; pinyin: Běijīng Chénjīnglún Zhōngxué, also abbreviated as BJCJL), is a high school located in the downtown Central Business District, Beijing, People's Republic of China and one of the first in series of beacon high schools in Beijing. Founded in 1921 by Japanese philanthropist Yasuzo Shimizu (清水安三, Shimizu Yasuzō^?), the school has undergone a series of name changes from the original Chong Zhen School (崇祯学园), to Beijing Female No.4 High School (北京女子第四中学) in 1949 and Chao Yang High School (朝阳中学) during the Cultural Revolution. In 1991, it was renamed after Hong Kong entrepreneur Chan King-Luen (陈经纶, Chen Jinglun).

History

1921–1949

In 1921, Japanese philanthropist Shimizu Yasuzō, founder of Obirin University in Tokyo, arrived in Beijing, at that time known as Beiping. A missionary from the United Japanese Christians, Yasuzo witnessed the impoverished life of the city's citizens and decided to open a school in Chaoyang's Menwai Avenue to educate and help disadvantaged girls.^[1]On May 28, 1921, the official opening of Shimizu's Zhong Zhen School (崇祯学园), marked the start of the school's turbulent history. With its small courtyard, the school recruited only women, who took classes and worked at the same time.

1949–1976

After the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949, the school was officially handed over to the Beijing Education Bureau as a public school and renamed Beijing Female No.4 High School, designated for women students only.

1976–1991

In 1976, the Cultural Revolution caused a shockwave among high schools all over China. During this period, Beijing Female No.4 High School was renamed Chaoyang High School.^[2]

1991–present

Hong Kong entrepreneur Chen Jinglun donated RMB 20 million to Chaoyang High School in 1991 for the renovation of the old campus. Thereafter the school was renamed Beijing Chen Jing Lun High School by the Beijing municipal government.^[2]

Campus

The campus covers around 40,000 square metres (430,000 sq ft) with about 20% of the main campus area covered with grass and trees such as gingko, apricot and the Chinese pagoda tree.

With its Spanish style architecture, the school contains a laboratory building, an auditorium, a dormitary and four teaching buildings, running from A1 to A4.^[3]

The playground consists of an official sized football pitch, several basketball courts and a regularly sized 400m running track. There is also an Olympic sized swimming pool in the auditorium building. However, the playground and the track are dilapidated and require a major overhaul.^{[citation needed]}

Facilities

Beijing Chen Jing Lun High School's facilities include:^[4]

• Astronomy dome with telescope.
• Indoor swimming pool.
• Library with more than nine million books.
• 800-metre (2,600 ft) indoor basketball court.
• Lecture theatre with capacity for 200 people.
• Auditorium with a capacity of 2,000 people.
• School cafeteria capable of holding 1000 people at the same time.
• Multi-function reading room.
• 400-metre (1,300 ft) running track.
• Two computer science classrooms, each equipped with 40 PCs.
• Nine biology, chemistry and physics laboratories.
• 46 classrooms, each with a PC and projector, all with Internet access

Related Schools

In June 1998, many of the best key high schools in Beijing had their junior (grades 7-9) and senior (grades 10-12) divisions separated, resulting two independent entities. The high school division has continued to use the original school name and campus, and the junior divisions were renamed the Branch Schools of the original schools and were often relocated to satellite campuses. The junior high school division of Chen Jinglun middle school was separated from its high school division that year, becoming the Branch of Chen Jinglun Middle School (陈经纶中学分校), and its new campus has been at Wang Jing (望京). www.cjlfx.net.cn. The entering class of 1998 (Class of 2001) completed their first year study (junior 1/grade 7) at the original downtown campus, and moved to the Wang Jing campus when its construction was completed in August 1999. The Wang Jing branch school is considered one of the best junior high schools in Beijing, much exceeding the reputation of its mother school.

Till date, Beijing Chen Jing Lun High School(BJCJL) is usually compared with Beijing No.80 Middle School, and Chaoyang Foreign Language High School.

The school has two other newer branch schools:

• Jiaming Branch School (嘉铭分校)
• Dijing Branch School (帝景分校)

Alumni

• Lang Ping (朗平) (Jenny Lang), former Chinese volleyball player and former head coach of the U.S. women's national volleyball team
• Li Huifen (李慧芬) Vice-chairman of China Administration of Quality (CAQ, 中国质量管理协会)

See also

• Beacon high schools in Beijing
• Beijing No.80 Middle School

References

1. ^ Brief Biography of Yasuzo Shimizu: http://www.cass.net.cn/file/200304176230.html
2. ^ ^{a b} history of Beijing Chen Jing Lun High School: http://www.bjcjl.net/index_eg.htm
3. ^ Campus architecture of Beijing Chen Jing Lun High School: http://www.bjcjl.net/eg/index_Campus%20Enviroment.htm
4. ^ facilities of Beijing Chen Jing Lun High School: http://www.bjcjl.net/eg/index_Teaching%20Facilities.htm

External links

• Official website